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.
[ Shotts · Scotland ]
Hyrox training in Shotts,
built around your race.
There are 11 gyms and sports centres within reach of the centre of Shotts, and this programme is written around whichever one you use. Your nearest race is OVO Hydro, roughly 31 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 Shotts ]
The ground you actually train on in Shotts.
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.
- Polkemmet Country parkrun · Polkemmet Country Park7 km
Distances are straight-line from the centre of Shotts, not journey times. Source: parkrun’s own events feed.
Your nearest race
OVO Hydro
Glasgow · November 2026
Roughly 31 km from Shotts 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 Shotts to the venue. Check the official Hyrox calendar for final dates.
[ Gyms in Shotts ]
Where you can train in Shotts.
Enough choice in Shotts 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.
- Springhill Amateur Boxing Clubgym0.2 km
- Shotts Ironworks Bowling Clubsports centre0.3 km
- Shotts Leisure Centresports centre0.5 km
- Hannah Parksports centre0.9 km
- Forrestburn Speed Hillclimbsports centre5.1 km
- Gibbshill Parksports centre5.6 km
- Fauldhouse Swimming Poolsports centre5.8 km
- Xcite Fauldhousesports centre5.8 km
- Parkviewsports centre5.9 km
- Dowden's Martial Artssports centre7.6 km
- Tough at the Top Fitnessgym7.6 km
Distances are straight-line from the centre of Shotts. 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 Shotts ]
What a Hyrox build looks like from Shotts.
Where to train in Shotts
11 gyms and sports centres sit within a few miles of the centre of Shotts. That is enough to choose on what the floor actually holds rather than on which is nearest.
Closest to the centre you have Springhill Amateur Boxing Club, Shotts Ironworks Bowling Club and Shotts Leisure Centre, the nearest of them about 0.2 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.
Shotts Ironworks Bowling Club and Shotts Leisure Centre 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 Shotts
Polkemmet Country parkrun, roughly 7 km from the centre of Shotts, 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 Shotts
OVO Hydro is roughly 31 km from Shotts, 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 Shotts ]
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 Shotts
1:1 Hyrox coaching in Shotts
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
[ Shotts ]
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