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.
[ Houston · Scotland ]
Hyrox training in Houston,
built around your race.
There are 11 gyms and sports centres within reach of the centre of Houston, and this programme is written around whichever one you use. Your nearest race is OVO Hydro, roughly 17 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 Houston ]
The ground you actually train on in Houston.
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.
- Linwood parkrun · ON-X Linwood3.4 km
- Erskine Waterfront parkrun7.8 km
- Levengrove parkrun · Levengrove Park,8.1 km
Distances are straight-line from the centre of Houston, not journey times. Source: parkrun’s own events feed.
Your nearest race
OVO Hydro
Glasgow · November 2026
Close enough to Houston 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 Houston to the venue. Check the official Hyrox calendar for final dates.
[ Gyms in Houston ]
Where you can train in Houston.
Enough choice in Houston 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.
- Strathgryffe Tennis, Squash & Fitness Clubsports centre0.4 km
- ON Xsports centre3.5 km
- Linwood Sports Centresports centre3.6 km
- Lynnibinnisgym4.6 km
- Evolution Bodybuildinggym4.9 km
- Johnstone Bowling Clubsports centre5 km
- Keanie Parksports centre5.4 km
- Meikleriggs Bowling Clubsports centre7.7 km
- Erskine Leisure Centresports centre7.7 km
- Wellmeadow Bowling Clubsports centre7.8 km
- Posties Parksports centre8 km
Distances are straight-line from the centre of Houston. 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 Houston ]
What a Hyrox build looks like from Houston.
Where to train in Houston
11 gyms and sports centres sit within a few miles of the centre of Houston. That is enough to choose on what the floor actually holds rather than on which is nearest.
Closest to the centre you have Strathgryffe Tennis, Squash & Fitness Club, ON X and Linwood Sports Centre, the nearest of them about 0.4 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.
Strathgryffe Tennis, Squash & Fitness Club and ON X 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.
Where to run around Houston
You are well served for measured running around Houston. 3 parkrun courses sit within reach: Linwood parkrun, Erskine Waterfront parkrun and Levengrove parkrun are the closest three, Linwood parkrun being about 3.4 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 Houston
OVO Hydro is roughly 17 km from Houston, 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 Houston ]
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 Houston
1:1 Hyrox coaching in Houston
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
[ Houston ]
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