14 one minute roundsalternating between:3 Front Squats10 Burpees Be Part Of The Team! Make sure you add yourself to the Roots team when you sign up for the open. You need to choose CrossFit Roots for your affiliate and Roots for your team. If you’ve already registered make sure you are on the Roots team...Read More
Two rounds for time of:100 Double-unders95 pound barbell, Shoulder to overhead, 50 reps25 Toes to bar Junk Food Science The Extraoridinary Science of Junk Food Thanks Jessica for sending this our way. Well worth the read. Big food companies have done little to help curb the obesity epidemic. By some accounts, they’ve done just...Read More
Backsquat 5-5-5-5-5 Extra! Extra! Read ALL About It. Yesterday some BIG news hit the CrossFit Games website. The big news was that this year CrossFit will announce each workout LIVE from an affiliate somewhere around the country. All over the world, CrossFitters will tune in to learn the next workout in the 2013 series. After the...Read More
Register for The Open here. Three rounds for time of:Run 800 metersRest 2 minutes Inflammation and You. It’s less common to cite decreased inflammation as one of the benefits of a Paleo, Primal, or no processed foods diet. But it deserves as much of a marker in your mind as to the reasons why eating...Read More
For time:205 pound Front squat, 20 reps30 Box jump, 30 inch box40 Kettlebell swings, 1.5 pood50 Wall ball shots, 20 pound ball Class Times and Coaches We’ve heard the following from quite a few athletes since moving to the double class system (i.e. two WOD classes that start at the same time). “It’s just so...Read More
“Gwen” Clean & Jerk 15-12- and 9 reps Touch and go at floor only. Even a re-grip off the floor is a foul. No dumping. Use same load for each set. Rest as needed between sets. The Open Kicks Off in 17 Days. Are You Signed Up? By now, we might sound like a broken...Read More
21-18-15-12-9-6 and 3 rep rounds for time of:35 lb. (25lb) Dumbbell burpee, hang squat clean, thrusterrow 250m between every roundAthletes do not have to clap above head on burpee but must jump and have both feet leave the ground. Athletes can move from bottom of squat in hang squat clean straight into thruster. Sweet or...Read More
“The Chief”Max rounds in 3 minutes of: 3 Power cleans (135 lb) 6 Push-ups 9 Squats Rest 1 minute then repeat, for a total of 5 cycles. Score is total rounds completed. Athletes will pick-up where they left off in the previous round. Staying Back You’ve probably heard this at some point at Roots, either...Read More
“Amanda”Three rounds, 9-7- and 5 reps, for time of:Muscle-up135 pound Squat snatch Call for Judges The 2013 CrossFit Open is just 20 days away. The start of the Open each year also means a call for judges. The judging staff of the past few years has put in a lot of hours to judge all...Read More
