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Fitness Quest 10 Lands in Pacific Beach: San Diego's Top-10 Gym Brings HYROX to PB
Paul Stritmatter·Jul 9, 2026·5 min.
One of San Diego's most decorated gyms just opened a Pacific Beach location — a HYROX-focused training studio with a serious pedigree and an events calendar to match.
Every so often a business opens in the neighborhood that isn't just new — it's a genuine upgrade to what's around. That's the story with Fitness Quest 10 in Pacific Beach. The Fitness Quest 10 name has been a heavy-hitter in San Diego fitness for 25 years, and now, for the first time, it's planted a flag right in PB. If you've been looking for a place to actually get after it — and not just wander between machines — this is the one we'd send you to.
Here's the context that makes this more than "a new gym opened." Fitness Quest 10 was founded by Todd Durkin, one of the most recognized names in the training world — a multiple-time Trainer of the Year, author, and speaker who's coached a long list of professional athletes across the NFL and MLB out of his Scripps Ranch flagship. That original location was named one of the top 10 gyms in America by Men's Health, and the brand has spent two-plus decades building a reputation for high-energy coaching and a real sense of community rather than a check-in-and-leave gym experience.
So when that operation opens a Pacific Beach studio, it's a legitimate addition to the neighborhood — the kind of coaching pedigree PB hasn't had much of, now a short walk or drive from the sand.
The PB location leans into performance training, with HYROX as the centerpiece. If you haven't caught the wave yet, HYROX is one of the fastest-growing fitness sports in the world — a standardized race format that mixes eight one-kilometer runs with eight functional stations like sled pushes, rowing, farmer's carries, wall balls, and burpee broad jumps. It's scalable, it's measurable, and it's weirdly addictive, which is exactly why studios built around it are blowing up.
Around that core, expect high-intensity interval training, hybrid and functional strength work, and community-driven group classes. The whole thing is pitched as a premium, performance-oriented environment — but with an all-levels-welcome door, so you don't need to be a competitor to walk in. Beginners and first-timers get scaled options; the diehards get somewhere to actually test themselves.
This is the part that's really put the PB location on our radar: they've been hosting a ton of events, and they're a blast. The clearest example is House + HYROX — a glow-stick, lights-down HYROX workout with a live DJ that rolls straight into a house-music afterparty. Sweat first, dance second. It's the kind of programming that turns a workout into a night out, and it says a lot about how this location wants to plug into the neighborhood. (Read our full rundown of House + HYROX in PB.)
If a gym's events calendar is a tell for its energy, this one's telling you it's here to be part of the scene — not just a place to grind in silence.
Pacific Beach has never been short on ways to stay active, but a top-10-in-the-country training brand opening its doors here is a genuine win for the neighborhood. Go sweat, stick around for an event, and see what the hype's about.
For more spots worth your time, browse our other Local Picks. And if a morning in PB has you eyeing the neighborhood for real, our Pacific Beach neighborhood guide is a great place to start.
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