Congrats to Zac and Nicole for competing in this weekend’s Southwest Regional. Snatch balance 1-1-1-1-1-1-1 Thanks Sherry for sharing this video! Benchmark Thursday – Fran Benchmark Thursday workout 2 is Fran.  Sign-up on MBO to come throw down on pull-ups and thrusters! This is a classic!Read more

15min AMRAP:turkish getups x 3/sd200m runabmat situps x 20 Zac’s 22 HSPUs in 26 seconds! from CrossFit Roots on Vimeo. Action from Friday!  Check out Zac on the third HSPU station from the right knock out 22 in a row.  Hard to see but worth the look!  Great job Zac.Read more

Shoulder press 3-3-3-3-3thenFor time:50 overhead squats with your 3 rep max shoulder press weight Roots Power Hour Fridays at 5pm No, it’s not as fun as Happy Hour…all the time, but you’ll be done just in time to catch the tail end of it.  Roots Power Hour applies CrossFit methodologies with a bias towards the more powerful movements such as power cleans, box jumps, snatches, anything that requires explosive power.  Why, you ask?  Because it’s fun, duh! Seriously though, HQ wods can go either way (short and heavy, long and light) and sometimes we can get too caught up in the “long sexy metcons”.  There’s nothing wrong with the pursuit of endurance but remember that our big picture goal is to be really damn good at EVERYTHING.  Where are your weaknesses?  Is another go at Cindy really going to improve your OVERALL fitness OR could you use more time working towards...Read more

REMINDER!: Benchmark Series kicks off tonight from 5-7pm.  See you there! For time:Run 800 meters Clean and Jerk, 30 reps Run 800 meters South West Regionals The South West Regionals start tomorrow and your very own Zac and Nicole are headed off to compete. Zac will be competing on the CrossFit Verve team with five other individuals.  He’s no newbie to CrossFit competition and we expect to see him lead the Verve team. Nicole will be competing in the individual competition.  She finished 6th last year and is ready to get to it. Visit here for live updates and scores beginning Friday! Are you considering going to watch either Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?  Post to comments your plans as lots of people are looking to carpool!Read more

CrossFit Roots details some new organization at the shop.Read more