Mike Arnold

A Year with Rev Fitness

Revolution Fitness · July 2026

Five events across the year for Revolution Fitness — Rev Games, Rev Battle and everything between. The brief each time: make sure every competitor comes away with a photo of themselves on every exercise, capture how the day felt, and give Rev a bank of social content to promote the gym and fill the next start line.

That brief sounds simple written down. On the day it means tracking 15 to 20 teams, most of them pairs, through a floor of wall balls, loaded barbells, assault bikes and a running clock — and knowing where every one of them is and where they're going next.

It's the least glamorous part of the job and the part that matters most. The pair finishing last trained just as hard as the pair on the podium, and they want the photo just as much.

It's also why the pictures look the way they do. I work at floor level, in among it, close enough to catch the grimace on a last rep and the teammate shouting over the top of it. By the third event most of the gym knew me by name, which does more for the photographs than any lens.

Alongside every competitor's set, Rev came away with a year of content for social, the website, and filling the next start line.

A competitor catching a wall ball mid-rep under the gym lights.
A competitor in a blue team shirt squatting a loaded barbell as the crowd cheers behind.
A competitor locking a barbell out overhead beside the competition clock.
A competitor pressing a barbell overhead on the rig, supporters watching from the side.
A competitor driving a barbell overhead mid push press.
A competitor in a green top and sports sunglasses between efforts.
Teammates clapping and shouting encouragement from the sidelines.
A competitor grimacing through a sprint on the assault bike, the clock behind him.
A competitor in red deep into a machine effort, face set.
A competitor shaking out his arms between stations as a teammate looks on.
Teams in orange shirts huddled together between workouts.
A competitor pulling hard on the ski erg, arms at full stretch.
Winning teams celebrating with arms raised on the podium.
Champagne spraying over the podium as the winners celebrate.
A competitor head down over the bar, gathering himself before a lift.
A competitor in a yellow vest stepping under the bar at the rack.
A competitor grinding through a heavy back squat as spectators watch.
A competitor setting his grip for a heavy deadlift.
A competitor locking a barbell overhead, judge watching the rep.
A competitor braced with the bar across her back.
A competitor mid-deadlift, face showing every kilo of effort.
A competitor pressing overhead in front of a packed crowd and the Rev Fit banner.
A competitor flat on the floor after a finish, hand over his face.
A competitor locked in on the bike, eyes fixed ahead.
A competitor mid-stroke, hair flying, deep into the workout.
A judge with a scoresheet walking beside a competitor carrying a dumbbell.
Two friends thumbs-up beside the competition timer between heats.
A competitor holding a dumbbell locked out overhead beside the scoreboard.
A competitor in green punching a dumbbell overhead mid-workout.
Two competitors working through dumbbell presses side by side.
A competitor lunging with a dumbbell overhead as the clock runs.
An older competitor pressing a dumbbell overhead in front of the Rev Fit wall.
A competitor gritting through a dumbbell carry.
Competitors down in burpees along the gym track.
Competitors with hands on heads catching their breath after a heat.
A competitor mid dumbbell snatch, weight overhead.
A competitor caught mid-air over the box.
Competitors and crew celebrating together under the Rev Fit sign.