Registration for the CrossFit Open is January 12th – in two days! If you just started CrossFit within the last year then you may be asking yourself, “What’s The Open?” If you’ve been a member of Roots for some time now, you know that the CrossFit Open is one of the most special five weeks at the shop. It’s a time when athletes come together to workout, refocus on your fitness goals, cheer each other on, test their limits, and create new goals for the following year. No matter your fitness level, there is a lot to be gained from participating in The Open. Below, we’ll outline The Open for those who aren’t year familiar with it. Start here first:   The Open is a global CrossFit community event. It’s also a competition. Whether you’re into competing or thrive off of the shared fitness stoke of others, The Open is for you....Read more

[et_pb_section transparent_background=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” inner_shadow=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”off” custom_width_px=”1080px” custom_width_percent=”80%” make_equal=”off” use_custom_gutter=”off” fullwidth=”off” specialty=”off” admin_label=”section” disabled=”off”][et_pb_row make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”off” custom_width_px=”1080px” custom_width_percent=”80%” use_custom_gutter=”off” gutter_width=”3″ allow_player_pause=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on” make_equal=”off” parallax_1=”off” parallax_method_1=”on” parallax_2=”off” parallax_method_2=”on” parallax_3=”off” parallax_method_3=”on” parallax_4=”off” parallax_method_4=”on” admin_label=”row” disabled=”off”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ disabled=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” admin_label=”Text” use_border_color=”off” border_style=”solid” disabled=”off”] In 2014, we introduced the first year of the, now annual, CrossFit Roots Benchmark Series. Because of the constantly varied nature and black box concept of CrossFit programming, we felt the need to implement a method to test the programming in relation to the goal of increased work capacity across broad time and modal domains. Benchmark testing has long been a part of CrossFit and Coach Glassman has written about it numerous time. As an affiliate, we felt we didn’t have a good system in place to test our athletes’ progress and this element of hte program was getting overlooked. In addition, we found...Read more

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] “Gymnastics has no peer among training modalities for developing the four neurological components of the ten skills—coordination, agility, balance, and accuracy.” ~ Greg Glassman Gymnastics improves our ability to control our bodies through space which has transference to every single movement we do – both inside and outside the gym. Beginning January 24th we are pleased to offer a 6-week course that meets two times per week for one hour, to address the foundation of movement. The course will focus on movements seen in CrossFit, such as handstands and muscle-ups, as well as movements that support the development of stronger movement patterns and gymnastics accomplishments, such as the lever and planche. One constant throughout the clinic will be handstands. The handstand is the fundamental position in gymnastics and we will work on it every session. Progressions will be provided on all movements and...Read more

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] You may have noticed something missing at the end of 2016 – the daily blog post. Believe it or not, CrossFit Roots has posted everyday for 2,670 days. That’s a lot of posting (divide that number by 365 and it comes out to almost 7.5 years!). In the beginning we did this to inform our athletes of the workout of the day, communicate events and information, and chat and discuss about relevant topics in the CrossFit, health, and nutrition worlds. But that was so 2009, and a lot has changed in the internet, blog, and social media worlds. Now, you can get information in many different ways – through apps, social media, newsfeeds, and more. So while we may be a little late to the party in making these changes – we’re ready to take the plunge. More importantly, we feel we now have all of the...Read more

For time: • 30 wall-ball shots, 30-lb. ball • Run 1 mile • 30 wall-ball shots, 30-lb. ball Check out the photo of our homepage above! See that sweet new circle in the bottom righthand corner that says “WOD”? Now, there’s a simple and easy way to check out the day’s workout, right from any of our pages. Simply click the circle and see the workout! Thanks SugarWOD!  Read more