What is Tough Mudder Virtual?

Tough Mudder Virtual is a new addition to the Tough Mudder UAE event series. This is a 10-day challenge that can be done anywhere – at home, in the gym, in the park, even at work with your colleagues.

You can enter for free, or upgrade to a VIP ticket which will get you a cool finisher t-shirt and Tough Mudder face mask to match, a unique discount code for upcoming Tough Mudder events, as well as goodies from our sponsors.

Each day will present you with three challenges; a run, a workout, and a ‘mental’ challenge. Details of the daily challenges are a closely guarded secret, so you’ll have no idea what the length of the run is, what the workout involves, or what mental challenge awaits you until you’ve completed all tasks from the previous day. You have to complete all three in order to unlock the next day of challenges.

How do I view the Tough Mudder Virtual challenges?

Your progress will be tracked in the Steppi app which connects to your smartwatch, wearable or mobile phone (Apple Health/Google Fit). Steppi is also compatible with Garmin, Fitbit and Apple Watch.

Once registration has closed on 18 August, all participants will receive an email from support@toughmudderarabia.com with instructions on how to download Steppi and join the Tough Mudder Virtual challenge.

Included in your registration is a complimentary 10-day membership at Gym Nation, valid during the challenge (20 to 29 August) and a discount voucher you can redeem against your next Tough Mudder event. To claim your free 10-day membership, just show your registration confirmation at any Gym Nation facility.

What are the prizes?

To keep you motivated, every day throughout the challenge, there are chances to win some fantastic prizes from our partners, such as:

2x hotel stay vouchers (2 nights at Jannah Hotel Mina Al Arab), 4x Jebel Jais Flight vouchers, 4x Jais sky tours vouchers – courtesy Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority
10x tickets to future Tough Mudder events – courtesy JEEP
20x Tough Mudder T-shirts and tickets to future Tough Mudder events – courtesy Mai Dubai
20kg dumbbell Set (10kgs x2), 1 Set of resistance band (5 pieces), and a voucher of 15% on certain items to be given to a friend – courtesy 1Fit
20x bags including a towel, a 250 ml Coconut Firming lotion, a Coconut Firming sheet, and a 60g Coconut Protein pack – courtesy Palmer’s Middle East
10 Blitz HIIT 3x class packages – courtesy Gym Nation
4x AED 250 worth of food vouchers redeemable at fueluplife.com on meal prep products – courtesy FuelUp by Kcal
10x MuscleTech hampers, discount codes and samples – courtesy MuscleTech10x Tough Mudder tickets – Unigraf

Our sponsor MuscleTech will also be doing live online workouts on Day 3 (August 22). Do tune in as MuscleTech is giving away two bundles during each WOD and Q&A live stream session. The timings of the sessions are as follows:

6:30 am – WOD with Diago Haddadi (@diago_haddadi)
10 am – Q&A: Mobility with Lisa Marie Doe (@lmfit.dxb)
1 pm – Q&A: Nutrition with Ben Durner (@ben_corpfit)
4 pm – Q&A: Endurance with Abdellatif Adwan (@abdadwan)
7 pm – WOD with Andrei Andrei (@andrewandrei)

The Q&A live sessions will happen over on the @muscletech_arabia Instagram page.

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