HYROX Training Camp at Club La Santa, Lanzarote

Club La Santa sits on the north-west coast of Lanzarote, about 15 minutes from the airport, and it's one of the biggest sports resorts in Europe. The HYROX programme here is one of the reasons people come: it's the world's first outdoor official HYROX training club, which means the sled track, the wall ball wall and the running route are all outside rather than in a warehouse. Sessions run to a weekly timetable, so you pick the classes that fit your level and your race goals.

The class list covers HYROX Intro for people who have never tried it, HYROX WOD for regular training sessions, HYROX Green Team Race where you do the full race format, and HYROX Benchmark, which is the PFT — a physical fitness test that tells you which division you should enter. The PFT is a 1000m run (outdoors or on a treadmill at 2% incline), then 50 burpee broad jumps over 90cm, 100 fully extended stationary lunges, a 1000m row, 30 hand-release push-ups, and 100 wall balls at 6kg for men or 4kg for women. Your time puts you in a bracket: 15-25 minutes is HYROX Pro, 25-35 minutes is HYROX Open, 30-40 minutes is Doubles and 35-45 minutes is Relay.

What makes this different from a HYROX camp at a normal gym is everything around the training. Club La Santa has over 30 activities a day included in your stay — yoga, Pilates, aqua fitness, tennis, cycling, guided runs, paddleboarding — so you can build a full week of movement. There are also eight restaurants and bars on site, a spa, and a running track. You're not locked into the HYROX schedule; you train when it suits you and fill the rest of the day as you like.

The coaching is delivered by Club La Santa's own instructors and HYROX-affiliated trainers as part of the resort's weekly programme. They run the sessions in groups, and because the classes are graded from Intro upwards, you can start at the bottom and work up over the week. For anyone training for a specific race, the Benchmark class is the one to book early — it gives you a number to train against.

Outside the training, Lanzarote is a volcanic island with black lava fields, whitewashed villages and some of the best year-round weather in Europe. It's about a 15-minute drive to the beach town of La Santa and the resort has direct access to the coast for open-water swimming, cycling routes into the Timanfaya National Park, and a lagoon right next to the property for windsurfing and kayaking.

What's included

- Accommodation at Club La Santa in a self-catering apartment or villa - Access to the official HYROX training club facilities and equipment - HYROX Intro, WOD, Green Team Race and Benchmark classes - Access to 30+ daily activities including yoga, Pilates, aqua fitness, tennis and cycling - Use of resort pools, fitness centre and sports facilities - Free Wi-Fi in your accommodation

What's not included

- Flights to and from Lanzarote - Airport transfers - Meals and drinks (self-catering apartments and on-site restaurants) - Travel insurance - Spa treatments - Personal training sessions - Bicycle hire