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 of your own to share with everyone. It’s also BYOB and the Reservoir does not allow glass containers of any kind so leave the bottles at home, but bring the cans! We’ll be playing games, SUP’n, eating and hanging out so please bring your family. There will also be a raffle for a free month of membership but you can’t win unless you play. SEE YOU THERE!!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 time. Those pics on the wall between the men and women’s bathrooms aren’t just decoration, that’s Roots’ progression! Drop-ins from other gyms regularly say how they’re really impressed with the size of our current shop and the layout/organization of it all, but it wasn’t always this way. 7 years of hard work, passion and commitment has helped to place Roots where it is today, both figuratively and literally. Sunday, we celebrate those 7 years and we hope that you’ll all join us at the Boulder Reservoir, but today we celebrate by doing the Roots Anniversary WOD,...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 that I believe was referred to as “The 5 Buckets of Death” in a CrossFit Instagram post. The buckets are as follows: Chronic Disease: obesity, coronary heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, stroke, cancer (95% of cancers as of now), Alzheimer’s, peripheral artery disease, advanced biological aging, drug addiction, among others Variants: kinetic, genetic, toxic, and microbic Kinetic: physical trauma, car crash, hit on a bike Toxic: environmental toxins (lead poisoning) Genetic: genetic disorders like cystic fibrosis (things you’re born with) Microbic: virus, bacteria, prions He explains that today’s medical system has no real treatment for...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. 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