{"id":1111772,"date":"2026-07-26T05:39:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T05:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1111772\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T05:39:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T05:39:18","slug":"why-extreme-fitness-fomo-can-do-more-harm-than-good-for-people-40-and-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1111772\/","title":{"rendered":"Why \u2018extreme fitness FOMO\u2019 can do more harm than good for people 40 and up"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hyrox, CrossFit, ultra-endurance trail runs \u2013 highly challenging activities such as these are popular in Hong Kong. The appeal is obvious: taking part in them makes ordinary people feel heroic. And in a city hooked on achievement, they have become a kind of status symbol.<\/p>\n

But the popularity of such events is causing many Hong Kong people in midlife to be stung by what might be called \u201cextreme fitness FOMO\u201d, or the desire to do more than their bodies, schedules and recovery capacity can sensibly handle.<\/p>\n

That pull is fuelled by the city\u2019s mature endurance scene, where races like the 100km Hong Kong 100<\/a> and CrossFit have been entrenched for years. Add social media feeds extolling \u201cbeast mode\u201d and \u201cgo hard or go home\u201d as the only way to train, and it is easy to see how well-intentioned challenges turn into pressure.\u201cI love that people are actually throwing themselves into these things,\u201d says Ant Haynes, a 36-year-old former Hong Kong rugby player<\/a>, CrossFit Games athlete<\/a> and co-founder of Coastal Fitness, who coaches professionals and amateurs alike. \u201cBut is there a better way that people could go about it? Absolutely.\u201d<\/p>\n

He acknowledges the alluring inclusivity of Hyrox \u2013 \u201cthey celebrate everyone, which is awesome\u201d \u2013 but points out that it can be a trap for some.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople start to lose sight of what they do on a daily basis. They\u2019re a mom, they\u2019re a dad, they have a family to look after. They have a job they have to actually \u2026 go and do.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"CoastalCoastal Fitness co-founder Ant Haynes says it is simply in a coach\u2019s interest to \u201clook for longevity\u201d in a client. Photo: coastalfitnesshk.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hyrox, CrossFit, ultra-endurance trail runs \u2013 highly challenging activities such as these are popular in Hong Kong. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1111773,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4322],"tags":[303120,303117,303119,140889,211628,40455,75530,228177,63618,1630,224925,112696,105,37281,303118,303124,13319,303123,303122,4716,303125,7171,157459,5089,303121,16,15,5088],"class_list":["post-1111772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fitness","tag-ant-haynes","tag-asiaworld-expo","tag-asphodel","tag-chinese-university-of-hong-kong","tag-coastal-fitness","tag-cortisol","tag-crossfit","tag-daily-stress","tag-extreme-fitness","tag-fitness","tag-functional-independence","tag-gerontology","tag-health","tag-high-intensity-interval-training","tag-hong-kong-100","tag-hong-kong-sports-clinic","tag-hyrox","tag-leslie-evangelista","tag-limitless-gym","tag-longevity","tag-professor-jean-woo","tag-resistance-training","tag-sleep-deprivation","tag-tai-chi","tag-tricia-yap","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-yoga"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116984674526187875","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1111772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1111772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1111772\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1111773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1111772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1111772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1111772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}