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.
[ Istanbul · Türkiye ]
Hyrox training in Istanbul,
built around your race.
There are 20 gyms and sports centres within reach of the centre of Istanbul, and this programme is written around whichever one you use. Istanbul hosts a race, so every session is dated backwards from that weekend. 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 Istanbul ]
Istanbul hosts a race, which changes how you train for it.
HYROX Istanbul: dates, venue and when to start →Your nearest race
Istanbul Fuar Merkezi
Istanbul · expected August 2027
The race comes to Istanbul. That means you can walk the venue beforehand, and it means the people you train beside will be on the same start list. A programme dated to that weekend is worth more than a generic twelve weeks.
The date follows the venue's annual cadence rather than a confirmed listing, so check the official Hyrox calendar before booking.
[ Gyms in Istanbul ]
Where you can train in Istanbul.
Istanbul 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.
- Sultan Osman Hamamigym0.2 km
- İÜ Coğrafya Stüdyo Kapalı Spor Salonugym1.7 km
- Vefa Küçük Spor Salonugym1.8 km
- King Fitness Centergym2.1 km
- NOA Gymgym2.2 km
- Olympic spor salonugym2.4 km
- Xpower GYMgym2.6 km
- Atlas spor salonugym2.7 km
- İBB Beyoğlu Yüzme Havuzusports centre2.7 km
- Flamingogym2.8 km
- CS-Clubgym2.9 km
- Flamingo GYMgym2.9 km
20 sites within reach of the centre of Istanbul; the twelve closest are listed. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Istanbul. 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 Istanbul ]
What a Hyrox build looks like from Istanbul.
Where to train in Istanbul
20 gyms and sports centres sit within a few miles of the centre of Istanbul. That is enough to choose on what the floor actually holds rather than on which is nearest.
Closest to the centre you have Sultan Osman Hamami, İÜ Coğrafya Stüdyo Kapalı Spor Salonu and Vefa Küçük Spor Salonu, the nearest of them about 0.2 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.
İBB Beyoğlu Yüzme Havuzu is listed as a sports centre rather than a gym. 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 Istanbul
There is no parkrun close to Istanbul, so you will need to measure your own loop. Pick something flat you can repeat, run it every three or four weeks under the same conditions, and treat that time as your benchmark.
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 Istanbul
Istanbul hosts a race, which is a bigger advantage than most people use. You can walk the venue, you will train alongside people on the same start list, and you have no travel to plan on the morning.
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 Istanbul ]
Other cities on the HYROX calendar. The programme is the same wherever you race — these are the ones closest to Istanbul.
What Hyrox coaching costs in Istanbul
1:1 Hyrox coaching in Istanbul
Hourlysession by session
- Paid again every time you train
- Progress lives in the coach's head
- Limited to their availability
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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
[ Istanbul ]
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