Fortitude Fitness & Nutrition

Fortitude Fitness & Nutrition �Level 3 Personal Trainer�
�Training out of Forge Fitness, Darlington�
�1-2-1 PT sessions?

10/09/2026

Meet the Hyrox coaches….Matt Inness.

Matt will be one of the coaches on the Hyrox open days. He has a vast amount of knowledge in Hyrox from training, coaching, competing and level 1 qualified with Hyrox.

He’s been training and competing for the past 3 years, starting his journey in Manchester.

He loves the ski, but hates the lunges! (By the way they come before the wall balls!)

Matt’s advice is “know your running split times and how many times you’ll do a movement before having a break and know the basic rules of the event before doing the event”

09/09/2026

𝙃𝙮𝙧𝙤𝙭 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙪𝙮…

Please please not the Puma X Hyrox Deviate Nitro Elite £210. Just why are they so expensive???? (And have a massive long name!)

What a price they are!

My first ever Hyrox I had a pair of Asics trainer around £40. They did the job with no issues.

I moved over the Saucony purely because of another endurance event I was training for, have I told you I’ve done an Ironman?!

They cost in a sale £100.

Make sure the trainer provides the right support for your gait, how you strike the floor when running. Make sure the stack height isn’t too great. I see people in 50mm stack height trainers and struggle in certain stations i.e. lunges. When putting pressure through the trainer with the sandbag on their shoulders their ankles wobble.

Remember to drive the ball of your foot into the ground, not along the ground.

08/09/2026

𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙟𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙮 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪?…

looking to start running and take on her first Hyrox. Confidence through the roof!

looking to take on more half marathons and an even bigger goal in 2027! (It’s a secret)

looking to take on another Hyrox, half marathon and a 12hr Deadly dozen!

They all started where you are now. DM if you’d like to chat about your journey and goals.

Be part of the team!!

03/09/2026

Meet the Hyrox coaches….Jordan Hanratty.

Jordan will be one the coaches on the Hyrox open days. He has a vast amount of knowledge in Hyrox from training, coaching and competing.

Where’s he’s been training and competing for the past 3 years, starting his journey in Manchester.

He loves the rower, but hates the burpees!

Jordan’s advice is “to have fun, enjoy the event on the day and not to underestimate the amount of running involved for a Hyrox”

02/09/2026

𝙃𝙮𝙧𝙤𝙭 𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣 2026 - 27 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙧𝙪𝙡𝙚…. 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙜𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙩…

Yes, you can now position your feet when you jump or step up to be staggered. One foot is allowed to be 5cm (2 inches for old people like me) in front of the other.

This allows for those athletes who can’t bring their feet full back under their chest together to stagger their feet.

The big issue I see here is your 5cm to my 5cm may be completely different.

My advice would be not to stagger them too much if you need to and if you don’t need to stagger them don’t do it. The last thing you need is a judge watching and questioning you over how far forward your foot is positioned.

01/09/2026

Forge Fitness Darlington is opening its doors to several Hyrox open days.

A chance for you to visit and take a look around the great training facilities Forge Fitness has to offer.

Meet the qualified and experienced coaches who coach and compete in Hyrox events.

Take part in the competitions.

Watch and take part in the mini seminars.

The whole family are welcome to come along.

The open days will be from 10am till 12pm:

Sunday 6th September
Sunday 13th September
Sunday 20th September

We are also planning a Hyrox simulation, which is very similar to the real event with the 1km runs, roxzones, and all 8 stations at competition weight!

This will take place on Sunday 27th September.

Leave the word “HYROX” below if your interested

31/08/2026

𝙋𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙜𝙤 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙖𝙞𝙡… Sounds crazy! Failing we can’t do that I hear you say!

Yup go and fail. Don’t over load the bar with a weight you defiantly know you can’t lift. Especially if you’ve done the exercises before.

But, try to lift a weight for the required rep range to see if you can lift it. You’re looking for your ceiling weight for that rep range.

To many of us don’t lift with the right amount of intensity, hence we don’t fatigue the muscle as much as we should.

The sooner you know the weight that you can lift for that rep range with the required intensity in your block of training the more benefit you will get from your training.

This is instead of doing a 1 rep max test. Something which has a lot of risk for injury and probably not the best way if you’re new to lifting.

Another way is once you’ve finished your set, asking yourself how many more reps couldn’t you have done. If the answer is 1-2 your around the right weight. If the answer is 3-5 then add some more weight. This known as reps in reserve.

Happy lifting team!

26/08/2026

𝙒𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘽𝙀𝙇𝙊𝙒 𝙋𝘼𝙍𝘼𝙇𝙇𝙀𝙇… (And don’t argue with the judge!

Common mistake people make is athletes thinking their hips can be parallel with their knee. When the rules state the hips have to be below parallel.

And don’t argue with the judge. It wastes time, they’re not going to rectify any lost reps. Accept it and move on.

25/08/2026

𝙍𝙚𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙖 𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙙𝙖𝙮…

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