New Delhi, May 7 -- My quadriceps are still tender and forearms sore enough to make typing this story out quite an effort. But that - and a black rectangular patch - is what I get for completing (without much training) the Hyrox race that finally made its India debut in Mumbai last Saturday.

Hyrox, the fastest growing fitness trend in the post-pandemic world, combines the two foundational pillars of exercise - cardio and strength training - and makes a rather compelling participative sport that is as much a race as it is a test of your strength, endurance and capacity for suffering. Hyrox was conceptualised by three-time Olympic medal-winning German hockey player Moritz Furste and co-founder and race organiser Christian Toetzke, in Germa...