Isabelle30 snatches (135/95)Isabelle is a yearly benchmark, log your results! 15.2 Makeup is Sunday Remember that the Open make-up workout is Sunday at 11am – sign-up on MBO!   Please be warmed up and ready to go at 11am. Also, remember to log your score at games.crossfit.com so we can validate them for you.  All scores are DUE no later than 5:00pm on Monday. Questions?  Post to comments.  Read more

Workout 15.2 Every 3 minutes for as long as possible complete: From 0:00-3:00 2 rounds of:95-lb. overhead squats, 10 reps10 chest-to-bar pull-upsFrom 3:00-6:002 rounds of:95-lb. overhead squats, 12 reps12 chest-to-bar pull-upsFrom 6:00-9:002 rounds of:95-lb. overhead squats, 14 reps14 chest-to-bar pull-ups Etc., following same pattern until you fail to complete both rounds.Click here to read about standards and scaled options.  The 2015 CrossFit Open: 15.2 Last night we learned that 15.2 is a repeat from last year’s 14.2! Sign-up for a heat on MBO.  Heats will run every :15 minutes starting at 4:00pm.  Last heat begins at 6:00pm. And we are pleased to welcome Jackson’s Honest to the shop as the sponsor for this Friday’s event.  Jackson’s Honest Potato Chips was founded by Roots’ own Megan Reamer.  We’ll be raffling off great prizes from Jackson’s Honest!  Click here to learn more about the Jackson’s Honest story. Read this post for all the details on this evening’s festivities. Questions?  Post to...Read more

Pre-Order YellowBelly for this week’s Friday Night Lights dinner HERE!  6 rounds:20m shuttle sprintrest 3min6 rounds:20m shuttle sprintrest 3min6 rounds:20m shuttle sprint Did You PR? The stories that have come out of last week’s 15.1/a experience have been nothing short of inspiring.  The coaches have heard from athletes about how they PR’ed their clean & jerk (for a few by 20 pounds?!), got their first toes-to-bar, did the workout RX when they thought they couldn’t, or put up 75 and 115lb snatches for the first time. We want to hear from you!  Post to comments your experience from 15.1/a.  Did you PR?  Did you do something you thought you couldn’t?  Did you have fun? And don’t forget, 15.2 gets underway tonight at 6pm for the second live announcement.  Tune in to games.crossfit.com at 6pm MST to hear the workout and watch the head to head workout.  As always, we’ll be streaming the live...Read more

Pre-Order YellowBelly for this week’s Friday Night Lights dinner HERE! Deadlift3-3-3-3-3 Pre-Order Your Dinner for the 15.2 Friday Night Lights! Tomorrow marks the second LIVE announcement of the 2015 Open season.  And Friday marks the second Friday Night Lights at Roots. DON’T FORGET: You must pre-order dinner for this week’s Friday Night Lights!Dinner for the 15.2 installment of the Friday Night Lights Series will be provided by Yellowbelly Chicken! It is $11/Meal (includes tax and delivery). Place your order here by Thursday, March 5th. Please pay at Roots with check or cash on Friday, March 5th when you pick up your food. Make checks payable to CrossFit Roots. For more food details check out YellowBelly Chicken.  CrossFit will broadcast LIVE from Austin, TX where immediately after Dave Castro announces the workout, the fourth- and sixth-ranked women of the 2014 Reebok CrossFit Games: powerhouses Michele Letendre and Emily Bridgers., will go head to head. Tune in...Read more

Pre-Order YellowBelly for this week’s Friday Night Lights dinner HERE! J.T.21-15-9 reps for time of:Handstand push-upsRing dipsPush-ups News From the Colorado State and Open Competition. Big news from the Colorado State and Open Weightlifting Competition in Colorado Springs this past weekend. Luke Ursell, competing in the Men’s Senior 77kg class, went 6 for 6 on his lifts and set a new personal meet record in his total.Results here. And our very own coach Ryan Landis came home with the Men’s Masters 105kg title after taking first place with a new personal meet record total.  Ryan’s total qualifies him for the American Open, PanAm Games, and the Masters Worlds. Results here.Read more