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The Arnold Fitness Games 2026 will take place on the 27th, 28th & 29th March 2026.
GRAFT have teamed up with the Arnold Sports Festival UK to bring you the ultimate functional fitness event!
The games will take place in the AFG Arena at the NEC, across all three days of the festival, where athletes will compete to become the ‘Arnold Fitness Games’ Champion!
Dates of Competition (Finals):
Friday: All Teams of Four
Saturday: Rx & Elite Individuals
Sunday: Scaled & Middle Ground Individuals
QUALIFIERS
All athletes will enter the competition through online qualifiers, the top scoring field from the qualifiers will then be given a place at the live finals in March.
Qualifiers will take place across 3 weeks, with athletes having to complete 1 workout per week. Athletes will video themselves completing the workout and submit this video recording alongside their score to Competition Corner.
Q1: 25/11/25 – 01/12/25
Q2: 02/12/25 – 08/12/25
Q3: 09/12/25 – 15/12/25
Teams athletes will complete the qualifier workouts as individuals, and submit 4 scores for their team. This is to allow teams to take part that do not attend the same gym as each other or have different life schedules. All finals workouts will be completed as teams of 4.
DIVISIONS
Individual Athletes can enter into the following divisions:
Scaled | Middle Ground | Middle Ground Masters | Rx | Rx Masters | Elite
During the qualifiers the Rx & Elite division will compete as one, the top scoring athletes will qualify as Elite and then next highest will qualify as Rx.
Masters athletes must be the required age on the date of the finals competition.
Teams Athletes can enter into the following divisions:
Fitness Mixed | Throwdown Mixed | Throwdown Same Sex | Compete Mixed | Compete Same Sex
QUALIFYING NUMBERS & PRIZE POOL
Qualifying Numbers
The qualifying numbers will be set close to the deadline for qualifier one, this is because the numbers are based off a percentage of athletes signed up to that division. Once set they will be added to the qualifier leaderboard with clearly labelled cut off lines.
Prize Pool
Elite Individuals and Compete Fours will battle it out for a cash prize pool, all other divisions will compete for a prize bag stuffed to the brim with goodies!
FAQS
What are qualifiers?
In order to gain a place at the Arnold Fitness Games finals, taking place in March 2026, you must first qualify as either an individual or teams athlete. The qualifiers will run for 3 weeks, starting on 25th November 2025. 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. Workout release dates and deadline dates:
Q1: 25/11/25 – 01/12/25
Q2: 02/12/25 – 08/12/25
Q3: 09/12/25 – 15/12/25
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 video links, 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. Athletes should enter 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 = Throwdown, Rx = Compete) and do not need to complete each qualifier workout twice.
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 1st December 2025. 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 functional fitness gyms. For example, dumbbells, wallballs, gymnastics rig, rower, bike erg, plyo box, barbells and kettlebells.
What day will finalists compete on?
Friday: All Teams of Four
Saturday: Rx & Elite Individuals
Sunday: Scaled & Middle Ground Individuals
Finals access and coach tickets
Athletes will gain access to the Arnold Sports Festival UK on all 3 days of the competition as part of their Arnold Fitness Games athlete pass.
All athletes will be given the opportunity to purchase 1 coach pass alongside their finals ticket. This pass allows the coach access to the competition during the same hours as the athlete, and provides them access into the AFG Athlete zones.
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