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Where to train in Chicago

20 gyms and sports centres sit within a few miles of the centre of Chicago. That is enough to choose on what the floor actually holds rather than on which is nearest.

Closest to the centre you have Planet Fitness, Knuckleheads Boxing & Family Fitness and LA Fitness, 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.

South Loop Strength and First Ascent Block 37 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.

Planet Fitness, LA Fitness and 9Round have sites 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 Chicago

There is no parkrun close to Chicago, 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.