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Push Press (Week 9)then: 2 rounds:75 air squats50 double-unders25 push press AUGUST Newsletter Comes Out Tomorrow! There is a ton, literally A TON, of information in this August’s newsletter.  Be sure to give it a read when it hits your email inbox tomorrow morning so you’re up to date on all the events, programs, and happy hours happening at Roots this fall. Topics will include:  The summer wrap-up happy hour Erg WODs return to Roots Four Year Anniversary  Party and Member Appreciation Picnic Sanitas Hill Climb and Happy Hour Women’s Only Program Start Date Fall Endurance Training Program for the Boulder Backroads Half Marathon Fall class scheduleRead more

Deadlift Week 9then: 15 burpees15 KB snatch30 burpees30 KB snatch Pissing in the Gas Tank. No, in this post, I’m not going to ask you to go piss in the gas tanks of all the big box gyms, Zoomba fanatics, and P90Xers.  Sorry.  And besides, you shouldn’t hate, because, in the words of Will Smith, “hate in your heart will consume you too.”  BUT I am going to tell you about an analogy that my good friend uses to describe a crappy diet. We believe the power of clean eating cannot be understated – it will, without a doubt, have a leading, if not predominant, affect on your health, fitness, performance, life goals, happiness, and achievements.  Period. Greg Glassman’s description of world class fitness in 100 words BEGINS with fueling (not fitness): Eat meat and vegetables, nuts and seeds, some fruit, little starch and no sugar. Keep intake to levels...Read more

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20 minute AMRAP:20 wall ball20 pull-up20 KB swing Olympic Weightlifting Foundations The next Olympic Weightlifting Foundations is available for sign-up! Session Start Date: July 31stCost: $100Meeting dates and times: July 31st, August 2, 7, 9 from 5:30-6:30pm Come spend four nights with Ryan learning detailed progressions of the snatch and clean and jerk. We will cover both movements and their variations in depth. If you consider these awesome lifts a weakness, then come work to be confident and consistent and have fun doing it! This course is the prerequisite to attending the Olympic Weightlifting group classes. Oly Foundations is limited to 10 people. Sign-up HERE.Read more