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Roots Shebeest Fit Session

Team Series Event 2 For time: 100 double-unders 25 toes-to-bars 25 deadlifts 50 box jump overs Men use 225 lb. for deadlifts and a 24-in. box. Women use 155 lb. for deadlifts and a 20-in. box. Ladies of Roots, only 3 days remain to order from the custom Roots/Shebeest collection. Haven’t had a chance to […]

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Meaty Meals

Reminder: Deadline for pre-ordering the Roots/Shebeest Collection is this Sunday, 9/25. ORDER HERE “15.5” 27-21-15-9 reps for time of: Row (calories) Thrusters 95/65# This is part of your yearly benchmark series. Log your score! Fall is my favorite time of year. Temps run a little cooler, leaves start to change color, and life just seems […]

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Skill Work

21-15-9 reps for time of: Bar-facing-burpees Overhead squats Chest-to-bar pull-ups Men use 95 lb., Women use 65 lb. “Consistency in performing skills is the key to developing greater static and dynamic kinesthesia (or movement). As humans we like to focus on our best (and videotape it) and push the worst out of your mind. Instead, […]

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800m Repeats

4x800m run 800m is a distance that can take just long enough to run your mid-engine (the glycolysis pathway) system to “E” and begin to tap into your long-engine (aerobic pathway). We’ll time out the rest today so that you’re only partially recovered allowing you to further tap into your aerobic capacity and ability to recover. The […]

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Humans in Captivity

Overhead Squat 5-5-5-5-5 In Katy Bowman’s book, Move Your DNA, she discusses captive whales and how many eventually develop what scientists have termed Flaccid Fin Syndrome (FFS). We’ve all seen the captive whales with the bent-over dorsal fins. Marine scientists have concluded that the mechanical environment of captivity does not introduce the same types of […]

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2016 CrossFit Games Documentary

“Nickman” With a 55-lb. and 35-lb. dumbbell, 10 rounds for time of: 200-meter farmers carry with both dumbbells 35-lb. weighted pull-ups, 10 reps 55-lb. dumbbell power snatches, 20 reps, alternating arms Are you as excited as I am to watch the 2016 CF Games Documentary?! In a lot of ways I like watching the Games […]

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Happy Saturday!

“Elizabeth” 21-15-9 reps for time of: Clean 135/85# Ring dips This is part of your yearly benchmark series. Log your score! How about a little light reading for a Saturday? Leave the sugar out of your coffee too. Sugar industry funded research to cast doubt on sugar’s health hazards, report says

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Meet a Root – Allison Smith

4 rounds with 3min rest between: 30 double-unders 20 step-ups (24/20) 30 kb swings (1.5/1) 1. Vitals: Allison Smith, joined in August 2015 2. Where were you born/raised? Northern Virginia 3. Married, kids, family? Just a mischievous kitten named Tellie 4. What do your days consist of? Registered Dietitian by day and food lover/beer connoisseur by night. I work […]

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Cool Cruel Summer Finale!

Last chance to order delicious “Paleo” fried chicken, ORDER Yellowbelly NOW! (they have other delicious stuff too) Class WOD Complete as many rounds as possible in 10 minutes of: 10 power snatches (95/65) 10 burpees CCS Finale WOD (4pm-7pm) “Nick” 12 rounds for time of: 45 pound Dumbbell hang squat clean, 10 reps 6 Handstand push-ups on […]

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Run Away Lactate

REMINDER: This Thursday is the last Cool Cruel Summer event. We will be doing the hero WOD, Nick. Suerte Tequila will be onsite sampling delicious drinks! Pre-Order your Yellowbelly here! Bring a favorite drink to share! 25min AMRAP: 15 unbroken squat clean thruster slamballs (20/30) 400m recovery run We’re all familiar with what lactic acid feels like in […]

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