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.
[ Cockfosters · London ]
Hyrox training in Cockfosters,
built around your race.
There are 20 gyms and sports centres within reach of the centre of Cockfosters, Better among them, and this programme is written around whichever one you use. Your nearest race is ExCeL London, roughly 20 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.
Start the 3-minute quizFree consultation with Ben · no card, no commitment
- 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 Cockfosters ]
The ground you actually train on in Cockfosters.
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.
- Oak Hill parkrun · Oak Hill Park, East Barnet1.3 km
- Grovelands parkrun, Enfield · Grovelands Park, Enfield3 km
Distances are straight-line from the centre of Cockfosters, not journey times. Source: parkrun’s own events feed.
Your nearest race
ExCeL London
London · expected March 2027
Close enough to Cockfosters to get there on race morning without staying over, and close enough to walk the venue beforehand if you want to. Whichever race you enter, the programme is built backwards from that date.
Straight-line distance from the centre of Cockfosters 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 Cockfosters ]
Where you can train in Cockfosters.
Cockfosters 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: Better. If you already hold one of those memberships, you can start this week without paying anything new.
- The Fit Factorygym0 km
- Athletic Development Clubgym0.2 km
- Trent Park Running Clubsports centre1 km
- Southgate Hockey Clubsports centre1 km
- Beyond Movegym1.2 km
- New Barnet Leisure Centregym1.5 km
- Southgate Leisure Centre · Bettersports centre2.3 km
- ProtoFitgym2.3 km
- North London Boxing Clubgym2.3 km
- Oakleigh Park Lawn Tennis and Squash Clubsports centre2.6 km
- Fit Clubgym2.8 km
- Blueprintgym2.9 km
20 sites within reach of the centre of Cockfosters; the twelve closest are listed. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Cockfosters. 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 Cockfosters ]
What a Hyrox build looks like from Cockfosters.
Where to train in Cockfosters
20 gyms and sports centres sit within a few miles of the centre of Cockfosters. That is enough to choose on what the floor actually holds rather than on which is nearest.
Closest to the centre you have The Fit Factory, Athletic Development Club and Trent Park Running Club, the nearest of them about 0 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.
Trent Park Running Club and Southgate Hockey Club 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.
Better 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 Cockfosters
Oak Hill parkrun, roughly 1.3 km from the centre of Cockfosters, 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 Cockfosters
ExCeL London is roughly 20 km from Cockfosters, close enough to be a normal morning rather than a trip. That is the one to build towards for a first race: no hotel, no unfamiliar bed, no early train.
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 Cockfosters ]
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 Cockfosters
1:1 Hyrox coaching in Cockfosters
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
[ Cockfosters ]
Your race is coming either way. Train like it.
Three-minute quiz. Real Week 1, free.
Free consultation first. Cancel anytime. Prefer to talk straight away? Book your free consultation.
Looking for general coaching instead? Personal training in Cockfosters →