For time: 100 wall-ball shots, 30-lb. ball  Ryan and Jonathan at the Longs Peak Scottish-Irish Highland Festival Get out your skirts, or kilts, gentlemen – Ryan and Jonathan throw down in Estes Park this weekend in the Scottish Athletics event at the Highland Festival! Come watch them compete in hammer throws, putting the stone, and caber throwing events. This is a great festival with many events, performances, and activities for the entire family! JoustingAthleticsDogs of the British IslesPipe BandsIrish DanceHighland DanceFolk MusicHighlander 5K+ Race Details and Event Information Here: Longs Peak Scottish-Irish Highland Festival Ryan and Jonathan compete on Sunday!Read more

5 rounds for time of:10 chest-to-bar pull-ups20 air squatsRun 400 meters Special Opportunity. Many of you know them from group classes and some of you know of Suerte Tequila and its presence at many Roots events. Our very own Lance and Yasmeen are the masterminds behind Suerte and those dynamite drinks that make their way to Roots events! And they have let us know that have partnered with Militia Snowboards of Breckenridge to co-brand a board for the 2015/16 ski season. They’re working with Anthem Branding (who does all those dope t-shirts at Roots) for the design work. Small world.  And, as a very special offer to Roots members, they have offered the custom board at cost to any interested Roots member for $200. If interested, you can view the board, select a size, and make a purchase HERE. All orders are due by Friday.  Thanks Lance and Yasmeen!Read more

Complete as many rounds as possible in 10 minutes of: 115-lb. sumo deadlift high pulls, 10 reps 10 burpees, jumping over the barbell The Last Cool Cruel Summer of 2015! The last Cool Cruel Summer Series of 2015 is NEXT THURSDAY, September 17th from 4-6:30pm. Remember, classes during Thursday the morning and afternoon will run as usual and be doing the posted workout for the day. The Cool Cruel Summer work for the evening is listed below and inspired by Squatember! If you plan to participate in the evening workout, please remember to sign-up on MBO.  You will sign-up for your heat when you arrive.  Heats will run 4-6:30pm. If you’re newer to Roots or want a refresher on all things Cool Cruel Summer – check out this post! FoodThe FATE Brewing truck is coming! No need to sign-up for dinner in advance. Barbecue will be on hand ready to...Read more

Front squat 5-5-5-5-5 reps Benchmark Series 2016 Skills As part of the 2015 Benchmark Series we included five skill tests. We trained each of those skills weekly in class either within the structure of a workout or as an accessory element to the hour class.  The skills were selected based on a variety of inputs. We selected skills that are consistently seen in the CrossFit Open. Many individuals want to do well in the Open and a large factor of that has to do with the ability to rep out the following: toes-to-bar, chest-to-bar pull-ups, handstand push-ups, and wallballs. In addition, we chose rope climbs to round out the five, as this is a skill that many people at the gym would like to have in their back pocket and one that takes time to develop. Right now, we’re working to prepare the 2015/16 Benchmark Series and would like to hear from you....Read more

Holiday Schedule today! Classes at 8:30 and 9:30am. 4 rounds for time of:15 box jumps, 36-inch boxRun 400 meters Fall Class Schedule Starts Tomorrow! Tuesday kicks off the 2016 class schedule at Roots! The new schedule includes: New class schedule times for each coach  Erg WOD back on the schedule on Saturdays at 10am Weekly track workout moved to 5:30pm on Thursdays at Centennial Middle School Additional 6:30am classes added to schedule on Monday and Tuesday Have a great Labor Day holiday!Read more