King described CrossFit as an idea of doing weightlifting, gymnastics exercises and cardio exercises in the one routine.

“When people start it is very addictive. It really tests you out and shows you what areas of your fitness you have to work on. It’s a good way to keep fit and to keep strong.”

The 2015 competition will begin with the online Open, which anyone can sign up to compete in. It has five workouts over five weeks and entrants post their scores online. The open reached more than 209,000 athletes worldwide last year.

King said changes made to this year’s competition will make it more inclusive.

“This year’s competition has also a scaled division so it now completely caters for all levels and abilities to compete,” he said.

“It means they’ve got an open division and a scaled division and, of course, they’ve got a master’s division and a teenage division. So basically now they’re able to cater for everybody, every fitness level.

“We have all been training throughout the Christmas holiday period to get ready for the worldwide competition.”

King said all the team had been on a really good training program for strength and cardio fitness.

“Everyone’s got a chance, but there is a lot involved in the competition,” he said.

“It’s covering everything. They’re basically saying that you don’t have to be good at one thing, and they’re trying to focus on you being OK at different areas of fitness.

“We’ve got young Michael Loy here, and he’s been training really hard. I think he might have a chance of making it through to the next stage, into the regionals.”

The top five men, women and teams of the three day regional competitions will receive invitations to the CrossFit games at Carson in California, USA.