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.
[ Penicuik · Scotland ]
Hyrox training in Penicuik,
built around your race.
There are 10 gyms and sports centres within reach of the centre of Penicuik, The Gym Group among them, and this programme is written around whichever one you use. Your nearest race is OVO Hydro, roughly 66 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 Penicuik ]
The ground you actually train on in Penicuik.
Your nearest race
OVO Hydro
Glasgow · November 2026
Roughly 66 km from Penicuik in a straight line, which for most people is an early train rather than a hotel. Whichever race you enter, the programme is built backwards from that date.
Straight-line distance from the centre of Penicuik to the venue. Check the official Hyrox calendar for final dates.
[ Gyms in Penicuik ]
Where you can train in Penicuik.
Enough choice in Penicuik 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.
Chains with a site here: The Gym Group. If you already hold one of those memberships, you can start this week without paying anything new.
- The Penicuik Centresports centre0.3 km
- The Fitness Academysports centre0.6 km
- Kirkhill Bowling Clubsports centre0.8 km
- Ladywood Leisure Centresports centre1.1 km
- Midlothian Snowsports Centresports centre6.2 km
- Ferguson Parksports centre6.4 km
- Loanhead Bowling Clubsports centre6.9 km
- Loanhead Swimming Poolsports centre7.1 km
- The Gym · The Gym Groupgym7.3 km
- Eden Rock Edinburghsports centre7.5 km
Distances are straight-line from the centre of Penicuik. 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 Penicuik ]
What a Hyrox build looks like from Penicuik.
Where to train in Penicuik
10 gyms and sports centres sit within a few miles of the centre of Penicuik. That is enough to choose on what the floor actually holds rather than on which is nearest.
Closest to the centre you have The Penicuik Centre, The Fitness Academy and Kirkhill Bowling Club, the nearest of them about 0.3 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.
The Penicuik Centre and The Fitness Academy 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.
The Gym Group 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 Penicuik
There is no parkrun close to Penicuik, 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 Penicuik
Your nearest race is OVO Hydro, about 66 km away. Far enough that an early wave means going the night before, which is worth budgeting for at the point you enter rather than the week before.
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 Penicuik ]
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 Penicuik
1:1 Hyrox coaching in Penicuik
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
[ Penicuik ]
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