DON’T FORGET: LOG YOUR CROSSFIT OPEN SCORES! 10 225-meter row sprintsRest as needed between efforts.  Score fastest and slowest intervals. Introducing Midline March For the entire month of March we will be spending time in every class working on midline stability. Midline stability is the ability of the athlete to maintain a neutral spine – both statically and dynamically – resisting trunk flexion and extension.  Sounds easy on paper but trying to maintain an unmoving midline while snatching, kipping, pressing, or really doing any functional movement and it becomes easier said than done. Keep an eye out this month for a midline exercise during each class and stay tuned for an in-depth look at why we chose this endeavor for March!Read more

“Eva“ Five rounds for time of:Run 800 meters2 pood Kettlebell swing, 30 reps30 Pull-ups Open Week 2 In the Books We’ve made it through 2 weeks of the CrossFit Open and there are only 3 more to go.  Have you surprised yourself?  Set any PR’s?  Made any new friends? Post to comments!Read more

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