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Planned Benchmarks for the Year

Front Squat 2-2-2-2-2then,25-15-10Slam Ball (30/20)Burpee Sit-up Planned Benchmarks for the Year So far this week we’ve dropped a lot of information on the blog about our plans for programming and workout logging starting in September.  If you’ve missed the information so far this week, be sure to go back and read these two posts: A (Perfect) […]

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Programming – Innovate or Die

Be sure to read yesterday’s post before today’s post! 5 rounds for time of:225-lb. deadlifts, 10 reps20 wall-ball shots, 20-lb. ball Programming – Innovate or Die When I was in grad school my professor Tom Daniels hammered into the minds of his students the phrase “innovate or die.”  As a coach, athlete, and business owner, […]

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A (Perfect) Storm is Brewing

AMRAP 15 minutes:5 thrusters (115/75)10 bar facing burpees15 toes-to-bar A (Perfect) Storm is Brewing One of the reasons I have always liked CrossFit is because I feel that I’m at home with my people.  The people I workout with in class and on the road understand me and my approach to health and fitness.  I […]

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Commercials at the 2014 CrossFit Games

In teams of three, with only one partner working at each station at a time and in a set rotation:Complete five rounds for time of:Row 300m10 burpee box jumps (20″)15 slam balls (30/20)All partners complete five rounds of the above working in a follow the leader rotation. Commercials at the 2014 CrossFit Games CrossFit has […]

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All Things Olympic Weightlifting Update!

For time:95-lb. thrusters, 30 reps20 GHD sit-ups400-meter run95-lb. thrusters, 20 reps30 GHD sit-ups400-meter run95-lb. thrusters, 10 reps40 GHD sit-ups400-meter run All Things Olympic Weightlifting Update! There is a lot going on in the Olympic Weightlifting World at Roots! Roots Summer Oly Meet We are less than two weeks away from the Roots summer Oly Meet!  More than […]

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Xtreme Eating Awards

3 rounds:Row 20 cals20m handstand walk Xtreme Eating Awards The Center for Science in the Public Interest recently released it’s Xtreme Eating Awards for 2014.  It’s their list of the top food bombs available throughout chain restaurants across America. “When French toast is ‘Bruléed,’ fries are ‘bottomless,’ and steaks are now garnished with not just […]

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Are You an Abstainer or a Moderator?

Complete as many rounds as possible in 20 minutes of:185-lb. hang power cleans, 3 reps6 strict ring dips9 box jumps, 30-inch27 double-unders Are You an Abstainer or a Moderator? Seven years ago I found CrossFit and shortly after CrossFit I found the Zone and Paleo Diets – and the combination changed my life for the […]

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Helen!

Helen3 rounds for time: 400 meter run 21 kettlebell swings (1.5 pood) 12 pull-ups Helen Please join us in congratulating Lindsay Whitcher on the birth of her third baby!  Grant David Whitcher was born today at 3:44 pm weighing in at a whopping 10 pounds 13 oz! Mom and baby are doing great!

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