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College Fitness Games

The College Fitness Games is AoC Sport's national functional fitness competition for college students.

Designed in partnership with The Academy Programme, the event challenges participants across strength, endurance and functional fitness disciplines through online qualification workouts before culminating in a national final.

Competition Format

Phase 1: Online Qualification

1 October to 31 December 2026

Students complete two qualification workouts and submit results online through Circle21.

Participants can complete workouts at their college gym, local gym or training facility.

Phase 2: National Final

25 March 2027

Venue: Forge Fitness, Rotherham

The top 50 male and 50 female athletes from the online leaderboard will qualify for the national final.

Why Enter?

Compete nationally
Track performance on live leaderboards
Challenge yourself against the UK's fittest students
Represent your college

Workout 1A

5 Minutes to establish your 1-rep max Thruster from the floor

Score is in total weight in KG

Rest 1 Minute

Workout 1B

15 Minute AMRAP

19 Wall Balls
19 Calorie Row

Males - 9kg Wallballs - 10ft target

Females - 6kg Wallballs - 9ft target

Score is number of reps, the 19 calorie row counts as 1 rep, so 1 round = 20 reps

Workout 2

For Time

2 Rounds of:

10 DB Deadlifts

10 DB Front Squats

10 DB Push Press

15 / 10 Calorie Row

Time Cap - 6 minutes

Males - 15kg Dumbbells and 15 Calorie Row

Females - 10kg Dumbbells and 10 Calorie Row

(DBs in both hands for the DB lifts)

Score is total time taken to complete the workout