USA Functional Fitness

USA Functional Fitness (USAFF) is the national governing body for competitive functional fitness in the United States of America.

USAFF is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to promote and grow functional fitness as a competitive sport in the U.S. We are an official member of the International Functional Fitness Federation.

It is our responsibility to create the rules, standards and guidelines for governing competitive functional fitness in the U.S. Our mission is to create competitive opportunities for athletes of all ages and ability levels, and we are focused on enhancing the competitive experience for athletes, judges, coaches and spectators. Through the Online Qualifier and the National Championships, we assemble the functional fitness national team that represents the United States in sanctioned international competitions.

Competitive Functional Fitness is a sport which tests athletes' proficiency across a variety of movement patterns, activities and energy systems. Athletes must show their competency in various realms, including demonstrations of their strength, strength endurance, speed, bodyweight and gymnastics skill, and aerobic capacity.

In each competition, athletes are presented with various tasks, each of which requires the completion of a certain amount of work — a set number of repetitions of a given movement. The athletes then attempt to complete the required movements and repetitions as fast as possible, and the athlete who completes the work fastest is the winner of that task.

Functional Fitness athletes showcase resiliency, in that they can perform to their max potential through the expression of strength, power and endurance.

Functional Fitness competition under USAFF is conducted in the following formats.

The USA Functional Fitness National Team is made up of up to 20 athletes who have earned the right to represent the United States at internationally sanctioned competitive functional fitness events.

Selection to the National Team is a privilege and must be earned annually. The top men and women are selected on their finish at the National Championships, and serve as National Team members until the following year's National Championships. The National Team Coordinator and the USAFF Selection Committee may add further athletes over the course of the year based on their performance at sanctioned events or training camps.

Want to earn your spot on the National Team and represent the USA? Register as a member of USAFF and sign up to compete at the National Championships.

To compete in the Online Qualifier, in any USAFF-sanctioned event, or to earn a spot on the National Team, you must first be a USAFF member. Membership is annual and runs for one year from the date of payment.

• Athlete membership: Junior, Elite and Masters
• Coach membership
• Technical Official membership
• Supporter membership for anyone who wants to back the sport

Membership also includes individual supplemental accident and injury insurance for all USAFF-sanctioned events, and only USAFF members are eligible to serve on USAFF committees.

USAFF sanctions competitions that are run in accordance with the USAFF rulebook, that meet USAFF safety guidelines, and that use USAFF movement standards. Applications must be submitted at least 30 days before the event, or at least 90 days before if the event is to be considered a qualifier to the National Championships.

Sanctioning requires the organizer to follow the rulebook, movement standards and safety guidelines; to carry event insurance and provide proof of it; to submit a floor plan, planned programming and an emergency, medical and security plan; to collect athlete waivers; to ensure every competing athlete is a USAFF member; and to return post-competition information such as judging evaluations and results.

In return, sanctioned organizers get help with event organization, input on programming design and floor layout, access to trained and certified judges, the opportunity to have their event considered a qualifying event, and a place in a united community of functional fitness events.

The competition rules specify the conduct and behavior of athletes during sanctioned USAFF competitions. The goal is an atmosphere of sportsmanship, equality and fair play, alongside safety and protection for the athletes: the rules emphasise movement quality and skill without unduly limiting an athlete's freedom of action, and penalise actions that would otherwise confer an unfair advantage.

USAFF complies with the movement standards enforced by the iF3. Any movement listed and described in that document is eligible for inclusion in iF3-sanctioned events.

USA Functional Fitness has the following committees. All committees report to the Board of Directors, and all committee members have the right to attend board meetings. Every committee position is a volunteer position.

• Technical Committee — supervises the application of the competition rules and operations manual, prepares resolutions to amend them, and proposes technical delegates for official USAFF competitions.
• Medical Committee — establishes the conditions at USAFF-sanctioned competitions that keep participants healthy and safe, and controls all anti-doping policy and activity, keeping USAFF compliant with the WADA code, USADA rules and IOC, USOC and USAFF anti-doping rules.
• Gender Equality Committee — ensures equal opportunity in competitive functional fitness, promotes equal recognition and representation, and sets policy for the integration of women in all competitions.
• Athletes' Advisory Council — a five-member council, including the Athlete Director, that carries athletes' concerns to the Board of Directors.
• Adaptive Committee — represents adaptive athletes, and ensures competitions are accessible and that USAFF complies with IPC standards.
• Ethics Committee — enforces the USAFF Code of Ethics and investigates violations, submitting resolutions to the Board of Directors.

USAFF is continually seeking qualified, passionate people for its committees, board of directors, officer and staff roles, and athlete delegate positions.