Hyrox-style races are exploding in popularity, and a lot of the organizers running them are gym owners and affiliates who are new to managing a race-day format instead of a traditional CrossFit leaderboard.
Online and hybrid competitions open your event up to athletes anywhere in the world. The tradeoff is trust: you're not standing next to the bar watching every rep. Video verification closes that gap, but only if you set it up the right way. Here's how to do it without creating a bottleneck for yourself or a headache for your athletes.
Even the most organized competitions can hit bumps once athletes start showing up. A few simple habits can save you from chaos at check-in, mid-event scrambles, and confused athletes asking "wait, what's my score?" Here are five tips to help your event run smoothly from start to finish.
So you've decided to run a fitness competition. Whether it's a small in-house throwdown at your gym or a full community event, FittestArena gets you from zero to live leaderboard in under 10 minutes. Here's how.
If you're organizing a fitness competition and want to collect registration fees online, you've probably come across the name Stripe. But what exactly is Stripe, and how does it fit into FittestArena? This post breaks it all down.
Running a team-based fitness competition is fundamentally different from managing individual divisions. Teams require coordination between multiple athletes, approval workflows, and communication channels that individual registrations don't need. This guide walks you through the entire process of setting up and managing a successful team competition.
Virtual fitness competitions are no longer an experiment. They're here to stay—and organizers who figure out how to run them well have access to a much larger pool of athletes than they ever could in person.
Most CrossFit affiliate owners think about competitions as a service to their members. A fun day, a community event, maybe a small fundraiser. What they underestimate is how much a well-run competition can do for the business itself.
Most competition organizers figure out scoring the hard way. On the day, under pressure, with athletes asking questions they didn't prepare for. This guide covers every scoring decision you need to make before your event starts, so you're not guessing when it counts.
Running a fitness competition shouldn't mean wrestling with complicated software, spending days on setup, or waiting for some platform admin to approve your own event. FittestArena gives gym owners and event organizers everything they need — registration, workout scoring, and live leaderboardsm up and running in minutes, completely free.