Why we're building the gym competition platform
Gym Leader started with a simple frustration: gyms are full of incredible athletes competing on sims, platforms, and barbells. None of it gets seen. Results vanish, events go unnoticed, and there's no way for a gym to show the world just how good their people are. We looked for a solution and couldn't find one. So we decided to build it.
The problem we're solving
Fitness events are growing fast. The infrastructure supporting them hasn't kept up.
Discovery is broken
Events are announced on Instagram stories that vanish after 24 hours, buried in Facebook groups with 10,000 members, or passed around by word of mouth at the gym. If you're not plugged in, you miss out.
Registration is a nightmare
Organisers cobble together Google Forms, WhatsApp groups, and spreadsheets. They bolt together separate tools for payments and registration. Athletes fill in the same details for every event across a dozen different systems. It shouldn't be this fragmented.
Results disappear
You train for months, compete on the day, and your results live on a whiteboard that gets wiped the moment the venue closes. There's no history, no leaderboard, no record of your progress.
Organisers can't grow
Even great event organisers struggle to reach new athletes beyond their immediate circle. Without proper tooling, scaling a competition series or building a following is almost impossible.
One platform. Every role.
Whether you're lacing up your trainers or setting up the timing gates, Gym Leader has a place for you.
For Athletes
- Browse competitions by sport, location, and date
- Register and pay in one place
- Track your results on a personal leaderboard
- Get notified when events near you open
For Organisers
- Create and publish events in minutes
- Manage registrations, waitlists, and payments
- Run live gym competition leaderboards on the day
- Share results publicly after the event
For Judges & Staff
- Enter scores directly from your phone
- Live leaderboard updates for athletes and spectators
- Heat and bracket management built in
- No paper, no spreadsheets, no delays
Why now?
Gyms across the country have Hyrox sims, lifting platforms, and rigs. The athletes training on them are seriously good. But when competition day comes, results disappear, no one outside the gym sees them, and there's no record to prove it.
The scene is bigger than ever. DEKA, ATHX, Rainhill Trials, GYMRACE. The number of formats and competitions is exploding. Every one of them has athletes, organisers, and communities that deserve better infrastructure. We're building the platform that connects all of it.
We're at the early stage, talking to athletes and organisers to make sure we build exactly what's needed. That's why your voice matters. That's why we're running this survey before we write a single line of the product.