Planet Fitness Hybrid Games Return to Cape Town This July

One of the reasons we like the Hybrid Games is that they don’t belong exclusively to elite athletes with sponsorship deals and impossibly low body-fat percentages. Anyone between the ages of 16 and 70 can enter, regardless of whether they’re a Planet Fitness member or simply someone curious enough to see what they’re capable of.

Perhaps that’s the real appeal. Fitness isn’t always about chasing personal bests or collecting Strava kudos. Sometimes it’s about saying yes to something difficult and discovering that the voice telling you to stop is often far less convincing than you thought.

If you’re feeling brave, Hybrid Games Simulation Saturday takes place on Saturday 4 July from 09h00 to 13h00 in the P3 parking area at Cavendish Square in Cape Town. Entry costs R150 for Planet Fitness and Elevate members and R200 for Discovery Vitality members and non-members. Registration is essential and there will be no entries on the day.

Because every now and then, a shopping-centre parking lot becomes a race track, complete strangers cheer each other on, and people leave with something far more valuable than a medal. They leave with a story.