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.
[ Tuakau · New Zealand ]
Hyrox training in Tuakau,
built around your race.
There are 12 gyms and sports centres within reach of the centre of Tuakau, 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
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 Tuakau ]
The ground you actually train on in Tuakau.
Your nearest race: BYD HYROX Auckland →Your nearest race
Auckland Showgrounds - 217 Green Lane West
Auckland · February 2027
Roughly 45 km from Tuakau 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 Tuakau to the venue. Check the official Hyrox calendar for final dates.
[ Gyms in Tuakau ]
Where you can train in Tuakau.
Tuakau 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.
- Centennial Swimming Poolssports centre0.8 km
- Harrisville MX tracksports centre2.6 km
- Pukekohe Parksports centre6.5 km
- F45gym6.9 km
- BFT bodyfit traininggym6.9 km
- Flex Fitnessgym7.2 km
- Xtreme Mixed Martial Artsgym7.5 km
- Balance your lifegym7.5 km
- Fortitudegym7.5 km
- Thai Kickboxingsports centre7.6 km
- Counties Fitnessgym7.6 km
- Pukekohe Netball Centresports centre8 km
Distances are straight-line from the centre of Tuakau. 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 Tuakau ]
What a Hyrox build looks like from Tuakau.
Where to train in Tuakau
12 gyms and sports centres sit within a few miles of the centre of Tuakau. That is enough to choose on what the floor actually holds rather than on which is nearest.
Closest to the centre you have Centennial Swimming Pools, Harrisville MX track and Pukekohe Park, the nearest of them about 0.8 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 Tuakau
There is no parkrun close to Tuakau, 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.
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 Tuakau
Auckland Showgrounds - 217 Green Lane West is roughly 45 km from Tuakau, 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 Tuakau ]
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 Tuakau
1:1 Hyrox coaching in Tuakau
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
[ Tuakau ]
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