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Take What You've Learned…and Apply It

Front squat3-3-3-3-3Overhead squat1-1-1-1-1 Take What You’ve Learned…and Apply It We’re seven weeks into the 12-week lift cycle.  Hopefully the past two days were a little bit of a confidence boost as we went to 95% of your previous 1 rep max for two reps.  Even if you knocked out only one of the two, understand […]

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Oly Meet is SATURDAY. Sign-up Now.

Push PressDeadliftGHD Oly Meet is SATURDAY.  Sign-up Now. Come out THIS Saturday, July 21st for the CrossFit Roots Summer Olympic Weightlifting Meet. Check-in at 8:30. Warm-ups at 9:00am. Meet begins at 10:00am. Awards following lifts. Cost: $15 for members $25 non-members SIGN-UP HERE.

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CrossFit2012

8 x 200m runrest 1:00 minute between roundsScore is total time That’s a Season The 2012 CrossFit Games season came to a close last night.  Click here for scores, details, and recaps.

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Day 4 of the CrossFit Games!

Open Shop.10:30am-12:30pmOpen to members only. Sign-up on MBO. Day Four of the CrossFit Games Will Rich Froning hold on to the title spot?  Will local favorite Matt Chan secure a top 3 placing?  Will Julie Foucher overtake Thorisdottir in the final day?  We’ll know by 3:50pm PST!!

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Day 2 of the CrossFit Games.

30 Hand-stand push-ups20 squat snatch (135/95)400m run50 GHD sit-ups50 deadlifts (135/95)400m run Day 3 of the CrossFit Games. Rich and Annie T. sit at the top of the leader board after Day 2.  Will anyone jump ahead of them or will we see a double repeat? Post to comments.

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The Bear Complex

Bear Complex35-35-35-35-35 5 sets of the sequence: 7 rounds of:1 power clean1 front squat1 pushpress1 back squat1 push press Rest between sets as needed.  Goal is max load in a set.  No changing loading during a set (duh).   Last performed on April 23. Check the link for details on The Bear.

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New Tees!

Beginning Monday the CrossFit Endurance class open to all Roots athletes will move to 6am (from 4pm)   3min AMRAP: push jerk (135/95)rest 2 min2min AMRAP: pullupsrest 1 min1min AMRAP: kb swings (32/24) Get them at the shop, or check ’em out online: Women – Men Endurance tech tees are now in the Roots Online […]

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Bad Ass Men.

5 rounds:AMRAP 2min:3 power cleans (155/105)9 burpeesrest 1 min Bad Ass Men And now for the men! Often copied but never duplicated the men of the CrossFit Games earn their spots through thick as nails competition only to find the stakes all the more higher once they reach the world level of competition. Check-out the […]

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Games Week Starts TODAY!

5 GHD sit-ups5 muscle-up10 GHD sit-up4 muscle-up15 GHD sit-up3 muscle-up20 GHD sit-up2 muscle-up25 GHD sit-up1 muscle-up Games Week Starts TODAY! It’s here!  The CrossFit Games begin this Friday in Carson, California at the Home Depot Center.  Check out the video posted to today’s blog to learn about the history of the Games. ALSO! – The […]

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