ATHX Birmingham 2026

What is ATHX Games?

ATHX Games is a hybrid fitness competition run as one continuous session of roughly two and a half hours, moving through six zones that test three pillars: Strength, Endurance and metabolic conditioning (Metcon X). Unlike a race against the clock, it is scored on total weight lifted, distance covered and conditioning output, and it is held in large exhibition arenas.

What to expect at ATHX Birmingham 2026

• The session flows through six zones: a warm-up, the Strength test, a refuel reset, the Endurance test, a recovery block and the Metcon X finisher.
• The Strength test builds through a heavy press, back squat and deadlift, scored on total weight lifted.
• The Endurance test is a run and row combination scored on total distance covered.
• Metcon X is a high-output circuit of SkiErg, ground-to-overhead, sandbag carry, box jump-overs, dumbbell lunges and burpee broad jumps.

You enter as an Individual or in Pairs (male, female or mixed), and choose an ability tier: Lite, ATHX (standard) or Pro, with age-group categories available. The tiers change the running distances and the loads, so you can pick the level that matches your training.

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