Olympic BMX star Kieran Reilly reveals the simple changes that transformed his performance and energy levels One tweak in particular ‘went hand in hand with the best results I’ve ever had’, the athlete tells Harry Bullmore.
His training method of choice was CrossFit – a class-based training method blending high-intensity workouts, conditioning, strength training, gymnastics and Olympic weightlifting.
In the years since he’s been crowned BMX freestyle European champion, world champion and earned silver at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, crediting much of his success to a series of changes he made to his workouts and lifestyle in 2022.
A quick search of his name on the CrossFit website shows he’s incredibly good at it too, finishing in the top three per cent of entrants to the CrossFit Open (an annual, online global fitness competition with more than 340,000 participants last year).
“Joining the gym and starting to train went hand in hand with the best results I’ve ever had [in BMX competitions].
