Complete as many rounds as possible in 20 minutes of:3 Wall climbs10 Up-downs5 Parallette pass-throughs (forward + back = 1)10 Grasshoppers (right + left = 1) Erging Longer & Stronger Form, technique, stroke rate, pace, meters, computers – AH! Want to better your erging capabilities and improve your performance in workouts?  Come learn from the best!  Lauren will put on a 1-hour erging clinic on November 5th at 11:00am. $15/person. Sign-up here.Read more

CrossFit Roots welcomes new coaches Ali Minton, Tracie Holcomb, and Russell Berger to the staff.Read more

SUGAR WILL KILL YOU. 21-15 and 9 rep rounds of: Left-arm Kettlebell snatch, 1.5 pood Right-arm Kettlebell snatch, 1.5 pood Pull-ups Register for Ryan’s Olympic Weightlifting Foundations Course HERE and gain access to Oly class. A Cup for The Cup Congratulations to Wendy for winning the Crocktoberfest Cup at the first annual Crocktoberfest.  Wendy crafted a Coffee Jerk Pork Crock-Pot creation that won over the hearts and taste buds of the judges. Yes, that’s a Crock-Pot Trophy!  Mark your calendars for October 2012 as we definitely plan to make this an annual event. Congratulations to Wendy! Pictures from the event can be found HERE.Read more

Crocktoberfest is here. Join us for Roots’ First Annual Crocktoberfest and crock-pot cooking contest! Bring your favorite crock-pot creation and compete with your fellow athletes for the title of Roots’ Ultimate Crocktologist.  The event starts at 3:30PM and judging starts at 4:15, don’t be late!!! Here’s a recap of the fine print incase you’re just heading into the kitchen… Judging starts promptly at 4:15pm. Any entries that arrive after 4:15pm will be enjoyed by all but will not in the running for the title.  All ingredients must be paleo approved (please post any ingredient questions to comments).  All ingredients must be cooked in the crock-pot (cannot bbq, fry, wok, etc. prior to going in the pot). Bring your A game and be prepared to share the family recipe (yeah, yeah, you can leave out a key ingredient or two to maintain your edge for next year).Read more

20 minute AMRAP:You go, partner goes:12 burpees12 sumo deadlift high pull (95/65)20 box jumps (24/20)Partners switch off by EXERCISE, not by round.  ie Partner 1: burpees, Partner 2: sdlhp, Partner 1: box jump, Partner 2: burpees… What’s Happening Calendar Update! We have A LOT to tell you about.  So much that the November Newsletter is going to be HUGE!  Check your inboxes Monday for lots and lots of updates. In the meantime, check out the upcoming calendar of events here: Crocktoberfest Sunday, October 30thStart time: 3:30pm Olympic Weightlifting Foundations Course 1 Start date: Tuesday, November 1st Meeting days and times: Tuesday, Wednesday at 7:00PM Sessions: 4 (the course meets for two weeks)Cost: $100.00Sign-up here. Week of November 14th Move week!  We do not yet know what day we will actually hold classes at the new space – but it will be that week! Monday November 14th – Foundations Course Start Date...Read more