Holly Gabrielle #10 Chasing times while Angelo whines

[judgingyourlife]

No offence to anyone who participates in Hyrox here, but, I keep seeing the wall ball segment and thinking this feels like a made up game someone invented in their garden Like triathlon I can understand, it has the 3 distinct disciplines whereas Hyrox is like run 1k then carry some weights then tap a ball against the wall many times then run a 1k then ski then push a sled. Don't get me started on watching the participants do burpeees with varying success. I get that it is endurance etc but it looks like it's a money spin. Just my impression. It seems to be everywhere on my feeds. A friend of a friend seems to be obsessed with training for it too, though he does work full time but now his weekends seem to involve being on the gym and not with his kids or wife

But, this is the most interesting Holly has been to me in years so here I am

I don't like Angelo, I get sour grapes vibes, bet he's miserable.

This is the most accurate comment I've ever read

 

[Cheapwhiskey]

I feel like Angelo always has an excuse as to why he’s not performing well ‘I took too many gels’ ‘I did an extra lap’ and this week’s video he says he couldn’t complete the sim because ‘he can’t remember the last time I slept properly’ and then goes on to admit that the training volume is too high. You know where the fault lines are so fix them and stop whining.

 

[emmadoww]

No offence to anyone who participates in Hyrox here, but, I keep seeing the wall ball segment and thinking this feels like a made up game someone invented in their garden Like triathlon I can understand, it has the 3 distinct disciplines whereas Hyrox is like run 1k then carry some weights then tap a ball against the wall many times then run a 1k then ski then push a sled. Don't get me started on watching the participants do burpeees with varying success. I get that it is endurance etc but it looks like it's a money spin. Just my impression. It seems to be everywhere on my feeds. A friend of a friend seems to be obsessed with training for it too, though he does work full time but now his weekends seem to involve being on the gym and not with his kids or wife

But, this is the most interesting Holly has been to me in years so here I am

I don't like Angelo, I get sour grapes vibes, bet he's miserable.

Wall balls are horrendous. We do them in circuit class and they serve as a constant reminder of my relative weakness

I fully agree, it’s one of the least cohesive and uninteresting sporting events I’ve ever come across. And when Holly and Angelo watch races and insist they’re interesting… pass.

But yeah, I think it’s interesting that this is the path Holly is on (until she finds something else). Giving up academia, living in France (and making no attempt to enjoy living in France, mind you), and not actually carefully thinking about a big decision. I’m enjoying it, if nothing else!

 

[emmadoww]

I feel like Angelo always has an excuse as to why he’s not performing well ‘I took too many gels’ ‘I did an extra lap’ and this week’s video he says he couldn’t complete the sim because ‘he can’t remember the last time I slept properly’ and then goes on to admit that the training volume is too high. You know where the fault lines are so fix them and stop whining.

100%. I do marathons (I hate myself, clearly) and actually made the gel mistake on my first one. When you have the horror of vomiting in Central London, you don’t make that mistake again. In fact, I thought about everything that could go wrong and tried to make sure it didn’t happen.

I get the feeling he can’t accept the fact that things might go wrong, and instead of owning being a beginner, he’s making constant excuses. Forgive me if I’m wrong, but I think Holly has been better in that regard

 

[PiesAndLattes]

No offence to anyone who participates in Hyrox here, but, I keep seeing the wall ball segment and thinking this feels like a made up game someone invented in their garden Like triathlon I can understand, it has the 3 distinct disciplines whereas Hyrox is like run 1k then carry some weights then tap a ball against the wall many times then run a 1k then ski then push a sled. Don't get me started on watching the participants do burpeees with varying success. I get that it is endurance etc but it looks like it's a money spin. Just my impression. It seems to be everywhere on my feeds. A friend of a friend seems to be obsessed with training for it too, though he does work full time but now his weekends seem to involve being on the gym and not with his kids or wife

But, this is the most interesting Holly has been to me in years so here I am

I don't like Angelo, I get sour grapes vibes, bet he's miserable.

Someone called it a shirtless sports carnival once and now that’s all it is to me

 

[emm]

This is the most accurate comment I've ever read

I agree, it kind of reminds me of a sport that would have been in the film idiocracy

 

[emm]

I feel like Angelo always has an excuse as to why he’s not performing well ‘I took too many gels’ ‘I did an extra lap’ and this week’s video he says he couldn’t complete the sim because ‘he can’t remember the last time I slept properly’ and then goes on to admit that the training volume is too high. You know where the fault lines are so fix them and stop whining.

The phrase a bad workman blames his tools comes to mind

 

[emmer_moans]

I will say though that I can only just manage 5k runs, and any squats and burpees would have me collapsed on the floor. It's just seeing the wall balls part that makes me laugh

 

[crowleyskeeper1]

I think they could make a career out of Hyrox content (although it does seem fairly niche and they can't be purely Hyrox focused) but they both just don't have the genetics/physicality to compete professionally. The pro females are much bulkier and clearly stronger than Holly who looks like a runt in comparison. The pro weights will be a big wake up call for them.

I don't think genetics is the problem. Holly has talked about in an old video that one of the things that made her self conscious of her body was that she used to be naturally bulkier than the other girls around her. Granted those girls were her mom, sister, and dancers, but I still think that unless Holly has permanently damaged her metabolism, she can put on bulk if she eats properly and does more strength training and less cardio.

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Excuse me?



2 to 3 years? They have no real source of income and their channel only has around 1k subscribers after a few months. I've seen no indication that they're going to become influencers.



Holly must have earned A LOT from her YouTube days and have it saved up or their families are really helping them out because how on earth are they going to survive financially for three years? And if they don't make it? What then? I'm at a complete loss now.

That comment he made really grinds my gears. The mens division isnt actually harder if you are a man. The whole point is to level out the playing field so that you're not competing against someone with a major natural advantage.

 

[supercalifragilis]

This is the most accurate comment I've ever read

I agree, it's kind of the offspring of Crossfit; I think people who can't work out simply for like strength and health and have addictive personalities and need to go all in respond well to these "concepts" that are neither Olympic disciplines not real things lol. Then there's a whole marketing/influencing side that attempts to sell it to the general public even if it'll never work because most people have to actually make an effort to fit in the balance to go and exercise among the many other responsibilities of life.

 

[Lola123]

Someone called it a shirtless sports carnival once and now that’s all it is to me

Now they’ve banned the shirtless bit

 

[korma]

I don't think genetics is the problem. Holly has talked about in an old video that one of the things that made her self conscious of her body was that she used to be naturally bulkier than the other girls around her. Granted those girls were her mom, sister, and dancers, but I still think that unless Holly has permanently damaged her metabolism, she can put on bulk if she eats properly and does more strength training and less cardio.

I can confirm she used to be a slightly chubbier kid (used to take dance classes with her when we were both primary-school-age). She definitely wasn't overweight but she wasn't slight, as a child. Just one of those things.

 

[yerdasellsavon]

I can confirm she used to be a slightly chubbier kid (used to take dance classes with her when we were both primary-school-age). She definitely wasn't overweight but she wasn't slight, as a child. Just one of those things.

What was she like as a kid? Obviously know a lot would have changed and doubt you stayed in touch, but was she as neurotic and competitive as she is now?

 

[korma]

What was she like as a kid? Obviously know a lot would have changed and doubt you stayed in touch, but was she as neurotic and competitive as she is now?

I was never super tight with her or anything so take everything I say with a pinch of salt, ofc.

I remember she was a really, really hard worker. She definitely had the best technique out of all of us in the class, and was praised for it often by the teacher and held up as a good example. You could definitely tell she was always putting every ounce of effort in to be perfect, you could see the "striving" expression on her face.

She seemed to have good friends in the dance school and was well liked. She was definitely a favourite of the teacher (I think her mum and the teacher used to dance together or maybe teach together or something, so that kinda made sense, alongside the hard work thing).

Another pupil told me that the family had a dance studio in their garden and the mum would make Holly and Emily practice dance for 2 hours every night after school. It sounded pretty hellish. Obvs take that with salt cos idk how truthful that other pupil was being when relaying this info. She was also taking multiple dance classes per week - often multiple classes back to back on the same night (altho a lot of us did that tbf) and going in for festivals and competitions and stuff.

Even still Holly seemed pretty happy and was definitely goofy, giggly and silly with her friends, which was nice. We went our separate ways before her ED/ Cambridge ambitions developed, so I wasn't around for any of that.

 

[lifegoss1]

Start times are out. Angrlo is racing first

 

[lifegoss1]

I think Holly has a good chance of doing well at warsaw. In the pro division there are 183 womwn competing and in her age group there are 36.

For both of them its going to be a good indicator of how they are compared to the other athletes competing in the pro division.

I am looking forward to seeing how they go

 

[Icing _on_ the_cake]

I was never super tight with her or anything so take everything I say with a pinch of salt, ofc.

I remember she was a really, really hard worker. She definitely had the best technique out of all of us in the class, and was praised for it often by the teacher and held up as a good example. You could definitely tell she was always putting every ounce of effort in to be perfect, you could see the "striving" expression on her face.

She seemed to have good friends in the dance school and was well liked. She was definitely a favourite of the teacher (I think her mum and the teacher used to dance together or maybe teach together or something, so that kinda made sense, alongside the hard work thing).

Another pupil told me that the family had a dance studio in their garden and the mum would make Holly and Emily practice dance for 2 hours every night after school. It sounded pretty hellish. Obvs take that with salt cos idk how truthful that other pupil was being when relaying this info. She was also taking multiple dance classes per week - often multiple classes back to back on the same night (altho a lot of us did that tbf) and going in for festivals and competitions and stuff.

Even still Holly seemed pretty happy and was definitely goofy, giggly and silly with her friends, which was nice. We went our separate ways before her ED/ Cambridge ambitions developed, so I wasn't around for any of that.

Growing up in such a household it's clear why she really can't relax.

The problem they will have with pro is the big increase in weight.

 

[korma]

Growing up in such a household it's clear why she really can't relax.

Yeah, I do feel really sorry for her, she's definitely a product of her environment. In the dance school Emily was obviously a couple of years older and was one of the real stand-outs from an early age, while Holly was still just a little kid. I think as she grew up she felt the need to show she was just as good as her sister. I think they were both pitted against each other, knowingly or unknowingly, by the mum.

That's why in a way I'm really proud of her for going against what her family says is sensible and going all in on this Hyrox thing. For most of her life she's followed in Emily's footsteps - dance, Cambridge - and this is one of the first big moves she's made that DOESN'T belong to Emily already. Not only that, but Holly now seems to be the better performer out of her and Angelo - she's on top, whereas before she was always struggling to be better than Emily. She seems to be handling her excellence with a lot of grace, too, not smugly showing off.

I know there are still concerns around rigidity, overtraining, nutrition, life balance etc - but doing something huge and bold like this does actually feel like a bit of a developmental milestone for Holly. She's no longer under the thumb of her mum or the shadow of her sister, now that she's living abroad and doing something her family advised her against.

 

[Nemolife2]

She honestly looks quite odd in her latest Hyrox Holly reel. Desperately needs a haircut and weird choice of thumbnail.

Her hair is looking so dry. Wish she’d get a trim!

 

[supercalifragilis]

Angelo definitely also has disordered eating behavior (not diagnosing but I don't know how else to say he doesn't have a healthy relationship with food either): the latest reel they posted is just him doing a double training day and he literally doesn't even hide that he didn't have a real lunch, just the usual porridge for breakfast and then two training sessions with a half baguette and cereal bars eaten in between. Then he says he managed to cook a real dinner (burger and fries) but immediately ruined it by having dessert (?? again, they're underfueling so why does a dessert ruin a normal meal?) and the dessert is another porridge. At this point they should get a nutritionist, any professional would be appalled they're even trying this with their lack of nutritional skills.