About GymReadyMap

GymReadyMap is an independent, athlete-built map of where you can train for HYROX in Japan — with station-by-station equipment data for every gym on it.

It is free to use, free to be listed on, and free to be verified on. It always will be.

What this map shows

Many of the gyms here are HYROX-affiliated training clubs, listed on the official HYROX gym finder and marked ★ Official on this map. Others are independent gyms with the equipment to train the stations, marked HYROX® Ready.

GymReadyMap adds one layer on top of that: for each gym, which of the eight HYROX stations it can actually cover — and whether that has been confirmed with the gym or is still unconfirmed.

It also records the practical details that decide whether a gym is usable: drop-in availability, opening hours, and whether staff can handle a booking and coaching in English, Japanese, or both.

Why equipment data, and why Japan

Three things make Japan a specific case.

Space

Sled push needs a straight 12-metre lane. Most Tokyo gyms are basement units. This is not something a gym can solve by buying a sled — which is why sled access, not sled ownership, is the number athletes need.

Disclosure

Japanese gym websites rarely publish an equipment inventory. The information exists, but it lives in a phone call or a trial visit — expensive to spend on a gym that turns out to cover four stations.

Language

Whether staff can handle a booking, a drop-in and coaching in English materially changes which gyms are usable for a large share of the HYROX community here. So the map records it.

How verification works

Every gym on the map carries one of two states.

The verification exchange asks a short, specific list:

1. Which of the eight stations can be trained at the facility?
2. For sled push and pull — is there a usable lane, and roughly how long?
3. Heaviest kettlebells and sandbags available.
4. Is there a wall balls can be thrown at?
5. Can members drop in, and is a day pass available?
6. Can staff handle bookings and coaching in English, Japanese, or both?

Answers come either from the gym itself — an owner, a manager or a coach — or from a community member who has trained there and submitted or confirmed the details first-hand. Not from a review, a photo or an assumption.

Each card is dated, because equipment changes. Entries are re-confirmed roughly annually, and whenever a gym or an athlete tells us something has changed.

Independence

Being clear about this matters more than being modest about it.

• Listing is free. Verification is free. Neither can be bought.
• No gym has ever paid to appear here, and no payment affects badges, station data, coverage scores or position in results.
• The map is not a funnel for any gym, coach, chain or event organiser — including ones the person who builds it is personally connected to.
• If a clearly labelled promotional placement is ever offered, it will be visibly separate from the data and will not touch any of the above.

Who builds this

GymReadyMap is built and maintained by Jam Macabeo, a HYROX athlete based in Tokyo who also writes Still Running, a newsletter on running and racing. It is a personal project and a free bilingual resource for the growing community of HYROX athletes and enthusiasts in Japan.

This map is not operated by HYROX, by Upsolut Sports AG, or by any gym or chain.

Where the data comes from

Gym records are compiled from public listings, HYROX-affiliated club information, athlete submissions and direct correspondence with gyms.

Station coverage on verified entries comes from the gym itself or from a community member who has trained there. If you have trained somewhere on this map and the station data is wrong, incomplete, or missing entirely, tell us — athlete corrections are how most of this map gets built.

Locations are plotted on OpenStreetMap data via Leaflet. Coverage spans Kanto, Kansai and Chubu, and grows as verification proceeds.

Search behaviour on this map is recorded anonymously — specifically, searches that return nothing. Knowing which areas athletes look for and do not find is how genuine coverage gaps get identified. No personal data is attached unless someone chooses to give an email address, which is used only to tell them when a gym opens near them, and is never shared or sold.

Contact

Email

jam@gymreadymap.com — general, corrections, partnerships, press

Instagram

@jamacabee

List a gym

Submit/Verify a Gym — takes about two minutes

Feedback on the map itself — a filter that should exist, something that reads wrong in Japanese, a gym that should be here — goes to the same address. It gets read.