[ Pennsylvania · United States ]
A personal trainer in Pennsylvania,
without the hourly rate.
There are 60 named gyms and sports centres across Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Allentown, Planet Fitness and Anytime Fitness among them, and the programme is written around whichever one you use. There is no HYROX in Pennsylvania yet. The nearest is Washington D.C., roughly 198 km from Philadelphia 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 ]
Washington D.C.
3 September 2026 · 198 km from Philadelphia
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 Pennsylvania ]
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.
Philadelphia
- Orangetheory Fitness
- Planet Fitness
- CorePower Yoga
- L&M Studio
- Equinox
- Relentless Fitness
- Endgame Boxing + Fitness
- Movement
- Thrive
- Retro Fitness
- Philadelphia Sports Club
- BPM Fitness
and 8 more within reach of the centre
Pittsburgh
- YWCA of Greater Pittsburgh
- Arthur Murray Dance Studio
- Town Place Fitness
- A.J. Palumbo Center (DU)
- Urban Elements Power Yoga & Indoor Cycling
- First Ascent
- Anytime Fitness
- Solidcore
- Union Fitness
- Walk Run Lift
- Stretch Lab
- ultiMET Fitness
and 8 more within reach of the centre
Allentown
- David R. Hacket Natatorium
- LA Fitness
- Allentown YMCA
- Fountain Park Pool
- West End Yoga Center
- Parkettes
- Cedar Beach Pool
- Gravity Vault Climbing Gym
- Johnson Fitness & Wellness
- Five Star Swim School
- Maxx Fitness Clubzz
- Coca-Cola Park
and 8 more within reach of the centre
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.
[ 23 cities and towns in Pennsylvania ]
Coaching is online, so where you are in the state changes what equipment you can reach rather than whether this works. The largest:
- Philadelphia
- Pittsburgh
- Allentown
- Erie
- Reading
- Scranton
- Bethlehem
- Bensalem
- Lancaster
- Abington
- Levittown
- Havertown
[ Training around a Pennsylvania week ]
Commutes across Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania
[ Near Pennsylvania ]
Plenty of athletes cross a state line for a race. Distances are between the largest city in each state.