25-20-15-10 and 5 rep rounds of:BurpeesBox jumps, 24 inch boxToes to bar It’s Sunday, Log Your Score by Four. Roots Crew!  Don’t forget to log your score for CrossFit Open 13.1 by 4pm today!  All submitted scores are checked against the athlete’s judges sheet for accuracy. Remember, you need to log your total score, your time cut, and your judge.  If your judge does not come up in the system, try using their full name (Michael, instead of Odie) or if you use their full name and nothing comes up, submit that name as is. For extra details on logging your score, see here. Questions about logging your score?  Post to comments.Read more

CrossFit Open Athletes!  Remember to log your score by Sunday at 4pm!  You should have two scores to log: total reps and a time.  See this link for more information on logging your score. AMRAP 15 minutes:3 deadlifts3 squat cleans3 front squats3 jerks(115/75) Meet a Root – Pat Hughes 1. Vitals: name & nickname at the shop if you have one on whiteboard, class time most often attended, months/years CrossFitting. Pat Hughes, 5:30am. Going on 5 months of consistent CrossFitting with Roots, although my introduction was technically about 4 1/2 years ago (via Cindy and Fight Gone Bad) as part of Marine Corps officer training. 2. Favorite WOD or lift (pick one)? Isabel 3. Least favorite WOD or lift (pick one)? 7 minutes of burpees 4. What do you do for work? (career) Marketing for Boulder Brands 5. What’s your background? Athletically, life, moves, etc. I ran track and cross...Read more

Complete three four minute rounds of:100 m Run 1.5 pood Kettlebell swings, 12 reps10 Pull-upsRest exactly 2 minutes between rounds.  Pick-up where you left off. What a Night and Updates for Next Week What an incredible night at Roots!  Thanks to everyone who came out to do the workout, judge, cheer, or a combination of all three! We do apologize for the delay in the heat times.  Beginning next week, sign-up for the 13.2 heats will not be posted for sign-up on MBO until 6:30pm the evening before (Wednesday the day before the workout).  This way, we can learn the time domain of the next workout and plan accordingly for the spacing of heats.  Thanks for bearing with us this week! Did you have fun?  Did you PR?  Do you want to thank your judge?  Post to comments!Read more

CrossFit Games Open 13.1 Proceed through the sequence below completing as many reps as possible in 17 minutes of:40 Burpees75 pound Snatch, 30 reps30 Burpees135 pound Snatch, 30 reps20 Burpees165 pound Snatch, 30 reps10 burpees210 pound Snatch, as many reps as possible For a downloadable PDF of the workout, click here. Remember to submit your results as part of the CrossFit Games Open. CrossFit Games Open Workout 13.1 Last night CrossFit.com released the first workout in the 2013 Games season.  And it’s a beauty.  A lovely combination of the first two workouts of last year’s Open – 7 minutes of burpees and the 10 minute snatch ladder. You’ve been working hard this year.  Now go have some fun with this one! Remember to be in the know for tonight’s Thursday Night Throwdown.  Read here for all the details. And here’s a video demo and instructions for the CrossFit Games Open 13.1  –...Read more

Push press3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3 The Next 48 Hours. It’s 8:00pm on Tuesday night.  In just TWENTY TWO HOURS the first workout of the 2013 CrossFit Open will be released via LIVE broadcast from CrossFit Vitality in Charlotte, North Carolina via the CrossFit Games website. Try to get some sleep tonight! Here’s what to expect over the next 48 hours as we prep for the FIRST of FIVE Thursday Night Throwdowns at Roots. Wednesday, 6pm MSTFirst LIVE workout announcement.  Get to games.crossfit.com! Wednesday, 8pm MSTRoots will post to our website all the details on the workout and any additional specifics athletes will need to know for the Thursday Throwdown. Thursday, 4pm MSTThe first Thursday Night Throwdown kicks off at Roots!  Be sure you have signed up for a heat via MBO! Read here for all the details on exactly how the Thursday Night Throwdowns will run at Roots. Post to comments if you’re...Read more