THIS IS WODLAND

BUILT IN THE WILD.

MADE FOR THE POEPLE IN IT.

Outdoor fitness. Big challenges. Bigger community.

WHERE IT STARTED

IT BEGAN WITH A SIMPLE IDEA.

Take functional fitness out of four walls and put it somewhere completely different.

WODland was created to bring people together through outdoor fitness, challenging workouts and experiences that couldn't happen on a traditional gym floor.

What started as an idea for a different kind of fitness event has grown into something much bigger. A community, a calendar of events and a home in the Yorkshire woodland that we're proud to call WODland HQ.

But the idea behind it hasn't changed.

Create something different. Make it challenging. And make sure people leave wanting to come back.

A person wearing a camouflage cap, black t-shirt, gray sweatpants, and teal running shoes stands on muddy ground with their back facing a small orange excavator, with a background of dense green trees under an overcast sky.

THE PEOPLE

WODLAND WAS BUILT INT HE FOREST. THE COMMUNITY MADE IT WHAT IT IS.

Group of people stretching and warming up outdoors on a grassy field, with tents and trees in the background, during a sunny day.
A large group of people gathered outdoors on a sunny day, some wearing matching shirts, posing for a photo with a forested background and an obstacle course, with children and spectators nearby.
Group of people posing outdoors in front of wooden climbing structures on a sunny day, some wearing bright yellow shirts, with confetti on the ground.

The workouts matter. The competition matters. But WODland has always been about more than a leaderboard.

It's the teammates shouting each other home. The volunteers giving everything to the weekend. The gyms travelling together. The people who arrive as competitors and leave already talking about coming back.

That's the bit we're most proud of.

Different abilities. Different backgrounds. One community in the woods.

BEHIND WODLAND

BUILT FROM AN IDEA. STILL BUILDING.

WODland was founded by Chris Kirk with a simple ambition, to create the kind of outdoor fitness events he'd want to take part in himself.

What began with an idea and an empty patch of woodland has grown through years of building, testing, changing things and listening to the people who turn up.

Today, Chris continues to shape every WODland event, from the workouts and course design to the arena, atmosphere and those little details that make a weekend feel different.

And we're nowhere near finished yet.

People gathered around a window with a digital countdown clock showing 4 minutes left, outside a building, possibly at an event or race.

The goal isn't to make WODland bigger for the sake of being bigger. It's to keep making it better.

WHAT’S NEXT

THE FOREST IS JUST GETTING STARTED.

WODland has grown far beyond the original idea but there’s still plenty more we want to create.

Our own events will always sit at the heart of WODland. Bigger challenges, new formats and more reasons to bring people together in the wild.

But WODland HQ has also opened the door to something bigger.

From endurance events and brand collaborations to community experiences and completely new concepts, we're beginning to see just how much can be created here.

Different events. New ideas. Same forest.