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.
[ Shelley · Yorkshire ]
Hyrox training in Shelley,
built around your race.
There are 16 gyms and sports centres within reach of the centre of Shelley, and this programme is written around whichever one you use. Your nearest race is Manchester Central, roughly 40 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 Shelley ]
The ground you actually train on in Shelley.
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.
- Penistone parkrun · Penistone Show Ground8.7 km
- Huddersfield parkrun · Greenhead Park, Huddersfield9.6 km
Distances are straight-line from the centre of Shelley, not journey times. Source: parkrun’s own events feed.
Your nearest race
Manchester Central
Manchester · expected April 2027
Roughly 40 km from Shelley 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 Shelley 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 Shelley ]
Where you can train in Shelley.
Shelley 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.
- Sovereign Diet and Fitness Clubgym1 km
- Kirkburton Karate Club & Activity centresports centre1.1 km
- Oragymsgym3.3 km
- Bodyzonegym3.9 km
- Scissett Leisure Centregym4.2 km
- BigBox Gym Huddersfieldgym5.8 km
- Thongsbridge Tennis & Fitness Clubsports centre6.4 km
- Fitness Suitesports centre6.9 km
- Holmfirth Swimming Poolsports centre7 km
- Peak Venture Activity Centresports centre7 km
- Core Reformgym7.2 km
- Tru Gym Ltdgym7.3 km
16 sites within reach of the centre of Shelley; the twelve closest are listed. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Shelley. 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 Shelley ]
What a Hyrox build looks like from Shelley.
Where to train in Shelley
16 gyms and sports centres sit within a few miles of the centre of Shelley. That is enough to choose on what the floor actually holds rather than on which is nearest.
Closest to the centre you have Sovereign Diet and Fitness Club, Kirkburton Karate Club & Activity centre and Oragyms, the nearest of them about 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.
Kirkburton Karate Club & Activity centre and Thongsbridge Tennis & Fitness 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.
Where to run around Shelley
Penistone parkrun, roughly 8.7 km from the centre of Shelley, 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 Shelley
Manchester Central is roughly 40 km from Shelley, 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.
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 Shelley ]
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 Shelley
1:1 Hyrox coaching in Shelley
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
[ Shelley ]
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