Reach for the Rings

In 2019, the top Functional Fitness athletes from around the world converge on Malmo, Sweden to compete in the iF3 Worlds. Over three days of competition, these superlative athletes compete in 6 harrowing "tests" before crowning their World Champions in the Women's, Men's, and Teams divisions. Each of the 6 tests challenges a different aspect of fitness. The tests are known as: Endurance, Strength, Bodyweight, Skill, Mixed, and Power. The USA Functional Fitness Team is here for redemption. After dominating on home turf in 2017 and facing disappointment in London in 2018, Coach Justin Cotler plans to stage a comeback and sweep the podium in 2019. Canada's Alex Parker is here on a personal quest to defeat her "frenemy" and rival, American Jordan Adcock. The two live in the same town, train at the same gym, and share the same coach. They're neck and neck in every event. The sport of Functional Fitness wants to be an Olympic sport. These 46 National Federations around the globe have banded together under The International Functional Fitness Federation in order to "Reach for the Rings" and achieve their Olympic dream.—Nicholas John Nakis