10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1power clean (185/125)1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10handstand push-up Struggle. In this NPR podcast, Alix Spiegel interviews UCLA professor Jim Stigler and Brown professor Jin Li about the differences between Eastern and Western school children and their actions toward struggle. As I listened to the observations and studies about Western children and their quickness to give up, I couldn’t help but think of my own struggles and my actions.  Stigler spoke about a specific study done with Western and Eastern children that struck a chord. “We did a study many years ago with first-grade students,” he tells me. “We decided to go out and give the students an impossible math problem to work on, and then we would measure how long they worked on it before they gave up.” The American students “worked on it less than 30 seconds on average and then they basically looked at us and said, ‘We haven’t had this,’ ”...Read more

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Two rounds for time of:50 Pull-ups75 Sit-ups75 pound Overhead squat, 50 reps75 Double-unders Success! Big-ups to everyone who came out for the 5K this weekend. Last week we tested athlete 1 rep maxes in each the back squat, press, and deadlift.  Who PR’ed 1, 2, or all 3 of these lifts?  If so, by how much? Post to comments.  Read more

Run 5K.Skirt Skurry 5K.  Sign-up on MBO to reserve a space.  If spaces run out, you can participate for $30 with on-site registration. Directions.   East on Table Mesa, right before the turnoff for 36 East, on the left hand side, is a dirt road with a sign saying South Campus.  8:30am check-in, 9:30am race start.  Baby Bird. It is with our utmost excitement that we let you know that Robert Teuscher Bird (Bobby) was born Friday at 12:03pm, 6lb, 13ox, 20inches.  Baby, Mom (Bird), Dad (Chuck), and Little Bird (Josie) are all doing great. In November of 2011, Sarah Bird walked into our shop.  8 weeks post pardum and with a killer sense of athlete, she took on CrossFit with the apprehension of a first time Mom and the drive of an athlete at heart.  She worked her way through weighted pull-ups, impressive deads, picture-worthy overhead squats, and…to a second pregnancy.   For...Read more

REMINDER: Saturday we’re meeting for the Skirt Skurry 5k at CU’s South Campus. Today is the last day to sign up on MBO! Check here for details Choose your own benchmark Girl or Hero workout   So What’s it Gonna Be? Fran, Annie, Diane? Nate, Tommy Mac, Murph? Have you picked your benchmark workout for today? Check out yesterday’s post for details on the workouts and come prepared. Really can’t decide? Hey don’t worry, just jump in with a fellow Roots athlete and go as a group.Read more