{"id":48098,"date":"2022-03-10T10:05:13","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T06:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/?p=48098"},"modified":"2022-03-10T10:05:13","modified_gmt":"2022-03-10T06:05:13","slug":"dubai-holding-deka-is-back-this-march-with-four-times-the-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/dubai-holding-deka-is-back-this-march-with-four-times-the-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"Dubai Holding DEKA Is Back This March With Four Times The Fun"},"content":{"rendered":"

The decathlon of fitness, DEKA,<\/strong> is on the hunt for the UAE\u2019s fittest and toughest competitors this March as it returns to Dubai on Saturday 12March 2022 with its epic functional fitness events \u2018Dubai Holding DEKA Fit\u2019;\u2018DEKA Mile, presented by Dubai Holding\u2019; and \u2018DEKA Strong, presented by Dubai Holding\u2019.<\/p>\n

Participants who have taken part in the \u2018Dubai Holding DEKA Fit\u2019;\u2018DEKA Mile, presented by Dubai Holding\u2019; and \u2018DEKA Strong, presented by Dubai Holding\u2019 events will also have the chance to take on the Super Bowl of fitness, the \u2018Dubai Holding DEKA Trifecta\u2019challenge, and get their hands on the highly coveted \u2018DEKA Trifecta\u2019 medal on the very same day.<\/p>\n

Taking place from7:30amat Dubai\u2019s Business Bay Canal Lawn, each DEKA event will challenge competitors to functional fitness tests that will include completing a\u00a0certain number of reps or distance at each of the ten fitness zones that include movements and machines such as Reverse Alternating Lunge<\/em>, the Rower, Box Jump Overs,Med Ball Sit-Up Throws<\/em>, the Skierg,<\/em> a Farmers Carry<\/em>, Assault Air Bike<\/em>, Deadball Wall Overs<\/em>, Tank Push\/Pull<\/em> and RAM Burpees.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018Dubai Holding DEKA Fit\u2019will feature ten fitness zones, all preceded by a 500-metre run and \u2018DEKA Mile, presented by Dubai Holding\u2019will challenge participants to the same ten fitness zones but with a 160-metre run between the stations.\u2018DEKA Strong, presented by Dubai Holding\u2019will feature the same ten fitness zones but without any running in between.<\/p>\n

Built on a Trifecta event model, participants must take part in all three DEKA events to earn the full DEKA medal with the fourth event, Dubai Holding DEKA Trifecta, challenging participants to all three variations of DEKA.<\/p>\n

Inspired by the Greeks who were the first on record to gamify and test fitness, DEKA is a well-rounded functional test with challenges that are based on rudimentary movements such as carrying, pushing, pulling, kneeling, jumping, stepping, or climbing over something, and getting up and down from the ground. The event\u2019s challenges also include three basic forms of transportation: row, ski, and cycle.<\/p>\n

Tickets start from USD 60 for each individual event and five different ticket options are available to purchase including DEKA Trifecta, a two-event ticket combo, and tickets to each individual DEKA event, DEKA Fit, DEKA Mile and DEKA Strong.<\/p>\n

For more information please visit: https:\/\/deka.fit\/uae\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The decathlon of fitness, DEKA, is on the hunt for the UAE\u2019s fittest and toughest competitors this March as it returns to Dubai on Saturday 12March 2022 with its epic functional fitness events \u2018Dubai Holding DEKA Fit\u2019;\u2018DEKA Mile, presented by Dubai Holding\u2019; and \u2018DEKA Strong, presented by Dubai Holding\u2019. Participants who have taken part in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48099,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48098"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48100,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48098\/revisions\/48100"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}