[ Alaska · United States ]
A personal trainer in Alaska,
without the hourly rate.
There are 31 named gyms and sports centres across Anchorage, Juneau and Fairbanks, Planet Fitness and Pure Barre among them, and the programme is written around whichever one you use. There is no HYROX in Alaska yet. The nearest is Portland, roughly 2,477 km from Anchorage in a straight line, and the programme is dated backwards from whichever race you enter. Online personal training from HYROX Elite 15 athlete Ben Sutherland, rebuilt every Sunday from what you logged.
[ Your nearest race ]
Portland
21 May 2027 · 2,477 km from Anchorage
Straight-line distance, so the drive is longer. Far enough that a race is a weekend rather than a morning, which changes the taper more than it changes the training — you want to arrive with a day in hand rather than racing off a flight.
[ Where you can train in Alaska ]
Across a state this size the gym that gets used is the one you pass anyway, not the best-equipped one two towns over. These are the named sites in the largest metros, and the programme is written around whichever you land on.
Anchorage
- Namaste North Yoga Studio
- The Alaska Club Downtown
- Sullivan Arena
- Just Reign Cycle Studio
- Alaska Fitness
- The Alaska Club West
- Planet Fitness
- Anchorage Yoga & Cycle
- Alaska Rock Gym
- Pure Barre
- Hangar 5 Fitness Gym
- The ARC
and 8 more within reach of the centre
Juneau
- The Alaska Club
- Augustus Brown Swimming Pool
- Treadwell Ice Arena
- Eaglescrest Ski Area
Fairbanks
- Hamme Pool
- Carlson Center
- Tanana Valley Sportsmen's Association
- Patty Center
- Student Recreation Center
- UAF Climbing Wall
- The Alaska Club Fairbanks West
Gym data from OpenStreetMap contributors, licensed ODbL. It records that a site exists, not what equipment it holds, so check the kit before you commit to a membership.
[ 3 cities and towns in Alaska ]
Coaching is online, so where you are in the state changes what equipment you can reach rather than whether this works. The largest:
- Anchorage
- Juneau
- Fairbanks
[ Training around a Alaska week ]
Commutes across Alaska are long enough that the training which survives is the training that fits the day you actually have. A programme that assumes ninety free minutes gets abandoned in week three; one that knows you have forty on a Tuesday does not.
That is the part an hourly trainer cannot do. They can write you a good session; they cannot rewrite the week when work moves, and rewriting the week is most of what keeps people training past the point where motivation runs out.
Training for Hyrox from Alaska
[ Near Alaska ]
Plenty of athletes cross a state line for a race. Distances are between the largest city in each state.