3rd annual
2025 All-American Kettlebell Open
October 11th-12th, 2025
Tropicana Grand Exhibition Hall
Atlantic City, NJ USA
Tropicana Grand Exhibition Hall
Atlantic City, NJ USA

registration is open
Flights are Limited and Going Fast—Reserve Early
Awesome lifters, great venue, a literal ton of Pro Kettlebells. Your best set awaits, this October.
Classic Kettlebell Sport Events for Beginners to Pros
The "AAKO" is a professional, fun, and exciting event, welcoming first time competitors to share the stage with world-renowned lifters like Denis Vasilev and Kim Fox (among many others).
Whether this will be your first competition or your 100th, our mission is to celebrate the work you've put in to training and create an environment that allows you to achieve your best result.
This event will sell out—get your tickets to lift today!
Whether this will be your first competition or your 100th, our mission is to celebrate the work you've put in to training and create an environment that allows you to achieve your best result.
This event will sell out—get your tickets to lift today!
Price
$75
per 5 or 10-minute flight / event
(Classic Kettlebell Sport Events) Multi-Lift Discount for 5-Minute Sets
Price
$165
30-minute
flight / event
(One-Arm Long Cycle)
Price
$180
50-minute
flight / event (Sunday Pentathlon)
Rules, Rankings & Sanctions
International Kettlebell Organization (IKO)
American Kettlebell Lifters Union (AKLU)
Write your awesome label here.
The 2025 all-american kettlebell open is proud to present
Breaking Through Plateaus: A Kettlebell Sport Master Class with Kimberly Fox & Corissa Sivorot
Join world-class lifters Kimberly Fox and Corissa Sivorot for an elite kettlebell lifting seminar designed to help athletes breakthrough performance plateaus.
Focused on refining technique, enhancing efficiency, and advancing training protocols in the Long Cycle, Jerk, and Snatch, this intensive session will explore the subtle mechanics and individualized adjustments that make the difference at the highest levels of kettlebell sport.
Whether you’re preparing for competition or striving to hit new personal bests, this seminar delivers actionable strategies, technical breakdowns, and proven programming methods to elevate your performance and push past sticking points.
What to Expect
Registration is Open to Anyone!
Sunday, October 12th, 2025
11:30a-2:30p
$150
The Flight Schedule of Events is Preset!
Book Your Spots and Complete Your Registration
Our mission is to deliver an organized, fun, and spectator‑friendly event that showcases the excitement of kettlebell sport to newcomers, sets up all lifters to perform at their best on a professional stage, and lets travelers lock in their weekend plans well in advance. By setting flights, bell weights, and schedules early, we can assign the right judges for each lift, reduce confusion and calculation errors, make the action easy to follow for passers‑by, and—most important—help create an environment that allows you to give your peak performance. Your participation, flexibility, and sportsmanship make that possible and ultimately help grow the sport.
We appreciate you more than you know. Thank you for choosing to lift with us.
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prize flights
5-Minute Snatch:
8kg, 16kg, 24kg
5-Minute Two-Arm Long Cycle: 8kg, 16kg, 24kg
10-Minute Snatch:
12kg, 16kg, 20kg, 24kg
10-Minute Two-Arm Long Cycle: 12kg, 16kg, 24kg
10-Minute Biathlon: 8kg, 16kg, 24kg, 32kg
30-Minute One-Arm Long Cycle: 16kg, 24kg
Pentathlon -
"lifter's choice" open flights:
no prizes, but places and ranks per standard procedure5-Minutes: Double Half-Snatch, Snatch, Two-Arm Long Cycle, Biathlon
10-Minutes: Double Half-Snatch, Snatch, Two-Arm Long Cycle, Biathlon, One-Arm Long Cycle
Prize Flights
Snatch
Two-Arm Long Cycle
Biathlon
30-Minute One-Arm Long Cycle
Two-Arm Long Cycle
Biathlon
30-Minute One-Arm Long Cycle
All-Around "Best Lifter" Contest
Determined by Coeffecient,
Men's and Women's:
Two-Arm Long Cycle
Snatch
Biathlon Jerk
Total Weight Lifted
Men's and Women's:
Two-Arm Long Cycle
Snatch
Biathlon Jerk
Total Weight Lifted