Built backwards from race day
Eight stations, eight 1-km runs. Sled push and pull with explicit progression, wall balls scaled to your bodyweight, run intervals that match the race.
[ Abertillery · Wales ]
Hyrox training in Abertillery,
built around your race.
There are 10 gyms and sports centres within reach of the centre of Abertillery, PureGym among them, and this programme is written around whichever one you use. Your nearest race is NEC Birmingham, roughly 125 km away, and every session is dated backwards from it. Built by HYROX Elite 15 athlete Ben Sutherland. See your Week 1 before you decide anything.
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- HYROX Elite 15 athlete
- Multiple Pro Doubles wins
- Best Doubles 49-51 min
- Coaches beginner to pro
Programming with a race at the end of it.
Dated to your race, not week numbers
Tell us your race date and every session lands on a calendar day. Miss a week and Sunday's rebuild absorbs it. The plan bends, the race date doesn't.
An Elite 15 athlete behind the programming
Ben races in the HYROX Elite 15 Doubles with his brother Harry. The programming you follow is the structure he uses, scaled to your level.
[ Training in Abertillery ]
The ground you actually train on in Abertillery.
Where to run your 1 km repeats
A Hyrox is eight 1 km runs with a station between each. Running them on flat, measured, repeatable ground is worth more than any single session you will do indoors. These are the closest measured 5 km courses to you.
- Aberbeeg parkrun · Ebbw Valley Cycle Track2.2 km
- Pontypool parkrun · Pontypool Park8 km
Distances are straight-line from the centre of Abertillery, not journey times. Source: parkrun’s own events feed.
Your nearest race
NEC Birmingham
Birmingham · October 2026
Roughly 125 km from Abertillery in a straight line. Far enough that an early wave usually means travelling the night before. Whichever race you enter, the programme is built backwards from that date.
Straight-line distance from the centre of Abertillery to the venue. Check the official Hyrox calendar for final dates.
[ Gyms in Abertillery ]
Where you can train in Abertillery.
Enough choice in Abertillery to find one that suits the training rather than the other way round. Ring ahead and ask about sled space and a wall you are allowed to throw at, because those two decide more than anything on the membership page.
Chains with a site here: PureGym. If you already hold one of those memberships, you can start this week without paying anything new.
- Fitness Factory Blackwoodgym4.9 km
- Markham Community House and Leisure Centregym5.8 km
- Pontypool Amateur Boxing Clubsports centre6.2 km
- Ebbw Vale Sports Centresports centre6.8 km
- Bowden Active Living Centregym6.8 km
- PureGymgym7.3 km
- Newbridge Leisure Centresports centre7.4 km
- Canolfan Byw'n Egnïol Pont-y-pŵlsports centre7.6 km
- New Tredegar Leisure Centresports centre7.8 km
- Pontypool Ski Centresports centre7.8 km
Distances are straight-line from the centre of Abertillery. We have not audited what equipment each site holds, so treat this as where to start ringing rather than a verified kit list. Gym data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
[ Training in Abertillery ]
What a Hyrox build looks like from Abertillery.
Where to train in Abertillery
10 gyms and sports centres sit within a few miles of the centre of Abertillery. That is enough to choose on what the floor actually holds rather than on which is nearest.
Closest to the centre you have Fitness Factory Blackwood, Markham Community House and Leisure Centre and Pontypool Amateur Boxing Club, the nearest of them about 4.9 km out. Ring before you join and ask two questions: is there floor space to push a sled, and can you throw a ball at a wall. Those answers decide more than any membership tier.
Pontypool Amateur Boxing Club and Ebbw Vale Sports Centre are listed as sports centres rather than gyms. Multi-use sites are usually where the floor space is, which tends to be where the sled and carry work ends up happening.
PureGym has a site here, so an existing membership may already cover you. If you are joining from scratch, a rolling monthly contract is worth the few extra pounds while you work out which sessions you actually turn up for.
Where to run around Abertillery
Aberbeeg parkrun, roughly 2.2 km from the centre of Abertillery, is your nearest measured 5 km. Free, timed, every Saturday, and the single most useful benchmark you have access to.
A Hyrox is eight kilometre runs with a station between each, which means the skill being tested is running on tired legs, not running fresh. Do at least one session a week where the running comes after the hard work rather than before it.
Racing from Abertillery
Your nearest race is NEC Birmingham, about 125 km away. Far enough that an early wave means going the night before, which is worth budgeting for at the point you enter rather than the week before.
Whichever race you enter, the date is what makes a programme a programme. Twelve weeks is the standard build, sixteen if you are starting from very little running, and every session lands on a calendar day rather than a week number.
[ Near Abertillery ]
Plenty of people train one town over, whether that is a better gym, a flatter route, or simply the one on the way home from work.
What Hyrox coaching costs in Abertillery
1:1 Hyrox coaching in Abertillery
Hourlysession by session
- Paid again every time you train
- Progress lives in the coach's head
- Limited to their availability
Suth Performance
Tailoredto you
- Full week-by-week personalised programme
- A fraction of what weekly PT sessions add up to
- Free consultation first, cancel anytime
Local rates vary; typical advertised prices, not quotes. Suth Performance is a programming platform, not a substitute for in-person supervision where you need it.
Common questions
[ Abertillery ]
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