Regional 16.2 (Regional Nate) 10 rounds for time: 4 strict muscle-ups 7 strict handstand push-ups 12 kettlebell snatches M 70 lb. F 53 lb. What’s wrong with science? Nothing, says John Oliver, but what the media put forth as the scientific process is a fraudulent version of what you learned in 7th grade. Exploratory and […]
Karen for time: 150 wallball shots (14/20) This is part of your yearly benchmark series. Log your score! Root Lisa Jhung wrote a great article in Women’s Running magazine about her experience incorporating CrossFit into training for her true passion: running. She discusses a laundry list of injuries she had accumulated running and how CrossFit seemed […]
Tabata row Rest 1 minute Tabata squats Rest 1 minute Tabata row The Tabata interval is 20 seconds of work followed by 10 seconds of rest for 8 intervals. Your Tabata score is the least number of calories rowed or reps performed in any of the 8 intervals. If you’ve been doing CrossFit for more […]
Thruster 5-5-3-3-3-1-1-1-1 We have passed the half-way point in the Spring Nutrition Challenge. Great job to all who have made it work over the past 5 weeks. We’ve heard a lot of great things happening for people and I think that if you walk away with nothing more than just making conscious decisions about what you […]
Deadlift 5-5-3-3-3-1-1-1-1 Tune in to games.crossfit.com today to watch the event finals of the West and Atlantic regions!
EMOTM for 15 minutes: 1 snatch pull 2 hang squat snatch 1 overhead squat The annual Memorial Day Murph workout and potluck will take place Sunday, May 29th. We will host two heats of the workout followed by a potluck breakfast. This is an annual event that many many Roots athletes come out for each year. Class begins […]
For time: 1,000-meter row 100 push-ups 750-meter row 75 push-ups 500-meter row 50 push-ups And we’re back for Week 2 of the 2016 CrossFit Games Regional Qualifiers! This week check out all of the action from two regions: Atlantic West We’ll have Regionals on the shop TV all day long and you can tune in […]
Complete as many reps as possible in 5 minutes of: 165-lb. squat clean and jerks Skill Work: 10×2 deficit handstand push-ups Check out Ali Minton’s account of Bill’s journey from torn biceps to first muscle-up in one year! I first met Bill in late July 2014, shortly after his first workout at Roots. Since day […]
For time: 1,200-meter run 75 pull-ups 800-meter run 50 pull-ups 400-meter run 25 pull-ups As we roll toward Memorial Day, it can mean only one thing in Boulder, Colorado – The BolderBoulder 10K! We’ve heard rumors that a few shop athletes have run the race for over 30 years! Are you running the BolderBoulder? Post […]
Back Squat 7-7-7-7-7 Get ready! The Cool Cruel Summer Series makes its return on Thursday, June 16th and continues for four months on the 3rd Thursday of each month. What is the Cool Cruel Summer Series? It’s a series of four CrossFit benchmark workouts voted on by Roots members. Why would I want to do this? […]
