A FitLab-operated Nike Studios location in Culver City, California, closed Friday after a short-lived handoff to a new operator, leaving coaches waiting for wages they say were due before the closure. In emails reviewed by Hybrid Fitness Media, VM Fitness told employees on Aug. 20 that it would permanently close Racked Culver City, the former…

HYROX China is giving finishers patches and blind-bag medals at events this year. After completing their race, finishers receive a bag containing a medal featuring one HYROX station. The medals are city-specific, with designs shown from Shenzhen, Chengdu, and Shanghai. Finishers do not get to choose which medal they receive. The Shenzhen rower medal includes…

HYROX co-founders Christian Toetzke and Moritz Fürste are expected to regain controlling ownership of the company as part of a transaction that sources say values the fitness racing brand at between $700 million and $1 billion. Sources say the deal, which has been rumored since late May, will close in early September. In December 2019,…

Reach the Beach will not take place in 2026, according to John Nyhan, president of the Hampton Area Chamber of Commerce. “There is no way the race is going to happen this year,” Nyhan said in an interview. Nyhan said New Hampshire State Parks has not received the required $37,000 payment or deposit and has…

Ragnar co-founder Tanner Bell said Thursday that an agreement with FitLab has been reached to provide the funding needed for Ragnar Trail Rainier and Ragnar Trail Soldier Hollow to move forward as scheduled this month. In a post Thursday to the Ragnar team captains group, Bell said the agreement followed several days of work by…

Mike Melby, the co-founder of FitLab Inc., is building an international football ownership portfolio through a separate investment company, Sunday Ventures. In a June 19, 2026 announcement, members of Hibernians FC in Malta approved a deal for Sunday Ventures to become the club’s majority owner, subject to closing. Sunday Ventures says it invested in Italian…

Ragnar co-founder Tanner Bell says he is working with a group of investors and event industry figures on an interim funding agreement with FitLab that would allow Trail Rainier and Trail Soldier Hollow to proceed this month, alongside a broader effort to acquire Ragnar. That raises an obvious question: if FitLab’s financial problems include unpaid…

Marathon County has a newly signed contract in place with Ragnar for the Trail Wisconsin event at Nine Mile County Forest, county officials confirmed as of the morning of Aug. 11. Previously we had written that Wisconsin cancelled their original contract with Ragnar which is owned and operated by FitLab. Under the terms of the…

Working documents reviewed by Hybrid Fitness Media outline a proposed new regional structure for the HYROX North America Head Judge program, including separate Core Head Judge and Event Head Judge roles with different pay, travel coverage, and scheduling requirements. A HYROX representative told Hybrid Fitness Media that the program remains a work in progress and…