Row 2k50 super strict push-ups 14.2 Announced Tonight! You know the drill!  Tonight is the LIVE announcement of the second 2014 CrossFit Open workout. We’ll have it up on the big screen at 6pm. What do you want to see come out of the ol’ hopper tonight??Read more

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Order your Friday Night Throwdown Dinner HERE. Complete as many rounds as possible in 7 minutes of:5 box jumps, 30 in.225-lb. cleans, 3 reps 141 Strong and Sitting in 9th! Congratulations Roots Crew!  For the second year in a row you have become the largest CrossFit Open team in the Southwest Region. What does this mean?  It means the Friday Night Throwdowns are going to be HUGE!  A huge party, tons of adrenaline for the workouts, and lots of cheering. And, given the first performance of the Roots team, we are thinking we’ll have a BIG reason to go watch this year’s regional. CrossFit Roots finished the first workout in NINTH PLACE!  Congratulations to the team scorers for this week:CindyAbbyNicoleBlaineDaveWalkerRead more

Complete as many rounds as possible in 7 minutes of: 5 triple-unders 185-lb. thrusters, 3 reps 14.2 Dinner Sign-up & Spring Endurance Starts Today! Two announcements for your Monday morning! FIRST, this Friday’s CrossFit Open workout 14.2 dinner will be from Yellow Belly Chicken!  That’s right, come get your gluten-free fried chicken and sides (or rotisserie). PLACE YOUR ORER HERE! SECOND, today kicks off the spring endurance session at Roots.  The format will be the same, but the temps will be different! This means there will be more time spent tearing up the trails. Endurance meets five times per week at the following times:Monday at 11:30amTuesday at 11:30amWednesday at 7:00am & 11:30amFriday at 11:30am The season for most endurance events is upon us. Make sure you are ready by packing the most into every hour and pushing yourself with like minded individuals.  Email Walker (walker @ testing.crossfitroots.com) with questions or...Read more

10 rounds:100m sprint on ergRest 90 seconds Virtuosity? Yesterday, Sam Briggs, 2013 CrossFit Games Champion, posted a video of her performing 472 reps (that’s 10 rounds + 22 double-unders).  She performed all of the snatches unbroken and slipped up on her double-unders just twice. In this 2005 Coach Greg Glassman wrote a letter to trainers discussing the term virtuosity – which is defined in gymnastics as “performing the common uncommonly well.” You can read the article here. Did Sam Briggs approach or achieve virtuosity in this workout?  Post to comments.   Read more