3 rounds for time of: 30-second L-sit hold 20 pull-ups 135-lb. thrusters, 10 reps PR Your Life Food Challenge Sign-up Opens Today! Today’s the day!  Snag one of a limited number of spots available for the 2014 Food Challenge and pilot study.  Registration closes Friday. Sign-up Here. Want to learn more about the fall food challenge?  Click here. If you sign-up for the challenge, don’t forget to mark your calendars to attend one of two challenge Chalk Talks coming up in one week:Thursday, October 30th at 7:00amSunday, November 2nd at 10:30am Questions?  Post to comments.Read more

12 minute AMRAPIn teams of 215 Thrusters (95/65)15 BurpeesPartner finishes all 30 reps before rotating Teamwork “Individual commitment to a group effort–that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.” –Vince Lombardi  Read more

Complete rounds of 9, 7 and 5 reps for time of:Muscle-UpsCleans (225/155 lbs) America’s BIGGEST Problem Doc Parsley breaks down the problems caused by our collective lack of sleep. Post thoughts to comments.Read more

5 rounds for time:15 back squats (135/95)15 burpees PR Your Life Challenge – Your Questions Answered Read below for the details on the fall food challenge.  This has everything you need to know to understand the structure of this food challenge. How long is the challenge?6-weeks What kind of food challenge is it?It is a Paleo food challenge.   The Paleo way of eating mimics the way our ancestors ate before the invention of modern agriculture and among a few other specifics, excludes all dairy, grains, and legumes. When does it start? It begins November 3rd.  Other important challenge dates are listed below. October 20th – Sign-up Week (Sign-up Open MONDAY, spaces limited)October 27th – Intake Week and Chalk TalksNovember 3rd – Challenge Begins, 6amDecember 13th – Challenge Ends, 6pm How can I sign-up?Sign-up will be available on MBO beginning Monday. How does the food challenge work?You will log every meal into a google...Read more

10 rounds, each for time of:Row 250 metersRest 2 minutes PR Your Life Food Challenge: What is Paleo? The average American consumes 70% of their diet from refined sugars, cereals, grains, refined vegetable oils, alcohol, and dairy products. Research has strongly associated the modern Western diet with the current epidemic levels of obesity, cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure, Type 2 diabetes, osteoporosis, cancer, and inflammatory diseases such as arthritis. Think about your circle of family and friends and you probably know at least one person with one of the above mentioned diseases.  It’s an epidemic and it’s avoidable with food. It is our experience at CrossFit Roots, both personally and professionally, that a Paleo style of eating is the first step in the journey to health. It yields the greatest results for athletes in a host of areas including athletic performance, physical appearance, cholesterol levels and other blood indicators, mental...Read more