Fitness Competition Coming to Ocean Center

More than 1,000 competitors and 6,000 spectators are expected to attend the Bacon Beatdown competition June 27- 29 at the Ocean Center.

Bacon Beatdown is a three-day food and fitness festival which includes competitive events of rope climbing, gymnastics, maximum effort power lifting and Olympic lifting movements.

Athletes will compete for more than $20,000 in prizes. Team competitions, consisting of three males or three females will be June 27. Individual, sanctioned power lifting, Olympic lifting and strongman competitions will take place June 28.

Food trucks will be at the festival, dishing out specialty foods that incorporate bacon.

For more information, visit www.thebaconbeatdown.com.