Front Squat for load: #1: 1 rep #2: 1 rep #3: 1 rep #4: 1 rep #5: 1 rep #6: 1 rep #7: 1 rep #8: 1 rep #9: 1 rep #10: 1 repRead more

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

Athletes Signed Up for The Open: 109 For time, fast and heavy: 21 dumbbell thrusters Run 400 meters 18 dumbbell thrusters Run 400 meters 15 dumbbell thrusters Run 400 meters Name: Dave Conway Age: 43 Occupation: Software Developer Years CrossFitting: Less than 1. About 10 months. Did the Open last year? If so, did you have any kind of PR’s or try anything new?: No, I started just after The Open last year. Are you doing it this year?  Why?: Yes. The message I heard coming from our coaches was ‘everybody should do The Open’. I generally try to follow directions, so I signed up! It’s something I love about  CrossFit and Roots – my experience shows that all I have to do is show up, follow directions, and try real hard, and I get results. Also, I like to have goals on the horizon, something I’m ‘training for’. It...Read more