How do I start Hyrox training in Shawinigan?

Take the three-minute quiz. It asks about your race date, experience, available days, and the equipment you can use in Shawinigan. You see your full Week 1, dated and structured, before you decide anything.

Do I have to be racing to start?

No. Plenty of athletes start training before they enter anything, then pick a date later. Once you choose a race the programme rebuilds backwards from that date; until then it works towards general readiness.

Can I train for Hyrox at a normal gym in Shawinigan?

Yes, and most people do. There are 5 gyms and sports centres within reach of the centre of Shawinigan. Six of the eight stations substitute cleanly if the kit is not there, and the quiz asks what you have access to before it writes anything.

Do I need a Hyrox gym to follow the programme?

No. The quiz asks what you train with, a full Hyrox gym, a standard commercial gym, or a home setup, and your plan only includes work you can actually do. Substitutions are built in for every station.

I've never done Hyrox. Is this for beginners?

Yes. The First Race programme takes complete beginners to the finish line in 12 weeks. Ben coaches athletes from their first session to professional level, and the programming scales the same way.

How much does it cost?

Pricing is tailored to your goals and there is a cost-effective option for every budget. It starts with a free consultation with Ben, and you see your first week of training before you commit to anything.

[ Shawinigan · Canada ]

Hyrox training in Shawinigan,
built around your race.

There are 5 gyms and sports centres within reach of the centre of Shawinigan, and this programme is written around whichever one you use. Your nearest race is VENUE INFORMATION COMING SOON, roughly 260 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.

A deep sled push at full effort, side on

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.

Two athletes running uphill under a wide open sky

Dated to your race, not week numbers

Your programme counts back from Ottawa. Miss a week and Sunday's rebuild absorbs it — the plan bends, the race date doesn't.

Ben Sutherland front on after an effort at a training camp

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 Shawinigan ]

The ground you actually train on in Shawinigan.

Your nearest race: HYROX Ottawa →

Your nearest race

VENUE INFORMATION COMING SOON

Ottawa · April 2027

Roughly 260 km from Shawinigan 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 Shawinigan to the venue. Check the official Hyrox calendar for final dates.

[ Gyms in Shawinigan ]

Where you can train in Shawinigan.

Enough choice in Shawinigan 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.

Mega Gym Maxi-Formegym5.6 km
Aréna Gilles-Bourassasports centre5.6 km
Vallée du Parcsports centre6.5 km
Aréna de Grand-Mèresports centre6.8 km
Mont SMsports centre7.7 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 Shawinigan. 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 Shawinigan ]

What a Hyrox build looks like from Shawinigan.

Where to train in Shawinigan

Shawinigan has 5 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 Mega Gym Maxi-Forme, Aréna Gilles-Bourassa and Vallée du Parc, the nearest of them about 5.6 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.

Aréna Gilles-Bourassa and Vallée du Parc 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 Shawinigan

There is no parkrun close to Shawinigan, 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 Shawinigan

VENUE INFORMATION COMING SOON is the nearest venue at roughly 260 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.

Between the race and the 5 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 Shawinigan ]

Other places we cover in Canada. Plenty of people train in the next town over, whether that is a better gym or simply the one on the way home.

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What Hyrox coaching costs in Shawinigan

1:1 Hyrox coaching in Shawinigan

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

[ Shawinigan ]

Your race is coming either way. Train like it.

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Hyrox training in Shawinigan, built around your race.