{"id":653079,"date":"2026-03-13T16:39:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T16:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/653079\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T16:39:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T16:39:15","slug":"xenom-is-aiming-to-be-the-hyrox-of-crossfit-heres-how-the-total-fitness-event-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/653079\/","title":{"rendered":"Xenom Is Aiming to be the Hyrox of CrossFit \u2013 Here\u2019s How the Total Fitness Event Works"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the past few years, the centre of gravity in competitive fitness has shifted. While the CrossFit Games<\/a> remains the pinnacle of elite performance for many, the rise of Hyrox<\/a> has shown just how powerful a repeatable, standardised competition format can be for the everyday athlete.<\/p>\n

Enter Xenom<\/a>: a new stadium-scale competition series that aims to bring that same clarity and accessibility to the CrossFit community.<\/p>\n

Founded by longtime CrossFitter and fitness entrepreneur Keith Barlow, Xenom positions itself as \u2018the decathlon of fitness\u2019 \u2013 a two-day competition featuring 10 fixed events designed to test total human performance across strength, gymnastics and endurance.<\/p>\n

The event is also backed by serious investment firepower, including Jeffrey Katzenberg \u2013 the media veteran behind DreamWorks Animation \u2013 with equipment partner Rogue Fitness supplying the competition floor. Crucially, Xenom isn\u2019t just CrossFit-inspired \u2013 it\u2019s the first official global event series licensed by CrossFit itself.<\/p>\n

But the idea wasn\u2019t born overnight. \u2018If you want the philosophical answer, this has been about a decade in the making.\u2019 Barlow told Men\u2019s Health.<\/p>\n

Barlow\u2019s own CrossFit journey started 10 years ago after discovering the training style that, in his words, was \u2018hugely transformative\u2019. That journey eventually led him to work with Hyrox \u2013 and it was there that the lightbulb moment arrived.<\/p>\n

\u2018There are millions of CrossFitters in the world and no one\u2019s giving them anything at the moment that reflects what they do day in, day out in the gym,\u2019 he explained. In other words, while CrossFit builds broad, adaptable fitness, many competitions still test only narrow elements of it.<\/p>\n

What Is Xenom?<\/p>\n

Xenom\u2019s answer is a fixed 10-event format, held over two days inside major stadium venues. Across the weekend, athletes tackle a mix of classic CrossFit modalities \u2013 maximal strength, monostructural conditioning and high-skill gymnastics \u2013 designed to test what CrossFit defines as \u2018broad work capacity across time and modal domains\u2019.<\/p>\n

Events already revealed<\/a> include:<\/p>\n