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.
[ Mackay · Australia ]
Hyrox training in Mackay,
built around your race.
There are 20 gyms and sports centres within reach of the centre of Mackay, and this programme is written around whichever one you use. Your nearest race is Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, roughly 804 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
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- 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 Mackay ]
The ground you actually train on in Mackay.
Your nearest race: BYD HYROX Brisbane →Your nearest race
Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre
Brisbane · March 2027
Roughly 804 km from Mackay in a straight line, so treat it as a weekend away rather than a day out, and book the room when you book the race. Whichever race you enter, the programme is built backwards from that date.
Straight-line distance from the centre of Mackay to the venue. Check the official Hyrox calendar for final dates.
[ Gyms in Mackay ]
Where you can train in Mackay.
Mackay 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.
- Boral Fieldsports centre0.9 km
- Mackay City Bowls Clubsports centre1.7 km
- Mackay Junior Motocross Clubsports centre1.8 km
- Hi Energy - Mackaysports centre1.9 km
- Memorial Swim Centresports centre1.9 km
- Mackay Tennis Associationsports centre2.1 km
- Mackay Junior Tennis Associationsports centre2.1 km
- Mackay Netball Associationsports centre2.2 km
- City Brothers Football Clubsports centre2.4 km
- Blue Water Lagoonsports centre2.4 km
- Ooralea Racecoursesports centre2.4 km
- Zero Weaknessgym2.6 km
20 sites within reach of the centre of Mackay; the twelve closest are listed. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Mackay. 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 Mackay ]
What a Hyrox build looks like from Mackay.
Where to train in Mackay
20 gyms and sports centres sit within a few miles of the centre of Mackay. That is enough to choose on what the floor actually holds rather than on which is nearest.
Closest to the centre you have Boral Field, Mackay City Bowls Club and Mackay Junior Motocross Club, the nearest of them about 0.9 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.
Boral Field and Mackay City Bowls 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.
Where to run around Mackay
There is no parkrun close to Mackay, 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 Mackay
Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre is the nearest venue at roughly 804 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 Mackay ]
Other places we cover in Australia. Plenty of people train in the next town over, whether that is a better gym or simply the one on the way home.
What Hyrox coaching costs in Mackay
1:1 Hyrox coaching in Mackay
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
[ Mackay ]
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