At CrossFit Roots, you have so many ways to train – from group class, to specialty classes, to Open Shop – Roots offers over 100 class options each week!
Our goal for you is to train 3-5 days per week at the shop. Here’s how to do that.
Build Your Weekly Schedule
Start with a good baseline of 3-5 CrossFit WOD classes each week. Book them in your calendar, block them off. It doesn’t matter which days of the week you come. The programming is varied so from week to week you will get a good baseline of GPP (general physical preparedness) that is the foundation of any good CrossFit training program.
You’ll do stuff you love, and stuff you don’t love, and that’s the point!
Work Your Weakness or Train Something You Love
One of the hallmarks of CrossFit is for athletes to work their weaknesses. We know that when athletes work their weaknesses, they improve their physical fitness more than by working their strengths.
This can be hard to swallow as it is sometimes challenging to do the stuff we’re not good at!
At Roots we offer a variety of specialty classes to give you the opportunity to work your weakness on a consistent weekly basis. The goal with these classes is for the athlete to add them to their weekly repertoire.
Additionally, if you’re already coming to 4-5 classes a week, specialty classes allow you to come in and train something you love.
Specialty Class Types
- Olympic Weightlifting
- Strongman
- Strength/Powerlifting
- Endurance
- Gymnastics
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Olympic Weightlifting
This class focuses on the clean & jerk and the snatch. It’s not always about maxing out (but yea, we’ll go heavy too), it’s about technique and developing speed to master the positions and build strength when these lifts show up in the workout of the day. This class is held multiple times during the week and the programming is the same for all classes through the week – come to one class, not all of them.
Strength and Powerlifting
This is centered around traditional powerlifting movements like the back squat, deadlift, and bench press but incorporates bodyweight strength exercises as well as accessory work. Same deal as above, the programming for this class is the same for all classes each week – giving you lots of options to add it on top of your weekly group training schedule.
Endurance
Are you training for a 10K, Hyrox, Spartan, Ultra or a backpacking trip? The endurance class focuses on longer effort endurance work. Expect a mix of running, rowing, sleds, wall balls, burpees, and more.
Gymnastics
This class is designed to improve body control and develop skills like pull-ups, handstands, press to handstands, muscle-ups, and other bodyweight movements. Whether you’re a beginner or working to refine advanced skills, the 60-minute sessions focus on technique and progression, helping you improve strength, flexibility, and coordination for gymnastics-based exercises in CrossFit.
Strongman
Goodbye barbell, hello odd objects. Think sandbags, yoke carries, sled drags, sled pushes, farmer carries, and more. The strongman class is a perfect addition to CrossFit training as it brings variance to your lifts!