Three rounds for time of:7 deadlifts (315/225)400m run Want to Compete?  Come to the Meeting. Calling all current members of the Competitor Program and those who are interested in competitions and competing in CrossFit. We will have a Competitors meeting on Wednesday, December 18th at 7pm to discuss training, competitions, and the direction of the next few months as we head into the CrossFit Open season. This meeting is for anyone who is interested in competing.Read more

EMOTM for 20 minutes:3 handstand push-ups1 power snatch Conquer Denver This weekend CrossFit Roots will send ten athletes to the Conquer Denver competition to represent Roots as a team. Forty-eight teams from the Denver area will assemble in Castle Rock, Colorado to compete in a series of team events. We’ll introduce the Roots team this week on the blog!Read more

Back squat7-7-7-7-7 Thanks for Coming! Thanks everyone for coming out the annual Holiday Party last night! See you Monday!Read more

Three rounds for time of:50 Wallball shots, 20 pound ballRun 400 meters Remember this?  Pictures from the 2012 Holiday Party.  Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR.   Holiday Party 2013! Today’s the day!  The 2013 Holiday Party starts tonight at 6pm! We’ll serve dinner shortly after 6pm and simultaneously start raffling off some great prizes!  The photo booth will be in full swing and your kids will be entertained by the great big rig!  Please remember to bring a drink. And at 8PM, DJ Double Under will make his entrance and assemble the fittest dance floor around. Questions?  Post to comments.Read more

“Willy” Three rounds for time of:Run 800 meters225 pound Front squat, 5 repsRun 200 meters11 Chest to bar pull-upsRun 400 meters12 Kettlebell swings, 2 pood It’s Cold Out.  It Could Be Colder. It would be easy to hit the snooze button at 5:30am this morning.  You could easily hit the “late cancel” button for the 7:30am class.  And you certainly could make the argument that despite the sun, it’s still too freakin’ cold to workout at noon. You could also come in and do work.  Maybe it won’t be your best effort, maybe it will.  But you’ll have checked the box and have a better day for it…and in the process, you’ll have earned a little bit of pride for what you do at Roots and who you do it with. See you in class.Read more