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.
[ Portland · South West ]
Hyrox training in Portland,
built around your race.
There are 6 gyms and sports centres within reach of the centre of Portland, YMCA among them, and this programme is written around whichever one you use. Your nearest race is ExCeL London, roughly 202 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 Portland ]
The ground you actually train on in Portland.
Where to run your 1 km repeats
A Hyrox is eight 1 km runs with a station between each. Running them on flat, measured, repeatable ground is worth more than any single session you will do indoors. These are the closest measured 5 km courses to you.
- Weymouth parkrun · Lodmoor County Park6.5 km
Distances are straight-line from the centre of Portland, not journey times. Source: parkrun’s own events feed.
Your nearest race
ExCeL London
London · expected March 2027
Roughly 202 km from Portland 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 Portland to the venue. The date follows the venue's annual cadence rather than a confirmed listing, so check the official Hyrox calendar before booking.
[ Gyms in Portland ]
Where you can train in Portland.
Enough choice in Portland 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: YMCA. If you already hold one of those memberships, you can start this week without paying anything new.
- Osprey Leisure Centresports centre0.1 km
- Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academysports centre0.8 km
- Young Men's Christian Association · YMCAsports centre2.3 km
- Weymouth Indoor Bowling Clubsports centre4.7 km
- Weymouth Squash & Fitness Centresports centre4.8 km
- Weymouth Swimming Pool and Fitness Centresports centre5 km
Distances are straight-line from the centre of Portland. 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 Portland ]
What a Hyrox build looks like from Portland.
Where to train in Portland
Portland has 6 places to train within reach. Not a wide field, and it means the sensible move is to build the programme around what one or two of them actually have rather than hunting for a perfect fit.
Closest to the centre you have Osprey Leisure Centre, Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy and Young Men's Christian Association, the nearest of them about 0.1 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.
Osprey Leisure Centre and Weymouth and Portland National Sailing 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.
YMCA 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 Portland
Weymouth parkrun, roughly 6.5 km from the centre of Portland, is your nearest measured 5 km. Free, timed, every Saturday, and the single most useful benchmark you have access to.
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 Portland
ExCeL London is the nearest venue at roughly 202 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 Portland ]
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 Portland
1:1 Hyrox coaching in Portland
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
[ Portland ]
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