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Coaches Series: Why I’m Doing the Open, Part 2 – AND Congratulations!

Parents, please fill out the CrossFit Kids Summer Program survey.  Click here. Power clean 1-1-1-1-1-1-1 reps Coaches Series: Why I’m Doing the Open, Part 2 – AND Congratulations! Yesterday we announced a week of personal account from the coaches titled Why I’m Doing the Open.  Next up, Lucie! Why I’m Doing the Open: Lucie. Because… […]

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Coaches Series: Why I'm Doing the Open.

Parents, please fill out the CrossFit Kids Summer Program survey.  Click here. AMRAP 25 minutes3 squat snatch 135/953 muscle upsrun 200m Coaches Series: Why I’m Doing the CrossFit Open. We are pleased to present to you a one week series of posts from the coaches at Roots.  The topic: Why I’m Doing the CrossFit Open.  […]

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Meet a Root – Charlie Schira

Parents.  Please fill out the CrossFit Kids Summer Program survey.  Click here. Hang squat clean 2-2-2-2-2-2-2 reps Meet a Root – Charlie Schira 1. Vitals: name & nickname at the shop if you have one on whiteboard, class time most often attended, months/years CrossFitting. Charlie with no whiteboard nickname. I usually workout at the 5 […]

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Be Part Of The Team!

14 one minute roundsalternating between:3 Front Squats10 Burpees Be Part Of The Team! Make sure you add yourself to the Roots team when you sign up for the open. You need to choose CrossFit Roots for your affiliate and Roots for your team. If you’ve already registered make sure you are on the Roots team […]

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Junk Food Science

Two rounds for time of:100 Double-unders95 pound barbell, Shoulder to overhead, 50 reps25 Toes to bar   Junk Food Science The Extraoridinary Science of Junk Food Thanks Jessica for sending this our way. Well worth the read. Big food companies have done little to help curb the obesity epidemic. By some accounts, they’ve done just […]

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Extra! Extra! Read ALL About It.

Backsquat 5-5-5-5-5 Extra!  Extra!  Read ALL About It. Yesterday some BIG news hit the CrossFit Games website.  The big news was that this year CrossFit will announce each workout LIVE from an affiliate somewhere around the country.  All over the world, CrossFitters will tune in to learn the next workout in the 2013 series.  After the […]

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Inflammation and You.

Register for The Open here. Three rounds for time of:Run 800 metersRest 2 minutes Inflammation and You. It’s less common to cite decreased inflammation as one of the benefits of a Paleo, Primal, or no processed foods diet.  But it deserves as much of a marker in your mind as to the reasons why eating […]

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Class Times and Coaches

For time:205 pound Front squat, 20 reps30 Box jump, 30 inch box40 Kettlebell swings, 1.5 pood50 Wall ball shots, 20 pound ball Class Times and Coaches We’ve heard the following from quite a few athletes since moving to the double class system (i.e. two WOD classes that start at the same time).  “It’s just so […]

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