5 rounds for time of: Run 800 meters 205-lb. bench presses, 10 reps 45-lb. weighted pull-ups, 10 reps Join us this Sunday for the post-Halloween party of the century! That’s right, it’s Roots’ 5th Annual Paleo Crocktoberfest!  Fire up the crock-pot and perfect your culinary creation – only one will walk away with the title of Roots’ Ultimate Crocktologist. We have hand-selected five judges to taste and ultimately decide the winner of the 2015 competition. Each judge was selected based on their culinary expertise and/or love of food! They are: Hillary Harris Ryan Landis Shane Upchurch Nicole Carroll Eric Christensen Sign up to enter a crock HERE. (Sign-up is free, this just lets us know to expect you!) OR join us for the party – please bring a side or appetizer to share. Once the judging is complete, we’ll chow down on the crockpot creations! Judging starts promptly at 4:45pm. Any entries that...Read more

5 rounds for time of: 225-lb. deadlifts, 10 reps 75-lb. snatches, 10 reps 10 handstand push-ups 75-lb. snatches, 10 reps On Thursday, October 22nd, Trevor and Maura welcomed baby girl Simone Amelie Gibson to the world at 3:34 pm. Weighing in at 7 lbs, 4 oz and 19.5 in Simone entered the world with a full head of blonde hair! Mom and baby are doing great and came home this weekend. Congrats Maura and Trevor!Read more

REMINDER! This weekend’s workouts are at the Centennial Middle School Track at 9:00am! Perform one burpee on the first minute, two burpees on the second minute, three burpees on the third minute, and so on until you cannot make the prescribed number of burpees in the minute.  We’ll see you at the Centennial Middle School Track! 2205 Norwood Ave Boulder, CO  80304Read more

REMINDER! This weekend’s workouts are at the Centennial Middle School Track at 9:00am! Run one mile. At the start of every minute, stop running and hold a squat for :15 seconds. We’ll see you at the Centennial Middle School Track for a workout sure to make you question your running legs while simultaneously put your determination to the test. 2205 Norwood Ave Boulder, CO  80304 United StatesRead more

Horton 9 rounds for time with a partner of: 9 bar muscle-ups 11 clean and jerks, 155 lb. 50-yard buddy carry Share the work with your partner however you choose with only one person working at a time. If you can’t find a partner, perform 5 reps of each exercise per round and find a heavy sandbag to carry. The mainsite published a partner workout two weeks ago. In the past, athletes have expressed to me that they don’t prefer partner workouts because they worry that they won’t contribute as much as their partner in the completion of the workout. But, in most partner workouts, it is specified that each partner, working one at a time, performs whatever amount of work that they can, and then athletes trade off. The result, is that each athlete does a percentage of the workout that challenges them. If one athlete is faster or stronger than...Read more