Don’t forget to log your 16.1 score by 6pm tonight! Jerry Run 1 mile Row 2K Run 1 mile This is part of your yearly benchmark series.  Log your score. This is our final installment of our “Why I’m Doing the Open” series, and you may be asking, “isn’t it too late to sign-up?”  No!  Don’t forget we have our Open Makeup classes today at 6:30am and 11:30am, so you have one last chance to get it in and sign-up!  Let’s see what Castro has to say about it. Name: Greg Castro Age:  31 Occupation: Brand Producer at Finish Line Years CrossFitting:  3.5 Did the Open last year? If so, did you have any kind of PR’s or try anything new?: Yes, I did. 15.2 was just like 14.2, not my jam. Most people know how bad my mobility is. Atrocious. When I started CrossFit I couldn’t do an OHS with a PVC pipe. Last year during 15.2 I bettered...Read more

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Complete as many rounds as possible in 20 minutes of: 10 burpee pullovers 30 squats 60 seconds of handstand hold This is a static handstand hold, not a walk. Only count time while the hands are stationary. If needed, use a wall. Congrats to everyone who signed up for The Open and completed 16.1. Now, don’t forget you still have to submit your score! Login to your account at games.crossfit.com and enter your score. CrossFit Roots and the coaches can not enter your score! ALL scores must be logged by Monday, February 29th at 5:00PM PST. If you were not able to do the workout on Friday or would like a second shot at it, the makeup times for 16.1 are Monday at 6:30am and 11:30am. Please make sure to signup on MBO in the regular class sign-up area.  Read more

Workout 16.1. Complete as many rounds and reps as possible in 20 minutes of: 25-ft. overhead walking lunge 8 burpees 25-ft. overhead walking lunge 8 chest-to-bar pull-ups  Men lunge 95 lb. Women lunge 65 lb.  Post rounds completed to comments and/or register and submit your score as part of the 2016 Reebok CrossFit Games Open. Here we go! 16.1 is here and what a great workout! Heats for the Friday Night Lights will be posted on Thursday evening in MBO. You must sign-up for a heat in MBO to reserve a space! A huge thank you to our Week 1 sponsors! Roadhouse Boulder Depot and lululemon Boulder! After the workout, please join us for a beer over at the Roadhouse. All athletes who do The Open workout at Friday Night Lights will receive a token for a free beer that evening at the Roadhouse!  Read more

Deadlift 10-10-10-10-10 reps TODAY kicks off the 2016 CrossFit Open! Woo hoo! Every Thursday night for the next five weeks, the workout will be announced via Live Announcement from a different affiliate or garage gym around the US. Immediately after Dave Castro announces the workout, two top Games athletes will go head to head in the competition. This is a 6pm weekly event you don’t want to miss! Tune in to games.crossfit.com at 4:45 p.m. PT (5:45 our time) every Thursday for the next five weeks to watch the pre-show in the Update Show Studio. At 5:00 p.m. PT (6:00pm our time), the show will join the athletes and go live from the venue for the official announcement of the workout. Check out the video above where Rory McKernan gives you all the details on how to watch The Open announcements! Where will you watch the live announcement? We’ll have...Read more