Five rounds for time of: 50 Double-unders 185 pound Push jerk, 10 reps Rest 1 minute Salmon Order Pick-up – Tomorrow. Did you place a pre-order for the Wild Caught Alaskan Sockeye Salmon?  Matt came by this afternoon but most people were not able to pick up because of the timing so we were not able to store the rest of the orders at the shop. He will be back tomorrow (Wednesday) evening at 5 and will plan to stick around for a few hours. We hope you are able to pick-up your order tomorrow! Orders are payable by check or cash. They cannot be billed to your MBO account. The price is $13/lb and they will be packaged in 1/2 pound portions as originally advertised. If you have changed your mind about ordering due to the delay please email Stefanie  so we can cancel your order and make it available to someone else. Yea salmon!Read more

The 2012 Holiday Party wrap-up and thank you to sponsors.Read more

AMRAP 15 minutes: 3 dumbbell squat cleans (45/25)3 front squats6 lungers (on shoulders)Run 200m Sunday Post-Party Congratulations to anyone who made it in for the 8am workout this morning after attending last night’s festivities. Stay tuned this week for pictures and more…  Read more

Fight Gone Bad The stations are:Wall-ball: 20 pound ball, 10 ft target. (Reps)Sumo deadlift high-pull: 75 pounds (Reps)Box Jump: 20″ box (Reps)Push-press: 75 pounds (Reps)Row: calories (Calories) In this workout you move from each of five stations after a minute. This is a five-minute round from which a one-minute break is allowed before repeating. The clock does not reset or stop between exercises. On call of “rotate,” the athlete/s must move to next station immediately for good score. One point is given for each rep, except on the rower where each calorie is one point. Presenting the 2012 Holiday Party featuring DJ Double Under Tonight’s the night!  Welcome Roots members to the 2012 Holiday Party.  The evening kicks off at 6:30pm and goes until we say “time!” Dinner will be served shortly before 7pm.  Please bring a drink to share.  The annual holiday raffle will take place during dinner and...Read more

Weighted pull-ups3-3-3-3-3   Now Taking Submissions for the 2013 Roots Fundraising Effort Every year at the holiday party, the Roots community of athletes votes to see which charity Roots will support with a fundraising effort and event at the shop that coming year.  In 2011 we supported Fight Gone Bad and in 2012 we supported Barbells for Boobs.  In each case we raised over $7,000 in support of these two great causes! Today and tomorrow we’re taking nominations and submissions for our 2013 efforts.  Then, on Saturday evening, there will be a voting station set-up at the shop where members can vote for 2013. Please submit any charities or organizations you would like to be included in the voting – this includes local and worldwide organizations.  There is no organization too big or too small.  Please include local charities and organizations that you support to be entered in the voting...Read more