Online workouts are the foundation of your virtual or online competition. Each workout you create controls what athletes see, when they see it, how they submit their score, and when that score appears on the leaderboard. You can create workouts ahead of time and control exactly when each one is revealed.
💡 Quick Tip: If you're programming a workout for multiple divisions, keep it simple and scale the weights rather than creating separate workouts. It saves time, keeps things clean for judges and athletes, and makes the leaderboard easier to follow.
How to Create an Online Workout
Navigate to Planning > Workouts
Click + to add a new workout
Enter the workout name
Select the workout type — AMRAP, Max Weight, or For Time
Set a time cap (if applicable)
Describe the workout movements
Add detailed workout instructions for athletes
Upload a standards video showing how movements should be performed
Upload a scorecard (if applicable)
Set the release date and time — when the workout becomes visible to athletes
Set the submission deadline — when score submissions close
Select the divisions this workout applies to
Configure scoring submission options (see below)
Set a tiebreaker (if applicable — see below)
Click Create
Workout Release Date
The release date controls when the workout becomes visible to athletes on the leaderboard. This lets you create and configure workouts in advance without revealing them prematurely.
If the release date is set to a future date and time, athletes will see the message "The workout will be announced soon" on the leaderboard. Once that date and time arrives, the full workout description and submission form automatically appear.
Submission Deadline
The deadline is the cut-off point after which athletes can no longer submit scores for a workout. By default, the moment the deadline passes, the submission form closes immediately.
Deadline Buffer
The Deadline Buffer is a grace period you can enable to give athletes a short window beyond the official deadline to complete their submission — without changing the published deadline athletes can see.
This is particularly useful because athletes who are entering their score right at the deadline can be cut off mid-submission if the window closes before they click Submit. The buffer protects against these edge cases without publicly extending the deadline.
For example, if your deadline is 11:00 PM and you set a 15-minute buffer, athletes who begin submitting before 11:00 PM will have until 11:15 PM to complete their submission — but the leaderboard and all communications still show 11:00 PM as the official deadline.
Score Submission Options
By default, scores are posted to the leaderboard immediately when an athlete submits. If you want to control when scores become visible — to preserve the element of surprise or manage the leaderboard strategically — you have additional options:
Post immediately — scores appear on the leaderboard as soon as they're submitted (default)
Hold until deadline — scores are hidden from the leaderboard until the submission deadline passes, then automatically released all at once
Athlete controls visibility — athletes can choose whether to show or hide their own score on the leaderboard before the deadline passes. Once the deadline passes, all scores are automatically made public
The hold and athlete-controlled options are popular for competitive online events where you don't want athletes to see each other's scores mid-window and adjust their submissions accordingly.
Tiebreakers
You can program a tiebreaker into any workout to resolve tied placements. The type of tiebreaker available depends on the workout type:
Max Rep workouts — use a repetition tiebreaker based on a supplementary movement. For example, a snatch ladder format where the tiebreaker is the maximum number of double unders after a failed attempt
AMRAP workouts — use a time tiebreaker based on the fastest time an athlete reached their last completed round
Timed workouts — use a repetition tiebreaker for athletes who don't finish before the time cap, where the tiebreaker score reflects how many additional reps they completed
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