Five rounds for time of:155 pound Power clean and jerk, 10 reps15 foot Rope climb, legless, 1 ascent Happy Hour and the Announcement of the Winner Tonight!  Join us for happy hour at The Attic in downtown Boulder from 4:30-6:30pm.  Drinks are on Roots until the tab runs out.  We hope you can join us for this pre-holiday celebration.  What better way to kick off the Thanksgiving weekend than with some laughter and good times with the athletes at Roots.  We’ll see you there. And at the happy hour, we’ll announce the winner of the 2012 Processed Food Blows Challenge.  That’s right, come to happy hour and learn the winning team. See you there!Read more

Front squat1-10-1-20-1-30  Turkey Challenge Wrap-up Nothing says it’s Thanksgiving like a gathering of 6-pack abs, board shorts, tall socks, and barbells.  Read on for Shane’s recap of the event. The annual MBS Turkey Challenge is what I’m talking about.  Last year, Roots won the single-day event and this year we sent 4 teams to the 2 day showdown with some of the best of what Colorado has to offer.  3 teams competed in the open division and one in the Rx division. Each team consisted of 2 males and 2 females and team names ranged from “2 snatches and some jerks”, to “that’s not gravy”, and “thor and 3 ninjas”.  The event included 6 total wods spread over 2 days.  The athletes had things thrown at them like jumping rope with a 10ft section of climbing rope, bar muscle-ups, the bear complex, and partner wallball 2fer1’s over the pullup bar. ...Read more

For time:30 Handstand push-ups50 Back Extensions30 Knees to elbows225 pound Deadlift, 30 reps40 pound Dumbbell push press, 30 reps50 Kettlebell swings, 1.5 poodRow 20 calories10 Muscle-ups Oly Meet Tuesday Tomorrow is the in-house Oly Meet throw down.  This low key in-house meet comes complete with heavy metal, classes going on all around, and a great atmosphere.   Athletes – please arrive a few minutes before 5:30PM to check-in and start warming up.  Know your opening attempts for both lifts! Schedule of Events5:30 PM Check-in/weigh-in and Warm-Up5:50 PM Athlete/volunteer meeting6:00 PM SNATCH6:40 PM Warm-Up6:50 PM CLEAN AND JERK7:30 PM Awards AND – CONGRATS to the folks who competed this past weekend at the Turkey Challenge.  Full recap and write-up coming in tomorrow’s post.  Stay tuned!  Read more

Roots welcomes Molly Metz, 5-Time World Jump Rope Champion, coach of the fastest jump rope team in the Nation, and founder of jumpNrope for a 2-hour double under clinic and jump rope training today at Roots. The 2-hour clinic will cover education and jump rope fundamentals, form and technique, conditioning and interval speed training, double and triple unders. Welcome Molly and participants! Also, don’t forget to checkout the action at the http://www.turkeychallenge.com/Read more

2010 Northwest Regional Event 1 Three rounds for time of:135 pound Overhead squat, 10 reps50 Double-unders Row 100,000 Meters Ever heard of the Concept2 Holiday Challenge?  The challenge, officially organized by Concept2, is to row 100,000 meters from November 22 to 11:59 p.m. ET December 24. The organized and coached program at Roots is coached by none other than our very own Lauren Rubini.  For those of you who don’t know Lauren or haven’t yet taken an erg class, check out her bio and background below! The program consists of 4 coached workouts, access to the regularly scheduled erg classes, additional erging times for athletes who sign-up for the challenge, and programmed workouts for the athletes to complete on their own. DATES: November 25th to December 24th at midnight PROGRAM INCLUDES: Four coached workouts led by Lauren – These sessions meet on Sundays at 9:00am beginning November 25th, and will consist of 6-8,000 meter...Read more