Now that the 2017 CrossFit Open, we are pleased to announce a fun focus for the month of April – Mobility and Stability! For the month of April, we will remove the yearly Skill Work incorporated into each week (handstand push-ups, chest-to-bar pull-ups, toes-to-bar, rope climbs, and muscle-ups) and take some time to consistently address one joint region. Why mobility and stability? First, let’s define each so we’re on the same page. Mobility is the degree of movement possible of a particular joint. Stability is our ability to control the joint through it’s range of motion. For instance, an athlete can have great hip mobility allowing them to drop into a deep squat no problem but if they lack the stability through that same range we will see an inability to keep their knees driven out or keep their low-back from rounding under. This imbalance will be exaggerated as we...Read more

Another Open is in the books and this year, like years past, was full or surprises, PR’s and fun!  This year the dumbbells were introduced, we saw bar muscle-ups yet again, and we had a repeat of 16.4 as a check-up on our fitness progress since last year. Each week was sponsored by some of our favorite local and/or CrossFit related businesses and we’d like to thank them all, so here they are in no particular order: Lucy Boulder Perfect Bar Duke’s Meat Sticks Perky Jerky Portland Bee Balm Rhone Jackson’s Honest Boulder Wine Merchant Suffer Better Suerte Fresh Thymes SFH Real Food Dietitians Primal Kitchen PACT Beauty Counter Pedal to Properties Quite the lineup, we know, and we would like to say THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!  You all are part of the reason the Friday Night Lights were so awesome. While we’re on the topic of general awesomeness, we...Read more

Here comes 17.5! We know some of you may be saddened that The Open is coming to a close – but fear not – we’re going out in STYLE! This week we feature a stacked line-up of sponsors, musical entertainment, food, and drinks that are sure to make your 17.5 finale one for the books. Stronger, Faster, Healthier will be on-site sampling tasty recovery shakes and throwing in some serious prize packs for the raffle. Rhone is raffling off two classy and manly men’s gear prize packages and The Real Food Dieticians and Primal Kitchen are raffling off a gift basket sure to launch your better eating goals into action! Our local Boulder friends at PACT have donated a few gift cards to add to the raffle mix, and what better way to round out health inside and outside than with a sweet his and hers Beauty Counter package? That’s right – this...Read more

We start with an on-site wine tasting with the great folks at Boulder Wine Merchant and pair it with handsome food from Biju's Little Curry Shop. Finally, we layer on top the tremendous work of SufferBetter and the charitable donation efforts of this year's 2017 CrossFit Open to the Achilles International local Boulder Chapter. It's a recipe for a four star evening! Oh, and we'll also do 17.4!Read more

We’ve made it into Week 3 of the CrossFit Open at Roots and this week we’re celebrating, DUDES! That’s right, it’s Dude’s Week at the Friday Night Light Series this Friday evening so come by and throwdown on 17.3 and if you’re a dude, possibly win some sweet schwag from our sponsors.  See below for details! Sponsors and Prizes This week’s sponsor brings you clothing designed by active men for active men.  Rhone’s premium men’s activewear is sponsoring the night and they’ve brought together some sweet prize packages to be raffled off throughout the evening so make sure you get a raffle ticket at the door! Warm-up Coach, Week 3 – Ryan Landis Each week the warm-up area is stocked with a Roots coach who is affectionately called – The Warm-up Coach! As you all know we will be running WODs in heats through the night which means you’ll be responsible for warming...Read more