PROUD TO WORK WITH SOME OF THE BEST
The coaches who lead this work, Sin Eu and Joshua, hold postgraduate degrees in sport and exercise psychology. Sin Eu is an ISSP-registered practitioner, and Joshua holds a PhD in Psychology, where he specialized in training for athletes. Our managing partner, Sin Eu, brings about a decade of consulting across football, badminton, athletics, martial arts and e-sports, from grassroots to national level.
WHAT IS HYROX MENTAL PERFORMANCE COACHING?
Hyrox is an endurance race interrupted eight times by a strength event, and the switch between the two is a skill of its own. Mental performance coaching trains that skill: pacing, station resets and start-pen nerves, practised in training until they hold up on race day.
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FIRST RACE OR FASTEST RACE
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SINGLES, DOUBLES OR RELAY
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NOT A PEP TALK
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KLANG VALLEY OR ONLINE
WHY HYROX FEELS DIFFERENT ON RACE DAY
Race day adds weight that training never does: the entry fee, the people watching, the time you told your friends you were chasing.
Your body reports first. In the start pen your muscles tighten, your range of motion shrinks, and thinking clearly gets harder. Racers describe it in body terms before feeling terms: a breath that never settles, shaking hands, a first kilometre that goes out 20 seconds too fast because the adrenaline decided for you.
That is not a character flaw. It is your nervous system under pressure, and it is a trainable response.
WHERE A HYROX RACE FALLS APART
In our coaching work, we see it often: a racer who trains well but overthinks under pressure and stops trusting what they built. The fitness is there. What changes on race day is everything around it.
Start-Pen Nerves
Tight shoulders, a breath that never settles and a first kilometre that goes out 20 seconds too fast. We teach you to settle the body before the start.
The Noise Of The Hall
Music, crowd, a judge's no-rep and a clock that never pauses. We train you to stay on the next station, not the last one.
Stalling At The Sled
You reach the sled push already cooked and the doubt starts talking. We build a trained reset, so the movement takes over.
Run-To-Station Switches
Eight times, the race swaps an endurance effort for a strength one. Your mind needs the same reset: pace, breathing and self-talk.
Late-Race Pacing Collapse
A run pace that holds for half the race, then falls apart after the burpee broad jumps. A pattern like that has a cause, and we find it.
First-Timer Doubt
How hard is it, and will I finish? We help you separate real gaps in preparation from nerves, and walk to the start line with a plan.
THE MENTAL SKILLS A HYROX RACE DEMANDS
Six skills sit behind a strong Hyrox. We assess where you are on each, then train the ones that will move your race most.
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Pacing Discipline
Hold a pace you can sustain across eight runs, even when the adrenaline in the start pen says go.
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Station Resets
Break each station into counts and cues you have trained, then reset pace, breathing and self-talk at every switch.
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Readiness Or Pressure?
Is your stress coming from not being physically ready, or from performance pressure? At the start line the two feel identical but need different fixes. We find out which first.
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Pre-Race Routine
Breathing and grounding for the start pen, so the nerves do not take over your first kilometre.
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Process Goals
Goals you control at each station, so a race that misses the clock can still be a win.
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Doubles Communication
Two people under fatigue misread each other fast. We agree short phrases, roles and a split plan in advance.
BUILT AROUND YOUR RACE DATE, NOT A SCRIPT
Racers are not ignoring the mental side. The harder question is how to start, and how to use a skill in a specific moment: a breathing technique for the nerves before the start, a reframe for the thought that arrives mid-race. We individualise the work to what you struggle with most.
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Listen
We start with your training, your race history and what happens when your race starts to unravel. If you are a first-timer, we start with what you are afraid of.
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Assess
We use validated psychometric tools alongside conversation and observation to profile your mental skills. The profile is scored as a gap, not a grade: if your ideal confidence is 9 and your current level is 6, the 3-point gap tells us where to start. We work the largest gap first.
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Coach
Sessions sit inside your training, not on top of it, and each one closes with an action goal: what you will do differently from now on. We build the plan backwards from your race date and taper as your routines become automatic.
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Support
Around race week and on the day itself, we stay available for check-ins and adjustments.
EIGHT STATIONS, EIGHT MENTAL TESTS
Every Hyrox is eight 1 km runs, each followed by one of the same eight stations. The physical demand changes from station to station, and so does what it asks of your head. We coach you through every one.
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SET THE PACE
Sled Push
PUSH THROUGH DOUBT
Sled Pull
STAY PATIENT
Burpee Broad Jumps
KEEP COUNTING
Rowing
SETTLE THE BREATH
Farmers Carry
HOLD ON
Sandbag Lunges
ONE STEP AT A TIME
Wall Balls
FINISH STRONG
FROM DISCOVERY CALL TO THE START PEN
One-to-one, pairs and team formats are available, in person in the Klang Valley or online for everyone else.
FIRST RACE, FASTER RACE, OR RACING AS A PAIR
First-Timers
You have done the gym work, and now the questions are louder than the training: how hard is it, and will I finish? Doubt before a first Hyrox is normal. We help you separate what is true from what is nerves, and walk to the start line with a plan.
Age-Groupers Chasing A Time
You fall apart in the same place every race: the sled push, the late wall balls, or a run pace that collapses after the burpee broad jumps. A pattern like that has a cause, and we find it.
Doubles And Relay Pairs
A split plan and a shared language for the moments neither of you has spare words for: who leads when, and what you say when you are both breathing hard.
Training Groups And Run Clubs
Group sessions on pacing, pre-race routines and pair communication for squads preparing for the same race, including AirAsia Hyrox Kuala Lumpur on 10 to 13 December 2026.
Athletes
Teams
Academies
Parents
Corporate & Organisations
E-Sports
Physiotherapy & Rehab Centres
WHAT CHANGES BY RACE DAY
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A pacing plan that survives the first kilometre
The adrenaline is still there, but you have a cue to hold to.
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A known reset at the station that used to stall you
You arrive at the sled or the wall balls knowing what you will do.
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A start-pen routine that runs without thinking
Breathing, grounding and one clear focus point become automatic.
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A split plan and three agreed phrases, for pairs
You decide who leads when, and what you say when words are scarce.
+ How is this different from my Hyrox coach or training club?
+ I have never raced before. Is this for me?
+ How many sessions before Hyrox Kuala Lumpur in December?
+ Do you work with doubles and relay teams?
+ Is mental performance coaching therapy?
+ Can we do this online?
READY FOR THE START PEN?
Free 15-minute call. Confidential. In person or online.
The racers who handle race day best aren't the ones with the least nerves. They're the ones who've trained to manage them. Start with a free, confidential 15-minute call and we'll tell you honestly whether we can help.