The Europa Games & Fitness Expo Orlando 2019
At the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida
March 2019
We are back at the west building of the Orange County Convention Center for
The Europa Games and Fitness Expo 2019.
The Europa Games is held every Spring at the Orange Country Convention
Center. It features the following sports / activities: NPC and IFBB
Bodybuilding, wrestling, grappling, powerlifting, strongman, archery, ninja
course, obstacle courses, and zumba.
The Europa Games is also a huge fitness expo with tons of fitness vendor
booths and athletic challenges.
Attendees can choose to participate or just spectate. Participants
must register before hand. For details about all of this, check out the official Europa Games
Website.
We had a great time just being observers at the Europa Games. We
watched some martial arts contests in the grappling area and watched some of
the powerlifting contest.
We spent considerable time walking around the show floor sampling offerings
from all of the sports nutrition vendors and collecting many free samples.
Finally, we spent the bulk of our time at the Europa Games watching the
bodybuilding and physique contests.
Europa Games - that way.
Ticket booths.
Ticket prices.
VIP ticket prices.
The Europa Games entrance.
Arriving on the show floor.
Bang Energy had a high energy and very loud area right at the entrance to the expo on the
show floor.
Let's talk about that loud booth, and the general loudness of everything at the Europa Games. Bang Energy was blasting music the entire time we were on the show floor. The power lifting area was blasting music. Zumba was blasting music. They were also blasting music from the Military Muscle Obstacle course. All of that music created a high energy feel to the show floor. However, there was a drawback. If you were trying to watch any of the bodybuilding contests on the main stage, you couldn't hear anything but this deafening cacophony from all the other areas. It was a headache inducing mess. This issue should be addressed for future Europa Games.
Country Archer beef jerky samples.
Europa games attendees sampling protein at the Giant Sports Supplements booth.
GAT Sport had a large booth and offered samples of their testosterone
boosting protein.
We're not convinced that this crowd needed any more testosterone.
Mmmm protein.
It actually tasted pretty good,
and my T-levels surged.
Mixing up some more protein.
Jugs and jugs of protein.
Many vendor booths offered merchandise for completing a challenge.
Pictured,
a challenger attempts the Dymatize challenge to complete 100 kettle bell squats for a jug of
protein powder.
The Europa Games show floor had a variety of vendors.
Mauer Sports Nutrition offered sporty fudge samples.
Optimum Nutrition was represented at the Europa Games.
Optimum Nutrition offered high protein cookie samples.
P E Science protein cookie and cupcake mixes.
Protein Smart Baking Smartcake samples.
Chocolate and Cinnamon.
"Would you like some protein?"
Ultima Replenisher drinks.
All of the sports vendor items shown above are not only there for the
sampling, they are also for sale. The vendors seem to be doing a
brisk business. We observed many attendees leaving with huge shopping
bags overstuffed with jugs and canisters.
Whether you will be getting a good deal compared to ordering online differed
from booth to booth. We advise checking the item price on the internet
from your phone before making any purchases.
There was fencing and light saber battles.
Europa Games attendees could attempt to complete this
US Ninja League
course.
The US Air Force Special Ops had a large area and attendees could participate
in the Air Commando Experience.
Pictured is a participant completing the challenge.
The Orlando Archery Academy had a course at the Europa Games.
Participants could shoot arrows at the various targets.
The food court area was the standard OCCC offerings.
Bodybuilding.
The Eurpo Games hosts both NPC Amateur (National Physique Committee) and
IFBB Pro International Federation of
Bodybuilding and Fitness bodybuilding contests. The
bodybuilding stage had the largest crowds throughout the day.
We felt that the stage should have been located in another room of the
convention center or even a partitioned area of the show floor. This would
have allowed the audience to actually hear the announcements and the
competitors chosen music. It would also have given the competitors
less distractions.
As addressed above, the music from other areas of the show floor ruined the
experience of watching the bodybuilding contests. Whether the
organizers realize this or not, the bodybuilding contests are the focal
point of the Games. It has the highest amount of competitors, the most
general public awareness, and people naturally congregate near the
Bodybuilding stage.
In contrast to the other activities at the Europa Games, bodybuilding is a
completely different animal. It's a physical art form. It
deserves to be given the preferential staging that it deserves.
By the way, we felt bad for the wrestling and grappling folks also.
The Europa Games bodybuilding contest stage.
Smack dab in the middle of the show floor.
Female Physique contest.
Male Physique contest.