2 rounds for time:10 handstand pushups20 burpees40 wallball20 pullups 10 hang power snatch (115/75) It’s Cool and It’s Cruel and It Has Tequila Mark your calendars for Thursday, June 19th as Roots, along with some good local friends, puts together one of the biggest summer bashes of 2014.  Big that is, until we drop the July Cool Cruel Summer next month… But about June! First, WORKOUT  It’s a CrossFit benchmark and CLASSIC! – Angie.100 Pull-ups100 Push-ups100 Sit-ups100 Squats Second, DRINKS AND DINNER! We are excited and proud to announce that Suerte Tequila is sponsoring the June and July Cool Cruel Summers! Our very own Roots athletes Lance and Yasmeen Sokol own Suerte Tequila in Boulder and will be on site to personally shake some cocktails post workout.  They’ll mix up Paleo Coin Style Margs and a few others!  Yasmeen has been putting in some serious time developing a Paleo Marg that is sure to...Read more

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Open Shop, 9:30-12:30 On to Day 3 – A Lot Can Happen After a challenging Day 1 at the South West Regional, team Roots moved from 16th to 5th overall at the close of Day 2. On Day 1, Roots collected 43 points with 9th, 15th, and 19th place finishes in Events 1-3. But Day 2 was different. In the all female Event 4, the women of Roots turned in a 5th place finish.  Feeding off their success, the men came back to take 2nd overall in Event 5. And finally, to close out Day 2, Roots put together a jaw dropping performance in Event 6.   Only 20 teams across all Regionals finished this workout in under the time cap and just four in the South West Regional.  Roots took 2nd place in this workout. At the end of Day 2 Roots sits 20 points out of a qualifying...Read more