The race is the exact same. But the layout of courses may change a bit. And if it’s outside like NYC weather may play a factor. Plus who you are competing against changes.View attachment 4028673comment on her most recent postso is the world championships harder than the normal pro races?
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Tbf Holly said she was aiming for 1:01 or 1:02, however this just shows how delusional they were to claim they were improving faster than any other hyrox athleteView attachment 4028673comment on her most recent post
I think it also has limited commercial success in the sense that I'd assume, unless you compete in it, it's not a fun or entertaining thing to watch
i think she did very well, she's been training seriously just for the last 6 months and still qualified as 44th at her age group in the world championships, that's a massive success!
plus she said she didn't feel too good due to her period, which affects even professional athletes at the olympics, for example
she's too hard on herself!
plus she said she didn't feel too good due to her period, which affects even professional athletes at the olympics, for example
she's too hard on herself!
Well done her but what I don't understand is how on earth she manages to run with a bun on her head 
how does that stay put!?
how does that stay put!?She was also doing really well with keeping her hair healthier and now it looks really dry and thinned out againWell done her but what I don't understand is how on earth she manages to run with a bun on her head
And Saskia also runs Hyrox doubles, partnered with another Holly - Holly Archer! Why aren't Angelo and Holly White competing together in mixed doubles (or whatever it is called)?
I bet the relationship is too tense to do so, she's always pandering to him when he does badly or whatever, them being in it together would be a mistake jmo
Holly White came in 129th overall, not 44th. 44th maybe in her age group but age group is irrelevant if she is chasing Elite 15.
Saskia CRUSHED it with a 57! Surely she will be in Elite 15 next season!
Saskia CRUSHED it with a 57! Surely she will be in Elite 15 next season!
I wonder if their progress is really what they would want after six months of not working.
They started with doubles and bombed it - fine if you assume that was Angelo's fault (given he is obviously the weaker of the two and probably has slim to no chance of making it). Angelo has bombed both of his individual attempts (again, fine if you assume Angelo has no chance of making it and that nothing depends on this). Holly bombed her latest, her first wasn't pro and it sounds like Warsaw was an easier course.
None of this would be an issue if they were doing it recreationally, but to be betting your future on this...I'm glad it's not me.
They started with doubles and bombed it - fine if you assume that was Angelo's fault (given he is obviously the weaker of the two and probably has slim to no chance of making it). Angelo has bombed both of his individual attempts (again, fine if you assume Angelo has no chance of making it and that nothing depends on this). Holly bombed her latest, her first wasn't pro and it sounds like Warsaw was an easier course.
None of this would be an issue if they were doing it recreationally, but to be betting your future on this...I'm glad it's not me.
I would be very surprised if they make it (particularly Angelo) for three reasons:
- They have roughly 2k subscribers after 4 months. Given Holly already had an audience already, that's not great, and I see no idea what their USP is other than they "quit their jobs" (something that isn't exactly relatable).
- The content is unvaried and unoriginal. Perhaps it's just not for me, but I don't see how their videos stand out from any other creator in this domain.
- Angelo definitely isn't elite and never will be, and Holly's chances are probably slim. Although Holly did very well in the "easier races", this has shown that when the competition is harder, she is distinctly average in comparison to where she needs to be. Angelo can't even perform when they're doing the easier races. Given they're devoting their whole lives and energy to this and almost everyone else will be doing it recreationally, that's not a good sign.
Saskia, the A&E doctor, also won the Womens Doubles Pro, with her partner Holly Archer! (I think Holly Archer is a full time athlete but, at least, has results!)
There’s no reason why Holly White can’t work PT at tutoring or at something else PAID. Also Angelo.
Holly should still be receiving passive income from You Tube for views on all of her old videos (on her main channel).
100%. She had 440,000 subscribers so would have saved a lot from the income that generated and will still be earning passively now.
I refuse to buy any claims that they're broke because their lifestyles don't suggest that at all. They've managed to do this for almost half a year without either of them having jobs. It's disingenuous to claim they're struggling.
And rent from the flat that they bought
I think the unvaried content is to lock into a niche and tbh I think they have edited their videos a lot better than Holly used to. That's also how Holly's original channel started. She must have learned a lot working for Ali Abdaal because the quality is good. I just don't think it's smart to quit her job to do hyrox and completely abandon her old channel instead of trying to use her old fanbase. Tbh Holly has her parents and sister as a safety net so she's privileged enough not to worry about it being a smart choice.
In fairness, I kind of get why she abandoned her old channel because it was dead. She had 440,000 subscribers and was averaging around 10k views near the end, there was no clear direction in terms of her content and she seemed to have mentally checked out of it. It definitely felt like she was clinging on so it didn't seem as if she'd failed. Eventually, I feel she accepted that was the case, which was the right decision.
Again, I think she needed to find a brand new audience. Her original fan base subscribed to her for her academic content or daily vlogs, which she was no longer doing. No one initially followed her for fitness content. That being said, I don't ever see her finding success in her new niche.
That's fair. I think her old channel died because of all the controversial oversharing and uneducated advice. I agree she probably would have lost a lot of viewers as she transitioned anyway, but when she first started solo traveling a lot of her old viewers were totally on board with the rebrand and post university when she was trying new things she still had a decent following. Her videos became directionless because she was directionless. All she was doing was overexercising, under eating, and hanging out with Angelo.
"i spent most of my life playing videogames and sitting behind a screen. no endurance background, no elite sports background, nothing. then 4 years ago, something weird happened, i watched an eluid kipchoge documentary on netflix and became obsessed with running to the point where i went from basically doing zero running at all to averaging 150km a week with the goal of running a sub -3 marathon"
a while ago, someone in here, suggested that angelo grew up being a larger kid and that probably he was bullied at school and that would explain why he has such a disordered relationship with food. we don't have proof of that (he didn't post any picture from his childhood) but from this reel one can tell that he wasn't never the athletic kid or the first one to be chosen for team sports at school: according to him, he was quite sedentary. it seems that his irrational and obsessive relationship towards fitness and sport started just a while before meeting holly for the first time, that would explain as well why his VO2 max and other health/fitness metrics aren't as good as holly's, who's been dancing and training non stop for decades, unlike him
a while ago, someone in here, suggested that angelo grew up being a larger kid and that probably he was bullied at school and that would explain why he has such a disordered relationship with food. we don't have proof of that (he didn't post any picture from his childhood) but from this reel one can tell that he wasn't never the athletic kid or the first one to be chosen for team sports at school: according to him, he was quite sedentary. it seems that his irrational and obsessive relationship towards fitness and sport started just a while before meeting holly for the first time, that would explain as well why his VO2 max and other health/fitness metrics aren't as good as holly's, who's been dancing and training non stop for decades, unlike him
I was the one that said he had grown up chubby. I thought he and Holly had touched on it in one of her old main channel videos
I question the timing. When did they meet? Was it after he had switched to full-time running? He said in a different video that he did belong to a gym before he became obsessed with running. My guess is he did the video gaming but I guess also worked out a little? But maybe when he was younger - like maybe primary school - he wasn’t into sports or fitness?
I think after he was running full time already because they had met on a dating app and I could be wrong but I remember Holly saying in the early days of their relationship that she liked that they had so much in common in terms of fitness and being vegan
The growing up chubby thing makes so much sense because he's insecure and feels like he'll never measure up to Holly even though they shouldnt be treating each as competition and Holly has always had body dysmorphia so she's unlikely to leave Angelo despite the way she has to shrink herself to make him feel better because for a long time she didn't think she was ever going to find a bf.