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Recovery Workshop with Matt

Fran 21-15-9 reps for time of: Thruster 95/65# Pull-ups Join us on Thursday, October 15th at 7:00pm for a chalk talk with Matt Chan. Matt is involved with the competitor program at Roots, is a seasoned CrossFit Games athlete, and a nutrition guru. He has spoken frequently about his belief that his attention to detail with […]

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Crocktoberfest Sign-up

7 rounds for time of: 95-lb. sumo-deadlift high-pulls, 10 reps 10 ring dips Join us for Roots’ 5th Annual Paleo Crocktoberfest, crock-pot cooking contest. Fire up the crock-pot and perfect your culinary creation – only one will walk away with the title of Roots’ Ultimate Crocktologist. There will be 3 categories for judging – entree, […]

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Food Challenge Chalk Talk Today

Nancy 5 rounds for time of: 400-meter run 95-lb. overhead squats, 15 reps Join Nicole today at 11:30am for a walk through of the food challenge. Have a friend who wants to try CrossFit? Send them to the free class and intro session today (Sunday) at 10:30am.

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Food Challenge Talk Tomorrow at 11:30am

Jennifer Complete as many rounds as possible in 26 minutes of: 10 pull-ups 15 kettlebell swings, 1.5 pood 20 box jumps, 24-inch box Reminder! If you signed up for the Food Challenge, please attend the information meeting on Sunday, October 11th at 11:30am. In this meeting we’ll review details and rules of the challenge, distribute […]

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Baby Collette

EMOTM for 15 minutes: 1 power clean 1 squat clean Many of you have noticed or commented to us about the large number of badass women at Roots rocking their workouts through ten months of pregnancy. One of those women is Sarah Logan. On October 1st Sarah and her husband Jordan (also a member at Roots) […]

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Sign-up for the Fall Food Challenge!

4 rounds for time of: 30 push-ups 115-lb. front squats, 20 reps 115-lb. push presses, 20 reps 30 GHD sit ups The fall food challenge is just around the corner and we hope you will consider signing up! If you know you’re in, sign-up here! Challenge Overview This is a four week Paleo food challenge. Paleo […]

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Announcing the Fall 2015 Food Challenge!

10 rounds, each for time, of:Row 150-meter (sprint)Rest 90 seconds Introducing the 2015 Fall Food Challenge – the Back to Basics Challenge! We present to you a four week, no frills, back-to-basics food challenge guaranteed to help you clean-up your diet, perform better, and set you on the path toward long term health and fitness.  […]

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Shop Safety

750m row50 overhead squats (45/35)30 toes-to-bar50 overhead squats750m row We wanted to take a moment to remind everyone of our policies regarding children at the shop. We appreciate your cooperation with this and your help in ensuring that the shop remains a safe place for everyone to train.  Children are not allowed on the shop floor. […]

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Overhead Squat Technique

Overhead Squat5-5-5-5-5 The overhead squat is a complex movement that challenges midline stability like no other. Coach Glassman wrote, “The overhead squat is the ultimate core exercise, the heart of the snatch, and peerless in developing effective athletic movement.” A classic standard of advanced capacity in the movement was to perform 15 overhead squats at […]

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