Reminder!  Classes at North Boulder Park at 8:30 and 9:30am.  Meet at the Southwest corner of the park.  On a continuously running 3 minute clock, perform 8 sets of:400m run10 medball cleans (20/14)5 burpee over medball Weekend Plans! This weekend Roots makes a tour around Boulder.  See below for all of the weekend group class activities! Saturday – meet at North Boulder Park.  Classes at 8:30 and 9:30am Sunday – a pool workout at Clare Small Pool!  Classes at 8:30 and 9:30am Monday – we kickoff the benchmark series with Badger.  Classes at 8:30 and 9:30am.  Read more

165-lb. squat cleans, 1 minuteRest 3 minutes185-lb. squat cleans, 1 minuteRest 3 minutes205-lb. squat cleans, 1 minuteRest 3 minutes165-lb. squat cleans, 1 minuteRest 3 minutes185-lb. squat cleans, 1 minuteRest 3 minutes205-lb. squat cleans, 1 minuteTry for max reps each round without dropping the barbell. Days of My Youth Ski season is upon us!  The first cool breeze blew into Boulder this week and soon enough we’ll be knee deep in snow. MatchStick Productions visits the Boulder Theater on September 12th to present Days of My Youth. Are you getting a ski pass this year?  Which one?  Post to comments.Read more

“Tosh”3 rounds:run 200mrest 1:1run 400mrest 1:1run 600mrest 1:1 Harvest Hoedown Call For Volunteers. We’re looking for enthusiastic volunteers to help with the upcoming CrossFit Roots Harvest Hoedown competition.  For more information on the competition, read here. The competition will go down on Saturday, October 11th.  As many of you know, a well-run CrossFit competition relies on the help of many great volunteers.  We’re looking for people who can help judge the events, greet athletes and spectators, set-up, clean-up, score, and have fun while doing it!  If you’re interested in lending a hand, please read on! We will have a mandatory volunteer meeting on Saturday, October 4th.  In the meeting we’ll do a walkthrough of the event, cover movement standards for judges, and review the day’s event schedule. If you’re “IN”, even halfway, send Shane Upchurch ([email protected]) an email letting him know and we will add you to the volunteer list.  We will...Read more

10 2-minute rounds of:5 pull-ups10 push-ups15 squats5 pull-ups10 push-ups15 squatsRow for caloriesRest 1 minute between rounds. Score equals the total number of calories rowed. The Whys of Rising Obesity The Harvard School of Public Health explores the reasons Americans overeat and are getting fat. Read here. “Although sedentary lifestyles often share part of the blame for the epidemic, Mozaffarian said that is largely unwarranted. People today, he said, are no less active than they were in the 1970s, before the epidemic began to take hold. Rather, he said, the blame lies squarely on changes to the American diet since the early 1980s.”Read more

Deadlift 3-3-3-3-3 reps Open Shop – Wednesday Evenings Oh hey!  In the survey we heard you’d like an evening Open Shop time during the week. Starting tomorrow, we’ll hold Open Shop on Wednesdays from 7-9pm. In addition, we’ll hold WOD1.0 at 6pm on Wednesdays.  Read more