{"id":369760,"date":"2026-08-12T22:16:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T22:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/369760\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T22:16:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T22:16:20","slug":"fierce-athletes-flock-to-tampa-for-fitfest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/369760\/","title":{"rendered":"Fierce athletes flock to Tampa for FitFest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 0.5rem 0; line-height: 1.6;\">TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 This weekend, some of the strongest, toughest, fiercest competitors will take over the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5rem 0; line-height: 1.6;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/usafitfest.com\/\" style=\"color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fit Fest, the largest sports festival and fitness expo in Florida<\/a>, happens on Saturday and Sunday (Aug. 15-16).<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5rem 0; line-height: 1.6;\">Vendors will showcase the latest in cutting-edge fitness gear. The event will also feature athletes competing in a myriad of events.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5rem 0; line-height: 1.6;\">Organizers are promising world-class competitions in CrossFit, Strongman, Powerlifting, Jiu-Jitsu and Weightlifting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5rem 0; line-height: 1.6;\">There will also be classes, workshops and a KidsZone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5rem 0; line-height: 1.6;\">The event runs from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. on both weekend days, inside the Expo Hall at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Florida+State+Fairgrounds\/@27.990479,-82.3623012,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x88c2cf35e7b20f79:0x2830eeba5dc04e15!8m2!3d27.990479!4d-82.3597263!16zL20vMDhkZnds?entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDgxMC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\" style=\"color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Florida State Fairgrounds<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 This weekend, some of the strongest, toughest, fiercest competitors will take over the Florida State&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":369761,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[571,276,9073,115,4094,135,137,136,835],"class_list":["post-369760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-health","tag-hillsborough-county","tag-jeff-butera","tag-news","tag-on-the-town","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-vod"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=369760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369760\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/369761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}