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Check-out Roots and athlete Scott Graham on the affiliate mainpage from this Sunday! Hang power snatch 1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1 reps Sign-ups for the In-House Olympic Weightlifting Meet and the January Foundations Course are now open! In-House Olympic Weightlifting Meet: Saturday, February 5th – 12:00pmCome join the coaches at Roots for a USAW-style competition complete with judged lifts. We will run this in a meet format, with weight classes and ordered lifts, so advanced athlete sign-up is required.  This meet is open to all Roots members and it is free.  Don’t miss out! Sign-up here for the Oly Meet here. CrossFit Roots January Foundations Course: Start Date January 11th, 2011 Kick-off your 2011 with a bang.  Sign-up for the first Foundations Course of 2011. The course will meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 4:00pm and Fridays at 5:00pm for four weeks. Sign-up for the January Foundations Course here.Read more

Complete as many rounds as possible in 12 minutes of:400 meter run5 Deadlifts Meet a Root: Chris Dizon 1. Months CrossFitting? 9 2. Favorite WOD or lift (pick one)? I dont have a favorite WOD but I do like the ones that combine running and moving a weighted bar.  Of course I have yet to do “Nancy” so I may regret my words.  As for my favorite lift,  the snatch is currently at the top.  To move weight up and over your head in such a quick motion is so frick’n cool! 3. Least favorite WOD or lift (pick one)? Any thing with rowing….. uggggg!  No matter how hard or fast I am pulling, I don’t seem to get anywhere! 4. What do you do for work? (career) Software sales for Google 5. What is your favorite thing about CrossFit? The payoff when you get to that final round and...Read more

“Blake” Four rounds for time of:100 foot Walking lunge with 45lb plate held overhead30 Box jump, 24 inch box20 Wallball shots, 20 pound ball10 Handstand push-ups Sign-Up for the Roots In-House Olympic Weightlifting Meet MONDAY We will host an in-house Olympic Weightlifting competition on Saturday, FEBRUARY 5th at 12:00pm. Come join the coaches at Roots for a USAW-style competition complete with judged lifts. Sign-up is required for this event as we will run it in meet format complete with ordered lifts and weight classes (although we’ll probably merge weight classes).  Sign-up is free but REQUIRED. Who can compete? Anyone at Roots! How to prepare? Ryan will take the next two months of Oly to prepare athletes for competition and peak performance that weekend. What are the Olympic Weightlifting Rules?Here’s a link to more information than you probably wanted to know!  Bottom line is that the judges will tell you if...Read more

Tall Tara, Tara Anderson's blog, gets some Roots props!Read more