Push Jerk5-5-5-5-5  14.3 Announcement is Tonight! Tonight is the third live announcement of the CrossFit Open season.  Athletes Stacie Tovar and Alessandra Pichelli will go head to head in the third installment of the 2014 Open Season. So far, the Open Throwdowns have been nothing short of inspiring and fun and with crazy amounts of energy! Many athletes have done things they didn’t think possible – whether it was their first double under, a 55 pound snatch or a 95 pound overhead squat, there’s something about the Open that helps folks kick it up a notch. Have you done something beyond your expectations in 14.1 or 14.2?  Post to comments.   Read more

DON’T FORGET!  Order your food for the 14.3 Friday Night Throwdown!  Yellow Belly Chicken orders, click here. 5 rounds:10 thrusters (95/65)10 box jumps (24/20) Fifth and Happy! Team Roots climbed the leaderboard from ninth to fifth overall in the Southwest Region after a strong 8th place performance in 14.2. The same six individuals scored for Roots as in week one, but it wasn’t without struggle and perseverance:Abby Knowles – 245Nicole Christensen – 194Cindy Arangua – 180Walker Savidge – 206Dave Lee – 201Blaine Guenther – 201 On Friday night, Cindy threw down on 14.2 at the Friday Night Throwdown and did not make it into the third round.  For any of you who know Cindy and saw her performance, you know that it wasn’t for lack of strength or effort! – it was lack of technique.  Watching Cindy on the pull-up bar you could see that she wasn’t using her hip in...Read more

Don’t forget to order your dinner for the Friday Night Throwdown at Roots!  Click here to order your Yellow Belly Chicken! Fore!In front of a clock set for 12 minutes:4 minutes of clean and jerks (135/95)4 minutes of rowing (cal)4 minutes of burpees Why I’m Doing the CrossFit Open, Part 4 – Laura Oops!  I accidentally forgot to post Part 4! Laura has been a staple at Roots for a few years now.  She’s a killer athlete, badass Mom, a principle, funny, works her butt off – and she’s doing the Open! When I told my husband that Nicole had asked me to write a short post about why I’m doing to Open he looked at me and without a blink of an eye said, “That’s a short post- all you have to say is that you’re obsessed with CrossFit so you have to do the Open!”  I looked at...Read more

15min AMRAP:7 deadlifts (275/185)200m run250m row Why I’m Doing the CrossFit Open, Part 6 – Jonathan Many of you have been following our series Why I’m Doing the CrossFit Open, written by athletes at Roots.  Last up, Jonathan! Competition awakens something interesting in us. Whether you’ll admit it or not, you know you check the whiteboard for a few specific names before and after a workout. By the same token, I know some of those same folks are checking my score too. I like to think that this is bringing out the best in us, especially at Roots, because those folks are some of my favorite people, so even though I’m trying to beat them during the WOD, it’s all high-fives and fist bumps after. This effect multiplies in a staged competition with heats and judges (like the Turkey Challenge, Tuff Love, or the Lumberyard Throwdown). The roped-off competition space,...Read more

Front Squat3-3-3-3-3Find your heaviest set of 3.  Run 400m between every set.   Post Your Scores! Don’t forget to post your scores for 14.2!Read more