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Roots Boutique – The 2017 Winter Collection

Get ready! Here comes the 2017 Winter apparel order complete with new tees, tanks, sweats and more, including a special LIMITED EDITION American Giant hoodie. MILAN, november 13th In an age where fitness apparel always seems to be loud and assuming, a breath of fresh air wafted through Milan this past weekend. As top designers hit […]

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Are You in Control?

This past weekend I attended a 2 day seminar to become certified in the Functional Range Conditioning system developed by Dr. Spina. The FRC system is different than most others in it’s belief that it’s not necessarily the muscle itself that is related to the restriction in one’s range of motion. Rather, movement is restricted due to […]

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Crocktoberfest 2017!

Join us for Roots’ Seventh Annual Paleo Crocktoberfest crock-pot cooking contest! Bring your favorite crock-pot creation and compete against your fellow athletes for the title of Roots’ Ultimate Crocktologist.   [button link=”https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=6203&stype=-102&sView=day&sLoc=0″ type=”big” color=”orange” newwindow=”yes”] Sign-up HERE.[/button] Compete in Three Categories! There will be 3 categories of competition – Entrees, Desserts, and Crocktails. There will be a winner […]

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Hollow, Arch

Last week we discussed the importance of the arch position when kipping pull-ups. This week we’re going to dive into the details of the other half, the hollow. In general, I find that this one gets a lot more attention and focus than the other, because it’s where the pull-up actually happens. Now, with the […]

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Arch, Hollow

I learned at the CrossFit Gymnastics Seminar that gymnastics is about making shapes. We spend a lot of time at Roots drilling the proper shapes of a kip, so by now you know that the kip consists of 2 shapes; the hollow and the arch. To kip is just to move from one shape to […]

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