Round 1 Showdown - 2026

Round 1 Winter Games 2026

Every four years, the Winter Olympics rolls around and Australians suddenly become experts in snow sports.

We cheer for events we barely understand.
We learn new words like “luge” and “biathlon.”
And we remind the world that Australia can absolutely punch above its weight.

In 2026, we’re bringing that spirit to Round 1.

The Round 1 Winter Games is a partner-based fitness event designed to capture everything we love about the Olympics:

• Courage
• Resilience
• Strategy
• And just a little bit of chaos

Now before anyone starts panicking — this is not about elite athletes or world records.

Yes, the workouts will be tough.
Yes, you’ll be challenged.
But if you’re training consistently 2–3 times per week, you are absolutely capable of competing.

This is about teamwork.
This is about showing up.
This is about fun.

And yes — one of the events is named after Stephen Bradbury (see below)… because sometimes in life (and in fitness), surviving is winning.

Grab a partner. Choose your colours. Pick a name worthy of Olympic history.

• $99 per team

• Purchase your entry via Fitbox

• Saturday 21st March

• 7:00am – 10:30am

Let’s go.

P.S. Why I Love Stephen Bradbury

Every time the Winter Olympics comes around, someone brings up Stephen Bradbury.

Usually with a laugh.

“He only won because everyone else fell over.”

And yes — that moment in 2002 was unbelievable.
Four skaters in front of him. All crash.
He glides through for gold.

It’s become a national punchline.

But here’s what most people forget.

Stephen Bradbury didn’t just randomly turn up to the Olympics one day and get lucky.

He competed for Australia for over a decade.

He’d already won Olympic bronze in 1994 as part of the relay team.

He broke his neck in 1994.
Severed an artery.
Nearly died.

He came back.

In 2000, a training accident sliced his thigh open.
100 stitches.
Four litres of blood lost.

He came back again.

By the time he stood on that start line in Salt Lake City, he wasn’t a fluke.
He was a survivor.

He was experienced.
He was hardened.
He was stubborn.

And here’s the thing people miss:

You don’t “accidentally” make Olympic finals.

You don’t “accidentally” stay in the race long enough for luck to matter.

You don’t “accidentally” position yourself to capitalise.

He skated tactically.
He conserved energy.
He understood the race.

And when chaos hit?

He was still upright.

That’s not luck.

That’s persistence meeting opportunity.

In the gym, in sport, in business — it’s the same.

Sometimes you win because you’re the strongest.
Sometimes you win because you’re the fastest.

And sometimes you win because you just refuse to fall over.

You stay consistent.
You keep turning up.
You survive the hard blocks.
You outlast the noise.

Bradbury wasn’t a flash in the pan.

He was the guy who kept showing up long enough for his moment to arrive.

And that’s why I love the story.

Because most success doesn’t look like fireworks.

It looks like staying in the race.