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.
[ Papatoetoe · New Zealand ]
Hyrox training in Papatoetoe,
built around your race.
There are 20 gyms and sports centres within reach of the centre of Papatoetoe, F45 Training and CityFitness among them, and this programme is written around whichever one you use. Papatoetoe 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 Papatoetoe ]
Papatoetoe hosts a race, which changes how you train for it.
BYD HYROX Auckland: dates, venue and when to start →Your nearest race
Auckland Showgrounds - 217 Green Lane West
Auckland · February 2027
The race comes to Papatoetoe. 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.
Check the official Hyrox calendar for final dates.
[ Gyms in Papatoetoe ]
Where you can train in Papatoetoe.
Papatoetoe 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: F45 Training, CityFitness, Auckland Council, Jetts Fitness, FitMumz. If you already hold one of those memberships, you can start this week without paying anything new.
- Manukau City AFCsports centre1.3 km
- WPerformance Gymgym1.6 km
- Papatoetoe Cosmopolitan Clubsports centre1.6 km
- F45 Traininggym1.7 km
- CityFitnessgym1.8 km
- Allan Brewster Recreation Centresports centre1.8 km
- Papatoetoe Centennial Poolssports centre1.8 km
- Kolmarsports centre2 km
- TOIA - Otahuhu Pool, Leisure Centre and Library · Auckland Councilsports centre2.6 km
- Jetts Fitnessgym3 km
- Otara Pool and Leisure Centresports centre3 km
- FitMumzgym3.1 km
20 sites within reach of the centre of Papatoetoe; the twelve closest are listed. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Papatoetoe. 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 Papatoetoe ]
What a Hyrox build looks like from Papatoetoe.
Where to train in Papatoetoe
20 gyms and sports centres sit within a few miles of the centre of Papatoetoe. That is enough to choose on what the floor actually holds rather than on which is nearest.
Closest to the centre you have Manukau City AFC, WPerformance Gym and Papatoetoe Cosmopolitan Club, the nearest of them about 1.3 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.
Manukau City AFC and Papatoetoe Cosmopolitan 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.
F45 Training, CityFitness and Auckland Council have sites 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 Papatoetoe
There is no parkrun close to Papatoetoe, 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 Papatoetoe
Papatoetoe 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 Papatoetoe ]
Other places we cover in New Zealand. 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 Papatoetoe
1:1 Hyrox coaching in Papatoetoe
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
[ Papatoetoe ]
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