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14 one minute roundsalternating between:3 Front Squats10 Burpees Be Part Of The Team! Make sure you add yourself to the Roots team when you sign up for the open. You need to choose CrossFit Roots for your affiliate and Roots for your team. If you’ve already registered make sure you are on the Roots team by logging in to games.crossfit.com and checking the team section at the bottom of your profile. If you don’t know what the open is, check out this post and ask someone about it next time you’re at the shop.Read more

Two rounds for time of:100 Double-unders95 pound barbell, Shoulder to overhead, 50 reps25 Toes to bar   Junk Food Science The Extraoridinary Science of Junk Food Thanks Jessica for sending this our way. Well worth the read. Big food companies have done little to help curb the obesity epidemic. By some accounts, they’ve done just the opposite by pouring millions of dollars into research designed to figure out how to get the maximum taste satisfaction and consumption out of their customer base. This article highlights three examples of the research and development that went into three well known processed foods. With all the misinformation out there about food and diet, is it reasonable to expect a food company, whose goal is to make a profit, to know or act any different than the mainstream media, medical, and dietary schools of thought? In many ways major food companies follow the current...Read more

Backsquat 5-5-5-5-5 Extra!  Extra!  Read ALL About It. Yesterday some BIG news hit the CrossFit Games website.  The big news was that this year CrossFit will announce each workout LIVE from an affiliate somewhere around the country.  All over the world, CrossFitters will tune in to learn the next workout in the 2013 series.  After the announcement of the workout, two of CrossFit’s top athletes will go head on site infront of the local CrossFit community and  post their scores.  This will also be broadcast live. And where on earth have they decided to announce the 3rd workout? None other than your very own CrossFit Roots!  We are honored and PUMPED to host this event. That’s right, on Wednesday, March 20th it gets real!  Dave Castro and the CrossFit crew will descend on the shop and we’ll host the 3rd LIVE show of the CrossFit Open. Don’t miss out on the...Read more

CrossFit Roots expands on the call for judges and explains why we want everyone who judges to pass the test.Read more