Welcome to the 2022 CrossFit Open! We are very excited to kick things off on Friday. In this blog post, you’ll find a wealth of information. Please take the time to read through it so you’re in the know and so that you don’t unnecessarily screw over your team.  TEAMS There are three teams. If you have not received an email from your team captain please contact [email protected] ASAP.  WEEKLY SCHEDULE  Here’s what you can expect each week: Learn the workout at 1 p.m. MST each Thursday via the LIVE Announcement from CrossFit (see games.crossfit.com).  Join us on YouTube LIVE immediately after the workout announcement (around 2 p.m.) for the CrossFit Roots Update Show. We’ll break down the workout, answer questions, and announce the weekly challenge. The LIVE YouTube link will be linked in SugarWOD each Thursday.  Wake up on Friday morning and put on your jersey (your team’s color). Attend...Read more

Calling all judges! We’re looking for a stellar team of volunteers to judge The Open workouts. Whether you’re already signed up for The Open and plan to compete or want to get involved in a different way, the judges MAKE The Open a huge success.Read more

We proudly present to you, the Great Attendance Challenge of 2022. It’s simple. We challenge you to attend 225 group classes at Roots in 2022.  Why? Because consistency matters. A simple daily effort with solid overall effort will make one of the largest lasting impacts on your long-term fitness and health. So here’s how it works. Go to class. Sign-up in Zen Planner. We’ll tally your progress throughout the year and let you know if you’re on track in the monthly newsletter.  All group class and personal training sessions count toward your total. Open Shop, workouts done at home, a hike – they don’t count. Don’t even ask. Sorry, not sorry.  What happens if you do hit that 225 mark? We’re glad you asked. For all of you who earn that magical number of 225 – we’ll enter you to win BACK your 2022 membership fees. That’s right, we’ll draw...Read more

And here they are! The workouts for the 2022 Benchmark Series. To learn more about the Benchmark Series and how it is structured, read this blog post. Start planning your week to hit 4-5 of these workouts. Remember – pick the ones you DON’T want to do if you want to test and develop your fitness this year! The fun starts Monday, January 24! Monday “DT“ Five rounds for time of: •155/105 pound Deadlift, 12 reps •155/105 pound Hang power clean, 9 reps •155/105 pound Push jerk, 6 reps Tuesday For time: 2000m Row Wednesday Back Squat 3RM Thursday “Benchmark4” Complete as many rounds and reps as possible in 25 minutes of:200m Run 8m Handstand walk8 Box jumps (36/30) Friday Fran or Amanda option “Fran”For time:21-15-9 Thrusters (95/65)Pull-up “Amanda”9-7-5Muscle UpSquat Snatch (135/95)Read more

It’s back and better than ever! The 2022 Benchmark Series kicks off next week! Here’s how it works: Once a quarter, we will program the same five workouts, Monday through Friday for athletes to come in, test, and then repeat throughout one year. When is the first week of testing? Monday, January 24 – Friday, January 28 Should I do all five workouts? We recommend you pick 4-5 workouts and aim to hit them for all four quarters of testing. The workouts will always be programmed in the same order, Monday through Friday to help you plan. Why do we test benchmark workouts? “Our intent is two-fold in examining these workouts. First, these workouts, being exemplars of the CrossFit ideal, give us opportunity to lay bare some of the possibly unseen considerations and details we weigh in our programming design. Second, these five workouts introduce a series of workouts that will...Read more