Hugo
Founder · Certified coach
Health training, physical preparation, programming. The architect of the method.
@hugo_training_The founder
Hugo Taurand.
A former middle-distance runner, Hugo comes from a sport where times don't lie. Progress is never an accident: it is built in training.
A sports science graduate (UFR STAPS, Montpellier), specialised in health-oriented training (exercise on medical referral, therapeutic patient education), and also holding a degree in sports marketing and management, Hugo is building a team where every client gets a method adapted to their needs.
Over 1500 members have been coached since we started.
Elite athlete
High-Level Student Athlete in Sports Science (STAPS) at Montpellier (2017-2021). Middle-distance and steeplechase specialist.
- Cross-country: departmental champion of the Tarn, regional champion of Aquitaine, several times a French championship finalist.
- 3000m steeplechase: regional champion of Midi-Pyrénées, several times a French championship finalist.
- Road: 30'44 over 10 km, 1h10 in the half-marathon (1st under-23 at the Paris Half, 10th overall).
- Pacemaker over 10 km for Olympic athletes during a European record attempt, on the Albi motor racing circuit.
Athletics coach
Trainee at MA2M Montpellier (2019-2020), work-study coach at ECLA Albi (2020-2021), then coach at Pays Basque Athlétisme (2021-2023).
From elite athletics to board sports
From 2023 to 2024, Hugo passed on his coaching methods to professional board-sport athletes: Arron Bacon, Bastien Montes, Maxime Perez…
The Spot Training, then Built Coaching
In 2024, he co-founded Le Spot Training: keeping elite training methods and adapting them to business leaders and amateur athletes.
In 2026, he founded Built Coaching: bringing companies a team of professionals and a training process to improve productivity and reduce sick days, working on posture, injury prevention, cohesion and team energy.