Annual Shop Closure (Thursday-Sunday) CrossFit Withdrawal Syndrome (CWS) is a real thing. Symptoms of CWS could include: – constantly checking the blog – giving excessive fist bumps in Sugarwod for past workouts – immediately dropping down into a burpee at the call of 3,2,1 – yelling “time” at the completion of any/every task (this is a veteran...Read More
Karen 150 wallball shots (20/14) This is part of your yearly benchmark series. Log your score! We’ve all heard the statement that nutrition shouldn’t be approached from the stance of a diet but rather a change in lifestyle, but the hard part for many is figuring out how to make an actual lasting effect. Yes, it...Read More
Back Squat 7-7-7-7-7 This is part of your yearly benchmark series. Log your score! In case you missed it in the August Newsletter, Roots will be closed for our annual shop closure this Thursday-Sunday. Take a few days to get out, enjoy the cooler Summer temps and put that hard-earned fitness to use! On Monday...Read More
TK Complete as many rounds as possible in 20 minutes of: 8 Strict Pull-ups 8 Box jumps, 36″ box 12 Kettlebell swings, 2 pood U.S. Army Major Thomas E. Kennedy, 35, of West Point, New York, assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, based in Fort Carson, Colorado, died...Read More
5 2-minute rounds of: 15-ft. rope climb, 3 ascents Row for calories Rest 3min between rounds. Today’s the day! Come out to the Boulder Reservoir for some fun in the sun with the Roots community to celebrate Roots turning 7! We’ll be firing up the grill and providing the meat so please bring a side...Read More
The Chief Max rounds in 3 minutes of: 135 pound Power cleans, 3 reps 6 Push-ups 9 Squats Rest 1 minute. Repeat for a total of 5 cycles. Recognize those mugs? Recognize that place?! It’s the old shop, and before that it was literally a 1-bay garage at the house Nicole was renting at the...Read More
For time: Run 800 meters 100 push-ups 100-meter bear crawl Run 800 meters 50 handstand push-ups 50-meter handstand walk Run 800 meters “In the end, chronic disease is a deficiency syndrome. It is sedentation with malnutrition.” ~ Greg Glassman In Glassman’s latest article he separates the causes of death in the US into 5 categories...Read More
Deadlift 5-5-5-5-5 CCS – August Horton 9 rounds for time with a partner of: 9 bar muscle-ups 11 clean and jerks, 155 lb. 50-yard buddy carry U.S. Army Spc. Christopher D. Horton, of Collinsville, Oklahoma, died Sept. 9, 2011, in Zurmat District, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when enemy forces attacked his unit with small-arms fire....Read More
Please bring a stopwatch (not a phone) with you to class today AND Pre-Order your Yellowbelly food for Thursday night’s Cool Cruel Summer workout, Horton! Sprint 10x200m AM Olympic Weightlifting Foundations is here! Come spend four mornings with Ryan Landis learning detailed progressions of the snatch and clean and jerk. We will cover both movements...Read More
Pre-Order your Yellowbelly for this Thursdays CCS, Horton. It’s a partner workout too, so coordinate with a Roots friend! We will have an individual option. 12-9-6 reps for time of: 165-lb. squat snatches 225-lb. bench presses Another year has come and gone and we want to celebrate with all of you who have helped Roots grow...Read More
