Row 5,000 meters Food Challenge Sign-up The Spring food challenge starts in five days on April 7th.  Sign-up and registration is available here. The challenge is limited to 35 individuals who will work one-on-one with an assigned coach throughout a two month period.  To read all of the details on the challenge, click here. For each food challenge we offer, there are many athletes who are skeptical about the results or nervous to take the plunge.  They fear that the timing isn’t right or the learning curve might be too steep.  This is understandable as any time one tries to make a lasting change to a common theme in their life, there is a fear of failing. Here’s the deal – who cares if you fail?  You’ll have moved one step closer to achieving your goal of improving your health and fitness.  No change worth making comes without a certain...Read more

Clean and Jerk1-1-1-1-1-1-1 Sixth and on to Regionals Congratulations to the 2014 CrossFit Roots Open team who placed SIXTH overall in the 2014 Open in the Southwest region.  Together, the gym qualified a team of six athletes to compete at the Southwest Regionals in Salt Lake City, Utah on May 30-June 1st. Your 2014 Roots team is: Abby KnowlesCindy AranguaBlaine GuentherDave LeeWalker SavidgeNicole Christensen Stay tuned for details on the trip to Salt Lake! Curious about our awesome crew of masters athletes that made it to the next round of competition?  Stay tuned tomorrow!  Read more

14.6AMRAP 60 minutes:Row 500 meters400m bear crawl10 handstand push-ups New Membership Options We are very excited to announce new membership options at Roots! Now, in addition to offering the standard Unlimited Membership, we have three additional tiers of membership for you to consider. Membership Benefits – SilverThe Silver Membership was designed with convenience and your everyday needs in mind.  Hand towels are available during the workout and hot towel service is available after the workout and delivered to your shower door.  You also gain access to our high end bath gels and salts sure to enhance your post-WOD shower experience.  Silver Plus – should you forget your water bottle at the shop, Trevor will drop it off at your house. Membership Benefits – GoldIn addition to gaining accès to all Silver Membership benefits the Gold Membership grants priority booking and workout veto power.  If you see a workout posted that you just...Read more

Three rounds for time: 50 double unders50 swings (24/16) 2014 Spring Food Challenge Info Sessions This Week Last Thursday we dropped the details on the dope off the hook food challenge kicking off at Roots on April 7th.  Yea, we’re having some fun with blog language.  Anyways… Come to a Spring into Summer info session this week to learn more and see if you’d like to participate. Join Nicole on Monday, March 31st at 6:30am and Ali on Wednesday, April 2nd at 6:30pm to learn more, ask questions, and sign-up.Read more

In teams of two: 2 rounds of:P1: 100m sandbag runP2: max handstand push-upsP1: max handstand push-upsP2: 100m sandbag runP1: 100m sandbag runP2: max box jumps (30/24)P2: 100m sandbag runP1: max box jumps (30/24) Partner performs as many reps of handstand push-ups or box jumps while their partner runs with sandbag. Score is total reps of handstand push-ups and box jumps accumulated. Blog Love A few blogs have recently caught our attention in the CrossFit and Paleo/Zone nutrition world.  Check these out! Paleo Girl in the CityA few of you have the opportunity to be coached by the one and only Maddie Berky a few months ago.  She keeps a stellar blog with lots of great recipes to keep cooking interesting on those Sunday night oh-shit-I-need-to-make-food-for-the-week moments! Marks Daily AppleA classic and wonderful resource for insight into the Primal style of eating.  Want to know how cortisol affects your nutrition or...Read more