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

Set rower for 3 intervals of 2 minutes of rowing and 2 minutes of “rest.” During the first rest period, perform max reps of 95-lb. thruster; the second rest period, 95-lb. power snatch; the third rest period, 95-lb. squat cleans. Score is total reps and calories combined. Learning to Cut the Sugar Check out this NY Time Blog post “Learning to Cut the Sugar” for a short interview with Dr. Robert Lustig of Sugar: the Bitter Truth fame.  ‘Look, breakfast is not the time for your sugar fix. The more sugar you eat at breakfast, the more trouble you’re going to be in.’  Read more

The first open workout of 2014 is a repeat! Parry describes why he's doing the CrossFit Open.Read more

Set rower for 3 intervals of 2 minutes of rowing and 2 minutes of “rest.” During the first rest period, perform max pull-ups; the second rest period, max burpees; and the third rest period, max GHD sit-ups Add all reps to calories for each row.  Score is total reps and calories combined.   CrossFit Open Workout 14.1 Announced Tonight! Tonight is the first night of the 2014 CrossFit Games season. Live, from Atlanta Georgia, Dave Castro will announce the first workout of the CrossFit Open at 6pm MST.  Immediately afterward, top athletes Marcus Hendren and Garret Fisher will go head to head in the workout. You can tune in on the CrossFit Games website for the live coverage and to learn the workout.  And, as always, we’ll have it live on the TV at the shop during the 6pm workout. And then Friday, Roots does 14.1! Get excited, the party...Read more