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.
[ Pokeno · New Zealand ]
Hyrox training in Pokeno,
built around your race.
There are 2 gyms and sports centres within reach of the centre of Pokeno, and this programme is written around whichever one you use. Your nearest race is Auckland Showgrounds - 217 Green Lane West, roughly 45 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
Your programme counts back from Auckland. 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 Pokeno ]
The ground you actually train on in Pokeno.
Your nearest race: BYD HYROX Auckland →Your nearest race
Auckland Showgrounds - 217 Green Lane West
Auckland · February 2027
Roughly 45 km from Pokeno 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 Pokeno to the venue. Check the official Hyrox calendar for final dates.
[ Gyms in Pokeno ]
Where you can train in Pokeno.
Pokeno is not spoilt for choice, which matters less than it sounds. Six of the eight stations need a sled, a rower, a ski erg, kettlebells and a wall, and most of that substitutes cleanly. Your programme is built around what you can actually get to.
- Centennial Swimming Poolssports centre6.9 km
- Harrisville MX tracksports centre7.3 km
Train here? Tell the next person what it has. One tap, no account.
Sled (push or pull)Ski ergRower
Distances are straight-line from the centre of Pokeno. 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 Pokeno ]
What a Hyrox build looks like from Pokeno.
Where to train in Pokeno
Training options in Pokeno are thin on the ground, which matters far less than it sounds. Most of a Hyrox build is running, carrying and squatting, and almost all of it substitutes.
Closest to the centre you have Centennial Swimming Pools and Harrisville MX track, the nearest of them about 6.9 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.
Centennial Swimming Pools and Harrisville MX track 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 Pokeno
There is no parkrun close to Pokeno, 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.
Racing from Pokeno
Auckland Showgrounds - 217 Green Lane West is roughly 45 km from Pokeno, 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.
Between the race and the 2 places to train listed here, the constraint is rarely equipment. It is the calendar, which is why the programme is dated to a day rather than numbered by week.
[ Near Pokeno ]
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 Pokeno
1:1 Hyrox coaching in Pokeno
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
[ Pokeno ]
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