CrossFit Licensed Arnold Fitness Games - Qualifiers

Welcome to the Arnold Fitness Games!

Qualifiers for this event will take place between the 30th November - 20th December 2023, with one workout released per week. Athletes will compete in the qualifiers to secure themselves a place at the live finals. Qualifying numbers will be released closer to the date of the first workout release.

This finals event takes place across the weekend of March 15th - 17th, 2024

The Arnold Fitness Games will be held at the Arnold Sports Festival UK, at the NEC in Birmingham.

All athletes and teams will compete across 1 day of the finals only.

Finals tickets for individuals will be £115 and £395 for teams.

Categories for individual athletes will be: 

Scaled: The ‘Scaled’ individuals category is for new and lesser experienced athletes wanting to get a taste of competing on the big stage. 

Middle Ground: The ‘Middle Ground’ individuals category is for athletes who are at an intermediate level. 

RX & Elite: For the more experienced athlete who is ready for the higher weights and more skilled movements. The top athletes from the qualifiers of this category will be invited to compete in the Elite division, and the next qualifying individuals will be invited to compete in the RX division.

Categories for teams will be: 

Compete: The ‘Compete’ teams category is for athletes who would usually compete at the RX level. In previous BFMG events they will have competed in our Elite/RX category, or have been comfortable competing in our Middle Ground Category.

Throwdown: The ‘Throwdown’ category is for athletes who would usually compete at the Intermediate or Scaled level. In previous BFMG events they will have competed in our Scaled category, or have challenged themselves in our Middle Ground category. 

Fitness: The 'Fitness' category is for athlete who would usually compete at a scaled level. The team must be made up of all scaled level individuals (no ringers!).

During the qualifiers, if an athlete requires a score alteration due to entering incorrrectly there will be a £5 admin fee charged.

Athletes have 24 hours to contest any penalties they are awarded on their scores.

HOW DO THE QUALIFIERS WORK?

What are qualifiers?

In order to gain a place at the CrossFit Licensed Arnold Fitness Games, taking place in March 2024, you must first qualify as either an individual or teams athlete. The qualifiers will run for 3 weeks, starting on 30th November 2023. During those 3 weeks athletes will complete 3 workouts in their home gym, and will submit a score alongside a video of them doing the workout for each one. Following the submission of workouts our judges will review all submissions. Then, once all videos have been reviewed, the leader board will be released and athletes that have made it to the finals will receive their invitations.

How does it work for teams?

Teams are running in either same sex or mixed sex fours, mixed sex teams will consist of 2 male and 2 female athletes.

Teams can be made up of athletes from different gyms. To enable teams to compete that do not attend the same gym / have different life schedules to each other, all teams athletes will complete the qualifier workouts as individuals (workouts will be as a team at the finals). The team captain will then submit all 4 scores and Competition Corner will award a score based on the total.

Can I enter more than 1 division?

If an athlete wants to enter as both a masters athlete and in the open age division, they may do so.

If an athlete wants to enter as both an individual and teams athlete they may do so. Teams and individuals will compete on different days at the finals. If an athlete enters the same division at both the team and individual level they will be able to submit their qualifier video for both entries as the qualifier workouts will be the same for correlating divisions (Scaled = Fitness, Middle Ground = Intermediate, Rx = Compete).

When is the deadline to sign up?

The deadline to register for the competition, and to submit your first workout score & video link, is 10PM on 6th December 2023. Please do not leave it until just before the deadline to register as sometime uploading your score can take a while and you may be timed out.

What equipment will I need?

Equipment that will come up in the workouts are all standard pieces of kit, that are available at all CrossFit boxes and functional fitness gyms.

What day will finalists compete on?

Friday: Scaled 35+, Scaled 45+, Scaled & Middle Ground Individuals

Saturday: Middle Ground 35+, Middle Ground 45+, Rx 35+, Rx 45+,

Rx & Elite Individuals

Sunday: All Teams