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. The 26-year-old was assigned to 1st Battalion, 279 Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oklahoma National Guard. Horton is survived by his wife, Jane; parents David and Cherie; brother, Nicholas; sister, Tenley; and many other friends and family. It’s the 3rd installment of our Cool Cruel Summer series and we thought we would switch things up a bit by throwing out a partner WOD, Horton. Coordinate with another Roots member or come and try out the individual option. We’ll have lots of scaling options for those who are still working on bar muscle-ups as...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 and their variations in depth. If you consider these awesome lifts a weakness, then come work to be confident and consistent and have fun doing it! *This course is a prerequisite to attending the Olympic Weightlifting group classes. **This course is limited to CrossFit Roots members only. Dates: Sept. 6, 8, 13, 15 Time: 6:30-7:30AM Cost: 100$ Sign-Up! (Space is limited to 10)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 into the fit family of athletes it has become. We won’t make you do any barbell progressions but we do want to hangout, imbibe, maybe play some games and celebrate that Roots is turning 7! See all the details below and please reply “Yes” or “No” to the evite so we know how much food to have available. Didn’t receive the evite? Go HERE. When: August 21st, 11am-3pm Where: Boulder Reservoir Beachview Site Food: We will provide the meat for grilling, buns and condiments. Please bring a side to share. Drink: BYOB. We will bring waters. Please, no...Read more

Pre-order your Yellowbelly for this Thursday’s CCS WOD, Horton. Weighted Strict Pull-ups 3-3-3-3-3 then, Max Unbroken Kipping Pull-ups in 1 set 4 weeks ago today we instated a rule that allowed strict pull-ups only during WODs that were not part of our yearly benchmark series. The idea was that a re-focus on the strict movement pattern would allow us to develop better movement patterns and build more strength through the entire range of motion. Today we retest the same WOD that we did 4 weeks ago at the introduction of the strict-only policy. If you came to class that day (7/18) you did this workout and should have a result. Look it up and come prepared today to crush it. It doesn’t matter if you used bands last time or if you “only did BW”. Look up your result and if you beat it today by even 1lb, it’s a...Read more

40-30-20-10 reps for time of: Toes-to-bars Wall-ball shots, 20-lb. ball  Rest 5 minutes, then,  40-30-20-10 reps for time of: Hip extensions Wall-ball shots, 20-lb. ball  Record time for each couplet. In 2010 CrossFit held the CrossFit Games at the StubHub Center in Los Angeles. It was the first time the Games had been to a traditional stadium facility for the event. Traditional stadium food was all there was to eat (think nachos, hotdogs, and beer) and fans and volunteers alike gawked at the dismal food offerings that were not CrossFit approved. Fast forward to 2016 and at this year’s CrossFit Games real, natural, and Paleo options abounded. Could we see the same change at the Olympics? Olympics are a Carnival of Junk FoodRead more