Why this change?
1. To encourage a more fun, collaborative environment
The feedback from our community is clear:
Beginner athletes thrive when they are surrounded, supported, and led by their teammates. In a team, the pressure is off and the experience on the floor becomes, above all, a moment of sharing.
2. Promoting progress through teamwork
The team format allows:
Levels to be balanced within a team of four, mutual support, overcoming difficult moments together and pushing oneself further in a safer environment.
The goal is simple: to guide beginners toward success, rather than confronting them alone with the demands of individual competition.
3. A competition experience more suited to beginners
Team WODs allow for: a better distribution of effort, reduced stress and a more fun experience without compromising the athletic challenge.
Because the French Throwdown remains a demanding competition, we want to offer beginners a format that puts them in the best possible conditions.
Teams Beginner: an expanded and upgraded category for 2026
To support this transition, the Teams Beginner category will be one of the highlights of the 2026 edition: more places available, tests adapted to the team format,
A program designed for fun as well as challenge,
an atmosphere fueled by group energy.
We want beginner athletes to be able to say to themselves:
“I can do this. With my team, I can do it.”
A format designed for fun, progress, and team challenges!
At French Throwdown, we have always wanted to reflect what makes our community strong: camaraderie, solidarity, and the desire to push ourselves together.
The transition from Beginners to an exclusively team format is a step in this direction: more fun, more support, more memorable moments to experience and share.
See you in June 2026: build your team and come experience the French Throwdown adventure!
Registration is now OPEN on Competition Corner.
If you're a beginner, the best way to approach your first French Throwdown is now as part of a team, on the same floor as Europe's best athletes.
Get your teammates ready, train hard, make memories, and join us in 2026 for a memorable edition.