Embracing the Next Evolution of Functional Fitness – Synergy Strength Becomes an Official HYROX Affiliate

Since our founding, Synergy Strength has been at the forefront of the functional fitness movement in Saskatoon. We were proud to be the first CrossFit affiliate in our city, and from those early days, we’ve remained dedicated to delivering world-class programming rooted in functional movement, community, and measurable progress.

Now, we’re excited to announce the next step in that journey: Synergy Strength is officially a HYROX affiliate.

Why HYROX? Why Now?

To understand why this move is such a great fit for our community, it’s important to look at the core of who we are and what we believe.

From day one, Synergy was built on the original CrossFit methodology—a model that promotes constantly varied, functional movements performed at high intensity. At its best, this methodology pushes athletes to be well-rounded: to train across all energy systems, to embrace multiple modalities, and to develop a broad and inclusive level of fitness. It’s about being prepared for the unknown and the unknowable.

One of the cornerstones of that original approach, which we’ve long championed, is aerobic capacity training. Over the years, we’ve explored this through Zone 2 sessions, endurance workouts, and running clubs—all of which laid the foundation for something more structured, more measurable, and more community-driven.

That “something” is HYROX.

What is HYROX?

HYROX is the world’s fastest-growing fitness race—an event format that blends endurance, strength, and functional fitness in a way that perfectly complements what we already do inside our gym. Each race consists of standardized movements combined with fixed-distance running intervals, giving athletes an opportunity to push their limits while tracking performance over time.

What makes HYROX so appealing is not just the race itself, but the training model it promotes. It’s grounded in the same philosophy we’ve always believed in: train smart, train hard, and train for life. In many ways, it is the natural evolution of what functional fitness has become—structured, scalable, measurable, and deeply motivating.

How Does This Fit Into Our Club?

For those who have been with us through the years, you’ll know that Synergy Strength has never been about following trends, but about leading with purpose. Becoming a HYROX affiliate isn’t a departure from who we are—it’s an affirmation.

We’re not replacing anything. Our CrossFit-style programming, our strength and conditioning focus, our Olympic weightlifting roots—they’re all still here. But with HYROX, we’re strengthening the aerobic arm of our training model and giving our athletes new tools, new goals, and new ways to measure progress.

Our existing Fitness Racing classes will now be formally recognized as HYROX classes, and over the coming months, we’ll be adding more classes to support the growing interest. We’ll also begin offering HYROX-focused workshops and competitions so our athletes can train, prepare, and race with confidence—right here at home.

Looking Forward

This move reflects a long-standing truth about Synergy: we’ve always believed that fitness is multi-dimensional, that athletes should be strong and fast, powerful and enduring, competitive and healthy. HYROX gives us a refined structure to further develop one of those dimensions—aerobic endurance—without compromising the integrity of everything else we stand for.

We’re proud to be one of the first HYROX affiliates in Canada, and we’re excited to continue leading the functional fitness community in Saskatoon and beyond.

See you on the turf.