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Surprisingly Simple

For time: 10 box jumps, 42-inch box 10 bar muscle-ups 20 kettlebell snatches, 1.5 pood 20 one-legged squats, alternating 30 toes-to-bars 30 overhead squats, 75-lb. barbell 40 GHD sit-ups 40 medicine-ball cleans, 20-lb. ball 50 burpees 50 triple-unders Want your kids to eat more vegetables? A recent study at Texas A&M found a surprisingly simple […]

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Crocktoberfest! – See You Tonight!

We apologize for any inconvenience but we will not have water at the shop (toilets, showers, etc.) from 11-3pm today in an effort to fix the leak in the wall.  Push Press 3-3-3-3-3-3-3 reps WHO: YOU! Come celebrate fall at the annual Crocktoberfest. Come and enter a crock pot meal in the annual competition (register […]

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I Told My Kids I Ate All Their Halloween Candy

Take 40 minutes to establish a 1 rep max snatch and a 1 rep max clean and jerk. Partition your time for each lift as desired.  In sticking with CrossFit Roots tradition, check out the Jimmy Kimmel “I told my kids I ate all of their Halloween candy.” This video is the original, and our […]

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Crocktoberfest is Sunday!

Scooter On a 35-minute clock with a partner: Complete as many rounds as possible in 30 minutes of: 30 double-unders 15 pull-ups 15 push-ups 100-meter sprint Then, 5 minutes to find a 1-rep-max partner deadlift For the AMRAP, have one partner work while the other rests, switching after a full round is completed. If you’re […]

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Trifecta: Shoulder Press, Push Press, Push Jerk

Press 1-1-1-1-1-1 then load 75% of max press on the bar 3 sets of: max rep press + max rep push press + max rep push jerk For each set, perform max reps strict press. When you fail to take bar overhead, change to push press and perform max reps of push press. When you fail […]

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It's Coming…

5 rounds for time of: 45-lb. barbell overhead walking lunges, 50 feet 21 burpees Let trailing knee gently kiss the ground on each lunge. The 2015/16 Benchmark Series kicks off November 1st, 2015. Where will you be?

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Crocktoberfest Party is Sunday!

5 rounds for time of: Run 800 meters 205-lb. bench presses, 10 reps 45-lb. weighted pull-ups, 10 reps Join us this Sunday for the post-Halloween party of the century! That’s right, it’s Roots’ 5th Annual Paleo Crocktoberfest!  Fire up the crock-pot and perfect your culinary creation – only one will walk away with the title […]

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Introducing Simone Amelie Gibson

5 rounds for time of: 225-lb. deadlifts, 10 reps 75-lb. snatches, 10 reps 10 handstand push-ups 75-lb. snatches, 10 reps On Thursday, October 22nd, Trevor and Maura welcomed baby girl Simone Amelie Gibson to the world at 3:34 pm. Weighing in at 7 lbs, 4 oz and 19.5 in Simone entered the world with a full head of blonde hair! Mom and […]

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Death by…

REMINDER! This weekend’s workouts are at the Centennial Middle School Track at 9:00am! Perform one burpee on the first minute, two burpees on the second minute, three burpees on the third minute, and so on until you cannot make the prescribed number of burpees in the minute.  We’ll see you at the Centennial Middle School […]

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A Squat Hold Mile

REMINDER! This weekend’s workouts are at the Centennial Middle School Track at 9:00am! Run one mile. At the start of every minute, stop running and hold a squat for :15 seconds. We’ll see you at the Centennial Middle School Track for a workout sure to make you question your running legs while simultaneously put your […]

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