5:30am-9:30am classes:Event 1 of the Master’s Qualifier1-rep-max clean 12:00pm and 3 and 4 pm classes:Amanda 9-7-5 reps for time of:muscle-upssquat snatches (135/95) Masters Workouts 1 & 2! The four Master’s Qualifier workouts have been announced!  You can view the workouts and all of the age-specific load and movement standards here. CrossFit Roots is proud of the FIVE athletes who qualified for the Master’s Qualifier by placing in the top 200 in their age group in the world in the CrossFit Open:Hillary HarrisBen O’BrienPam WalterVerona RylanderAlice Phinney They will be doing the four workouts over the next four days.  All workout and video submissions are due by Monday at 6pm MST. To help them get the best competitive vibe for these workouts, they will be doing Event 1 and 2 in the structure of a group class tomorrow – so, depending on what time you come to class tomorrow, you may do...Read more

Complete as many rounds as possible in 20 minutes of:10 strict knees-to-elbows20 one-legged squats, alternating30-foot handstand walk Fed Up Thanks Diana for sending this link to us. Fed Up debuted at the Sundance Film Festival and looks at the sugar industry’s affect on the American population.   “Fed Up” opens in theaters nationwide on May 9. Have you cut back on your sugar intake?  Were or are you addicted to sugar?  Post to comments. Read more

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Complete as many rounds as possible in 20 minutes of:10 strict handstand push-ups20 strict pull-ups30 jumping alternating lunges The Stars Are Up! One week ago a bunch of Roots athletes embarked on a two month food challenge. As part of this spring’s challenge, we’re posting weekly results.  If athletes stayed within the rules of the week, they get a star (color doesn’t mean anything, we just thought lots of colors looked cooler on our board!). Check out the board at the shop.Read more

AMRAP 7 minutes:30 double unders15 KB thusters10 toes-to-bar Eliminate Gluten and Soy  Last week we kicked off a series of posts to breakdown CrossFit’s dietary prescription to, “Eat meat and vegetables, nuts and seeds, some fruit, little starch, and no sugar.  Keep intake levels to that which will support exercise and not body fat.” We touched on “and no sugar” last week.  You can read the post here. Today we look at two items that are not specifically listed in the prescription but are part of a Paleo approach to CrossFit’s dietary prescription – gluten and soy. Gluten is a protein found in wheat, barley, rye, kamut, oats and many other grains.  It is also used in processed foods as a thickening agent.  So what is wrong with gluten? Gluten is a protein, or a long strain of amino acids that are bound together.  When it enters our digestive system...Read more