[ Benwell · North East ]

Hyrox training in Benwell, built around your race.

There are 20 gyms and sports centres within reach of the centre of Benwell, TeamSport Go Karting among them, and this programme is written around whichever one you use. Your nearest race is Manchester Central, roughly 171 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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Programming with a race at the end of it.

Elevated view of two athletes striding down the track straight

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.

Numbered lanes on the track bend with two runners holding form

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.

Coach standing over an athlete mid rowing interval in the gym

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 Benwell ]

The ground you actually train on in Benwell.

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.

  • Denton Dene parkrun1.7 km
  • Leazes parkrun · Leazes Park2.8 km
  • Town Moor parkrun · Exhibition Park, Newcastle3.7 km
  • Gateshead parkrun · Saltwell Park, Gateshead5.3 km

Distances are straight-line from the centre of Benwell, not journey times. Source: parkrun’s own events feed.

Your nearest race

Manchester Central

Manchester · expected April 2027

Roughly 171 km from Benwell 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 Benwell to the venue. The date follows the venue's annual cadence rather than a confirmed listing, so check the official Hyrox calendar before booking.

[ Gyms in Benwell ]

Where you can train in Benwell.

Benwell has plenty of choice, which means you can be picky. The thing to look for is not a Hyrox sticker on the door, it is a sled lane long enough to push on, a spare wall for wall balls, and a rower nobody queues for at 6pm.

Chains with a site here: TeamSport Go Karting. If you already hold one of those memberships, you can start this week without paying anything new.

  • Soccerworldgym0.8 km
  • Centre for Sport & Trampoline Parkgym0.8 km
  • West End Community Gymgym0.9 km
  • TeamSport Newcastle · TeamSport Go Kartingsports centre0.9 km
  • Fenham Poolsports centre1.3 km
  • Clip And Climbsports centre1.7 km
  • Elswick Community Leisure Centresports centre1.9 km
  • Inline Fitness Centresports centre2 km
  • Core Muscle Fitnesssports centre2.1 km
  • Tyneside Badminton Centresports centre2.2 km
  • Vertu Motors Arenasports centre2.3 km
  • Northern Kingsgym2.4 km

20 sites within reach of the centre of Benwell; the twelve closest are listed. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Benwell. 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 Benwell ]

What a Hyrox build looks like from Benwell.

Where to train in Benwell

20 gyms and sports centres sit within a few miles of the centre of Benwell. That is enough to choose on what the floor actually holds rather than on which is nearest.

Closest to the centre you have Soccerworld, Centre for Sport & Trampoline Park and West End Community Gym, the nearest of them about 0.8 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.

TeamSport Newcastle and Fenham Pool 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.

TeamSport Go Karting 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 Benwell

You are well served for measured running around Benwell. 7 parkrun courses sit within reach: Denton Dene parkrun, Leazes parkrun and Town Moor parkrun are the closest three, Denton Dene parkrun being about 1.7 km out. Use one as your fixed benchmark and run it in the same conditions each time, or the number tells you nothing.

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 Benwell

Manchester Central is the nearest venue at roughly 171 km, so racing means a weekend away. Enter early, book the room at the same time, and treat the travel as part of the plan rather than an afterthought.

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 Benwell ]

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 Benwell

1:1 Hyrox coaching in Benwell

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.

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