DEKA Engine Failure Challenge – March 2025
Spartan DEKA regularly runs quarterly challenges at local DEKA affiliate gyms across the world. The first quarter of 2025 brings us the DEKA Engine Failure challenge. The Basics The Engine Failure challenge must be completed at one of 300+ DEKA…
DEKA FIT Clinic in SoCal, hosted by 3 World Champions
On Friday, April 18th, elite DEKA athletes Kevin Gregory, Greyson Kilgore, and Katie Duke are putting on an athlete clinic before DEKA FIT SoCal. The clinic is open to DEKA athletes of all levels, whether you’re an experienced racer or…
2024 DEKA Year in Review
Let’s take a quick look back at 2024 in the world of DEKA. These stats were borrowed from the @deka.fit Instagram page. World Records These are the world records for each event & division at the end of the 2024…
2025 DEKA FIT Events: Schedule & Locations
Spartan DEKA has released their schedule for 2025 DEKA FIT events. There are 19 events taking place from February to November, with the DEKA FIT World Championships going down in either late November or early December (date & location TBD)….
2025 DEKA FIT Changes
With the 2024 DEKA World Championships now complete, Spartan DEKA has released several updates for the upcoming 2025 season. There are a few rule changes, as well as a new structure for heats at all DEKA FIT events. We’ll also…
Elite CrossFit Athletes Take on HYROX
Over the past few years, elite-level CrossFit athletes have started to see what this HYROX thing is all about. Sam Briggs & Adam Klink paved the way back in 2020, but it took until 2023 for us to see a…
This Weekend in Fitness: November 8th, 2024
This past week saw two HYROX events in Europe (and some incredibly fast times). Rich Ryan & Ryan Kent joined Nick Bare for some HYROX training to prep Nick for Dallas in a few weeks. DEKA released two new dates…
Spartan DEKA & 1st Phorm Announce Partnership for 2024 World Championship
Spartan DEKA welcomes 1st Phorm as an official 2024 DEKA World Championship partner. In their announcement post, Spartan DEKA said, We couldn’t be more pumped to team up with a company that shares our passion for transforming lives through fitness and nutrition….
DEKA FIT Penalties
During DEKA FIT NorCal in Sacramento on May 4, 2024, there was some controversy in Zone 10 in both the men’s and women’s races. Nine days later, Yancy Culp announced a rather large rulebook update that would now include specific…
DEKA Prize Money
Is prize money awarded at Spartan DEKA events? The simple answer is yes, but just how much money depends on which race you’re running, and which division you’re in. DEKA events only award prize money for the elite divisions; age…
HYROX Doha in Qatar Announces 35k in Prize Money
HYROX recently announced a multi-day event in Doha, Qatar on May 10-11, 2024. May 10th will be exclusively for women (both racers & spectators). It looks like no men are allowed at the event on Saturday. On Sunday, May 11th,…
Camilla Massa Signs with Reebok Europe
Camilla Massa has entered into an official partnership with Reebok Europe. Reebok Europe had this to say on their official announcement of the partnership: Newcomer to the Reebok roster, Camilla Massa’s journey to global athlete began with a desire to…
