Archive for the ‘Workouts’ Category

It’s a Sprint.
· 4 February 2012

Do one of each of the following, in any order, every 8 minutes:1,000m row3 x :45 second overhead walking plate lunge, for distance50 burpees for time Record time for each effort (row time, plate distance across shop, burpee time).  

CrossFit Endurance Info Meeting – Wednesday, Feb. 8th
· 31 January 2012

THE CROSSFIT ENDURANCE INFO MEETING IS POSTPONED UNTIL WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH AT 7:00PM HOODIE PRE-ORDER THIS WEEK ONLY. LOOK FOR CLIP BOARD AT THE SHOP. Press 3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3 @ 60% 1 rep max w/ 1 min. rest between sets. then Seven rounds for time of: 225 pound Deadlift, 7 reps 7 L-pull-ups CrossFit Endurance Info Meeting [...]

Sunday Open Shop
· 29 January 2012

CrossFit Roots hosts open shop.

Functional Grip Strength
· 27 January 2012

Deadlift 3-3-3-3-3then3 rounds for time:500m row25 thrusters (45/35)15 pull-ups Functional Grip Strength Grip strength comes in handy all over the place!  At what times or with what movements do you feel your grip fail you the most in workouts?  Post to comments.

Percentages
· 24 January 2012

Back squat3-3-3-3-3Rope Climb1-1-1-1-1-1 Percentages 1 rep, 3 rep, 5 rep maxes!  How do they all relate!?  We’d love to say they’re all part of a perfect linear relationship, but sadly, that’s not the case.  There are however some great tools out there to predict your hypothetical 1 rep max based on past performances. Check out [...]

Open Shop Sunday
· 22 January 2012

Roots holds open shop and Nicole competes in the SuperFit Games.

CrossFit Endurance Reminder – Starts Next Week
· 21 January 2012

Run 3Kupon returning, take 5 minutes (and five minutes only) to find your 1 rep max squat clean Check out the link to the run route above!  It’s pretty straight forward, run east out the path and turnaround at the 49th Street trail exit (just past the two large double industrial buildings on your left). [...]

Prrrrress.
· 20 January 2012

“Tabata This!” Tabata Row Rest 1 minute Tabata Squat Rest 1 minute Tabata Pull-up Rest 1 minute Tabata Push-up Rest 1 minute Tabata Sit-up The Tabata interval is 20 seconds of work followed by 10 seconds of rest for 8 intervals. Tabata score is the least number of reps performed in any of the eight [...]

CrossFit Endurance is BACK!
· 18 January 2012

“Nate”Complete as many rounds in twenty minutes as you can of:2 Muscle-ups4 Handstand Push-ups8 2-Pood Kettlebell swings CrossFit Endurance is BACK! CrossFit Endurance is Back! Starting this coming week, CrossFit Endurance is back on the schedule. That’s right, we won’t let a little wind and snow keep us down. The plans for CrossFit Endurance at [...]

Rest & Recovery Challenge and Food Chalk Talk Tonight!
· 17 January 2012

With a continuously running clock do one pull-up the first minute, two pull-ups the second minute, three pull-ups the third minute… continuing as long as you are able. Use as many sets each minute as needed. Rest & Recovery Challenge and Food Chalk Talk Tonight! Come at 6:00pm to learn about the Rest & Recovery [...]