A programme written for you
Your level, your equipment, your available days. The quiz takes three minutes and your first week appears before you decide anything.
[ Pokeno · New Zealand ]
There are 2 gyms and sports centres within reach of the centre of Pokeno, and this programme is written around whichever one you use. Online personal training from HYROX Elite 15 athlete Ben Sutherland, rebuilt every Sunday from what you logged.
Your level, your equipment, your available days. The quiz takes three minutes and your first week appears before you decide anything.
Log your sessions and the plan recalibrates each Sunday. Strong week, next week pushes harder. Missed sessions, next week rebuilds with more recovery.
Ben Sutherland competes in the HYROX Elite 15 and coaches athletes from their first session to professional level. Your questions get answered in the app.
[ Training in Pokeno ]
Your nearest race
Auckland Showgrounds - 217 Green Lane West
Auckland · February 2027
Roughly 45 km from Pokeno 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 Pokeno to the venue. Check the official Hyrox calendar for final dates.
[ Gyms in Pokeno ]
Pokeno is not spoilt for choice, which matters less than it sounds. Six of the eight stations need a sled, a rower, a ski erg, kettlebells and a wall, and most of that substitutes cleanly. Your programme is built around what you can actually get to.
Distances are straight-line from the centre of Pokeno. 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 Pokeno ]
Training options in Pokeno are thin on the ground, which matters far less than it sounds. Most of a Hyrox build is running, carrying and squatting, and almost all of it substitutes.
Closest to the centre you have Centennial Swimming Pools and Harrisville MX track, the nearest of them about 6.9 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.
There is no parkrun close to Pokeno, 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.
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.
A personal trainer in Pokeno
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Suth Performance
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[ Pokeno ]
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