In teams of five, complete the following: – Take 8 minutes to find your team’s combined 3 rep max front squat. Then, complete the following AMRAP triplet in any order:– 7 minutes: 200m run, 7 burpees     One sled per team. Sled must be dragged by one teammate on their 200m run at all times.– […]

Announcing the 2012 Processed Food Blows Challenge winning team… Battle Carb & Lactica The team of Alyssa, Blaine, and Brad took first place in the 12-team competition that began 6 weeks ago.  A big congratulations to this crew of athletes!  Each team member put in the work in the ways they each needed to in […]

Five rounds for time of:155 pound Power clean and jerk, 10 reps15 foot Rope climb, legless, 1 ascent Happy Hour and the Announcement of the Winner Tonight!  Join us for happy hour at The Attic in downtown Boulder from 4:30-6:30pm.  Drinks are on Roots until the tab runs out.  We hope you can join us […]

Front squat1-10-1-20-1-30  Turkey Challenge Wrap-up Nothing says it’s Thanksgiving like a gathering of 6-pack abs, board shorts, tall socks, and barbells.  Read on for Shane’s recap of the event. The annual MBS Turkey Challenge is what I’m talking about.  Last year, Roots won the single-day event and this year we sent 4 teams to the […]

For time:30 Handstand push-ups50 Back Extensions30 Knees to elbows225 pound Deadlift, 30 reps40 pound Dumbbell push press, 30 reps50 Kettlebell swings, 1.5 poodRow 20 calories10 Muscle-ups Oly Meet Tuesday Tomorrow is the in-house Oly Meet throw down.  This low key in-house meet comes complete with heavy metal, classes going on all around, and a great […]

Roots welcomes Molly Metz, 5-Time World Jump Rope Champion, coach of the fastest jump rope team in the Nation, and founder of jumpNrope for a 2-hour double under clinic and jump rope training today at Roots. The 2-hour clinic will cover education and jump rope fundamentals, form and technique, conditioning and interval speed training, double […]

2010 Northwest Regional Event 1 Three rounds for time of:135 pound Overhead squat, 10 reps50 Double-unders Row 100,000 Meters Ever heard of the Concept2 Holiday Challenge?  The challenge, officially organized by Concept2, is to row 100,000 meters from November 22 to 11:59 p.m. ET December 24. The organized and coached program at Roots is coached by none other […]

Seated press10-10-10Good mornings12-12-12 Reminders. Stay up to date! TODAY – The last day to pre-order PaleoKits and Stronger, Faster, Healthier products in 2012!  Fill out an order form at the front desk. WEDNESDAY – Athlete Happy Hour at The Attic (November 21st), 4:30-6:30pm THANKSGIVING – Join us for a Thanksgiving throw down that brings a […]

Three rounds for time: Row 500m21 burpeesRun 400 meters Happy Hour on Wednesday Join us Wednesday, November 21st from 4:30-6:30pm at The Attic for drinks and celebration.  Please RSVP to the Evite by this weekend.

10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1power clean (185/125)1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10handstand push-up Struggle. In this NPR podcast, Alix Spiegel interviews UCLA professor Jim Stigler and Brown professor Jin Li about the differences between Eastern and Western school children and their actions toward struggle. As I listened to the observations and studies about Western children and their quickness to give up, I couldn’t help […]