New HYROX Turf Debuting at 2025 World Championships in Chicago
HYROX has just announced they’ll be using a new turf at all global events, starting with the 2025 HYROX World Championships in Chicago, USA. The Centr x HYROX Perform Turf is now the official competition turf of HYROX. Gone are…
The Spartan Farm Experience: A Multiday Endurance Event to Test Your Limits
Spartan recently announced a new event, inspired by previous challenges like the Agoge, Hurricane Heat, and infamous Spartan Death Race. The Spartan Farm Experience is a multi-day event taking place on Joe DeSena’s farm in Pittsfield, Vermont, the birthplace of…
9 Reasons HYROX is NOT CrossFit Lite: An Honest Comparison
I’ve seen many online discussions where CrossFitters downplay or belittle HYROX, and vice versa. In this article, I’ll dive into why comparing HYROX to CrossFit isn’t an apples to apples comparison. CrossFit, first and foremost, is a methodology. HYROX is…
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…
