From Electrician to Elite HYROX Athlete | Marc Dean | #75

I mean, it kind of, it probably sounds daunting to most people, and I still get asked to this day by tradesmen, like... advice and with me it was kind of it did happen very easily so like i said i always wanted to to pull away from it i always wanted to be involved in fitness with winning the worlds with yourself um and kind of stepping up a little bit more within the sport um i did get asked a lot about mainly again of tradesmen my audience and who i coach a lot of people are full-time dads and full-time tradesmen and they wanted to know how I trained around my job and kids and how I got to the level I got to.

Obviously, it doesn't just come from us starting High Rocks, it came from me starting running at 13 and training from being 13, 14.

Motocross? Yeah, so motocross, I started motocross when I was 10, which was in primary school.

Back then it was just about riding the motorbike and you was that young, you didn't really make decisions.

I couldn't really go out at night, go running in the morning because I was 10, 9, 10.

But motocross started at 10.

When I got into high school and you become a little bit more independent and a little bit more free time and your parents let you go a little bit further, then I still don't know why, but I just started training.

I knew that I didn't have the ability of a top motocross racer, but I knew that you had to be physically fit to get better.

And since being 13, I reckon I just... took the plunge on the fitness side of things to improve my motocross career from that point.

And I just always, always trained from then.

So yeah, going back to then it was, I've just been obsessed with fitness and that's kind of where it's all, where I think the fitness journey started.

The first part of the fitness journey started anyway.

I feel like people that do motocross are built a little bit different as well.

I think the pain tolerance might be

a little bit better than regular people.

What it is as well is, It's the reason why I chose motocross is because I just didn't really tech to football, didn't really tech to rugby.

I loved it.

Love running around, love being with lads, but I wasn't 100% certain on it.

I loved being on my own and racing motocross because I did not have to rely on anyone and no one had to rely on me.

And I think the reason why I do enjoy solos more than doubles is because on a bad day, you're letting your partner down.

On a good day, you can be let down.

And I think that's the same with team sports.

Nothing against it, but for me personally, I just always enjoyed just me and myself on the bike.

And what it is with the motocross lads is, It's that initial competitiveness to race the next...

We used to be 40 guys on a start line, just like being in a High Rocks tunnel.