Kuma Nation Ā· Est. 2020

No athlete
rises alone.

A sportswear brand born in Jordan, built by the people who wear it.

Our story

Kuma means bear.

The big brands know sport. They don’t know Jordan. So in 2020, we built our own.

GYMKUMA started in Amman with one idea: kit that performs like the best in the world and feels like home. We took our name from the Japanese word for bear. Strong, stubborn, impossible to ignore.

Today we make performance wear, football kits and everyday gear for men, women and kids. But the brand was never just the clothes. It’s the 6am lifters, the Friday five-a-side, the runners who train through an Amman August. That’s Kuma Nation.

2020Founded in Amman
3rdyear racing Dead2Red
2Dubai Lynx awards
2Shortlists at The One Show
Award-winning campaign

Hidden
Gyms

By GYMKUMA

Amman is a city of hills. Thousands of stairs, steep slopes and long streets, all of it a gym nobody was using.

So we marked it. We turned stairways, slopes and streets across the city, from Wasat Al Balad to Weibdeh, Abdali and Abdoun, into free outdoor gyms. Each one got a GYMKUMA plaque with the steps, minutes per lap and calories burned.

No membership. No fee. Just the city.

A Hidden Gyms plaque on an Amman stairway
Athlete training on a Hidden Gyms stairway in Amman
Athlete running up a Hidden Gyms stairway
Stairway to Strength plaque
Slope of Wellness plaque
Highway to Health plaque

Stairway to Strength Ā· Slope of Wellness Ā· Highway to Health

Two Dubai Lynx awards for Hidden Gyms by GYMKUMA
2 awards

Dubai Lynx

The region’s top creative award. We got you moving, you got us roaring.

The One Show: 2 shortlists for Hidden Gyms by GYMKUMA
2 shortlists

The One Show

One of the world’s biggest advertising awards, New York.

Where we’re going

Born in Jordan.
Built for the world.

The next great sportswear brand doesn’t have to come from New York, London or Portland. We started GYMKUMA to prove it can come from here.

01

Performance first

Kit that stands next to the best in the world. Tested in an Amman August, not a boardroom.

02

Community over clout

We build with the people who actually train. Athletes, clubs, run crews, the 6am lifters. We don’t sponsor from a distance. We show up.

03

Culture in every thread

Our stories come from our streets. Hidden Gyms proved a brand from Amman can win on the region’s biggest stage. We’re just getting started.

From Amman to the region. From the region to the world. A brand the Arab world wears with pride, and the rest of the world can’t ignore.

Join Kuma
Nation

No membership. No fee. You’re in the moment you put it on.

#KUMANATION

Kuma Nation membership Ā· Free

Members move first.

Free with any GYMKUMA account. No fee, no points.

01

First access

Shop every drop 24 hours early.

02

Birthday

15% off in your birthday month. On us.

03

Events

First spots at Bears Run the City, Dead2Red and Kuma Nation events.

Plus: track orders and keep your wishlist in one place.

Just your email. We send a code, no password.

Want more? Become a GYMKUMA athlete →

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