October cohort: now running, you can still join
Our eight-week HYROX preparation programme is underway, having started Monday 5 October. Built around London ExCeL in December, and also valuable if you're preparing for another race or considering your first HYROX in the new year. There's still time to join: we'll get you up to speed in your first week.
25 places per cohort. £50 deposit, comes off your first payment.
Maybe you've just entered London. Maybe you're eyeing another race, or still deciding whether to enter your first HYROX at all. Wherever you're starting, the question is the same: how do you prepare?
Running on your own won't prepare you for the stations. Gym sessions on your own won't teach you to pace 8km of running with work in between. And no YouTube video can tell you whether your sled push holds up under race-day weights, in race-day fatigue.
Or maybe you've raced before, and you know exactly where it went wrong last time: out too fast, burned out on the ergs, a finish time that didn't match your fitness. Ascent gives your next eight weeks a structure: every session, workshop and conversation designed around your goal, so you know what to expect and how you want to approach race day.
Now LIVE, join in
The October cohort started Monday 5 October and is now underway, with HYROX London ExCeL (2 to 6 December) as its reference race. Joining after the start is fine: your coaches will get you up to speed in your first week. Preparing for another race, or not entered yet? You're welcome too.
Pay a one-off £50 deposit to lock in your cohort spot. It is deducted from your first month's payment and includes your 8-week running plan.
Member
Full enrolment onto the 8-week HYROX Ascent programme, charged as two instalments of £75. Your Full Package includes:
Non-Member
For non-members joining us for HYROX Ascent, this covers both your gym membership and your programme, charged as two instalments of £215. Includes:
25 places per cohort. £50 deposit, comes off your first payment.
Beyond Walls members at our HYROX simulations and race days.
What's included
Strength & Skill, Engine Development, and HYROX Simulation. Every session scaled to your level by a coach who knows your name.
Three runs a week that build from easy aerobic work to race-pace efforts, designed to fit around your classes.
Three two-hour deep dives on the stations that decide your race: the sleds, the ergs, and the wall balls, burpee broad jumps, sandbag lunges and farmer's carry. Proper technique coaching in plain English: how to move the heavy stuff efficiently, how to pace the ergs so you don't burn out early, and the details that prevent no-reps when it burns. Dates are in the journey below.
A weekly 1-hour group call with your coaches. Review the week you've done, walk through the week ahead, and ask anything about race prep. Recorded if you can't make it live.
A body composition scan and benchmark time trial in Week 1, repeated in Week 8, so your progress is measured, not guessed.
A one-page pacing card with your target splits, built from your own simulation times. You'll know exactly how to run your race.
After the race, sit down with a coach, go through your splits, and plan what's next.
Train alongside people preparing for the same start line. Accountability, answers and a fair amount of laughing at the sleds.
Technique workshops
Master the stations. Move better. Race faster.
Whether you have a race on the horizon or you simply want to move better on the HYROX floor, our Ascent Workshop series is designed to give you the technical edge that training alone cannot always provide. Led by Dr Peter Downer, HYROX Performance Coach, each session is hands-on, individually coached, and focused on real, tangible improvement.
Friday 10th October
Two of the most physically demanding stations in HYROX, and two of the most technically misunderstood. This session covers body position, grip, footwork, force generation, and pacing strategy — everything you need to move the sled faster and waste less energy doing it.
Friday 24th October
Faster machine times without compromising the rest of your race. This session focuses on stroke mechanics, breathing, damper settings, and transitions, giving you the tools to produce more power with less wasted movement across both machines.
Friday 7th November
The stations that decide races in the final stages. This session covers efficient, race-legal technique across all four movements, with a focus on reducing no-reps, managing fatigue, and arriving at the finish line with something left.
Everyone. First-time competitors who want to start with good habits. Experienced athletes who want to find the margins. Anyone racing London in December or simply training to get better. If you do HYROX at Beyond Walls, there is something in each session for you. Individual coaching and movement feedback are included in every workshop.
The journey
Weeks 1-2
Build the base. Movement quality, aerobic foundations, and your Week 1 baseline: an InBody scan and benchmark time trial so you know exactly where you're starting from.
Weeks 3-4
Longer efforts, heavier carries, bigger engine. This is where the fitness gets built.
Weeks 5-6
Full race simulations with runs between stations. You'll learn what your race pace feels like, so race day holds no surprises.
Weeks 7-8
Sharpen up, then back off. A 75% simulation, a race rehearsal at target pace, and your Week 8 retest to measure how far you've come. No workshops these weeks: everything points at the race.
Week 9 (London cohort reference)
Easy movement, a personalised pacing card in your hand, and the start line at ExCeL waiting.
Your coaches
HYROX Ascent is led by Dr Peter Downer and Jess Braun, alongside the Beyond Walls coaching team.
Peter doesn't just coach HYROX. He races it at the sharp end: a World Championships doubles athlete, qualified for the solo World Championships in Hong Kong 2027, with top-five finishes across Europe, and one of only two UK athletes on the PRVN World Performance Team for 2026–27.
And coaching isn't his hobby, it's his profession. A Master's degree in Sports Coaching, a former Head of Coach Education for England Hockey, 25 years playing and coaching at Premiership and international level, and now the HYROX Level 2 Performance Coach certification, HYROX's highest coaching education status.
That combination matters. Every pacing call, station fix and race plan in this programme comes from someone who has tested it where it counts, and who has spent a career learning how to teach it, whether you're chasing a podium or just want to get round smiling.
Jess is a Personal Trainer and CrossFit Level 1 Coach with a passion for helping everyday people achieve things they never thought possible.
She has competed in seven HYROX races, as well as ATHX and DEKA, so she knows first-hand what it takes to prepare for race day. She also knows what it's like to start from scratch. Jess didn't come from a sporting background, so she understands the doubts, the challenges and the learning curve most people face when they first step into functional fitness.
As a lead coach on HYROX Ascent, her goal is to take the guesswork out of training. Whether you're preparing for your very first race, chasing a faster time, or simply want to get fitter and stronger, Jess will help you build the confidence, knowledge and habits to get there.
Over the years she has coached complete beginners, first-time racers and experienced athletes, always tailoring her approach to the person in front of her, and she has even hopped into races alongside her clients.
Her coaching focuses on purposeful training, quality movement and long-term confidence, not just getting through a workout. Her motto is simple: Train with Purpose. Every session should move you one step closer to your goal, and she'll make sure you enjoy the journey along the way.
Peter explains who Ascent is for and how we'll help you prepare.
Our regular classes give you a great foundation. Ascent adds an eight-week plan bringing together coached sessions, a running plan, technical workshops and regular check-ins. We'll help you understand your pacing and approach to race day, with support and accountability throughout.
You don't need to feel race-ready. That's what we're working towards! We originally designed Ascent around HYROX London at ExCeL in December, but it's also valuable if you're entered for another race, such as Gent, Paris or Manchester, or thinking about your first HYROX in the new year.
Whether it's your first race or you've done many, your starting point and goals will shape your preparation.
Training without a clear race goal. If it's your first HYROX, that might be finishing with a smile on your face. If it's your tenth, perhaps you're chasing a PB. Having that goal helps us focus your training, so you arrive at the start line knowing what to expect and how you want to approach it.
Everything starts with you. Our first goal-setting conversation and early benchmarking lay the foundations for your programme. The three technical workshops give us time to work on efficient movement and how to approach each station. Alongside your personalised running and race plans, this helps you arrive with confidence in your preparation.
Not sure how Ascent fits your race plans? Talk to us.
By race day
The programme is underway, but you can still join in. Reserve your place with a £50 deposit, or message us to discuss your race plans.
25 places per cohort.
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