June 2025 Newsletter

Expensive Roots Crew,

Every season on the store has a cool vibe, and summer season isn’t any completely different.

As we gear up for our Double Birthday Bash – 249 years of American grit and 16 candy years of Roots badassery – Eric and I are pumped to have fun with you on July 4th with a exercise, burritos, and low.

This summer season we welcome Ben Sisenwein as a training intern. After which there’s our visitor coach (who may or not it’s!?), who will make an look for just a few days in June to assist us out whereas Lindsay and Connor are off getting hitched (woot!).

Our summer season entrance desk staff is totally crushing it – make sure to say hello to Priya, Ben, and Nella. They’re a pointy crew who achieve this way more than are likely to the entrance desk.

The Not a Problem Well being Problem is in full swing, and we’re seeing nice momentum. From improved protein habits to adventurous post-meal walks, you all proceed to encourage one another and lift the bar for the longterm.

And lastly, don’t neglect to preorder your Roots summer season tee, seize a raffle ticket to help Jake Croxdale on the sixth annual Large Fish Basis Fundraiser and Problem, and hold logging these lessons for the Nice Attendance Problem. 225 lessons in 2025? We see you.

Don’t Be Regular. Do CrossFit.

Hugs, Nicole

QUICK HITS

YOU’RE INVITED: Double Birthday Celebration: America Turns 249, Roots Turns 16!

Summer time Intern and Visitor Coach (drumroll please)

Entrance Desk Staff Intros!

Purchase a Raffle Ticket >> Win a Prize Basket >> Assist Jake Croxdale

Not a Problem Well being Problem Updates!

Don’t Be Regular. Do CrossFit.

Summer time T-Shirt Preorder – SO HOT!

Do You Wish to Study The right way to Use the Belt Squat?

Historic Examine-ins within the CrossFit Roots App!

Double Birthday Celebration: America Turns 249, Roots Turns 16!

Mark your calendars! This 12 months, we’re celebrating two epic birthdays in a single – America’s birthday and Roots’ Candy 16!

Kick-off your 4th of July with an epic exercise at 9 am. Stick round for espresso and breakfast burritos to have fun Roots’ 16 years of CrossFit-small-business-awesome-athlete-epic-health-and-fitness vibes.

Join the 4th of July class within the CrossFit Roots app.

Summer time Intern and Visitor Coach!

Summer time Intern: We’re thrilled to welcome Ben Sisenwein (CF-L2) as our summer season coach intern. Ben can be teaching alongside Nicole and training group lessons all through the summer season. Ben is a rising sophomore at Ithaca School and a CrossFit Stage 2 Coach at CrossFit Vertical in Ithaca, New York.

Visitor Coach: And, we’re excited to welcome the one and solely Connor McDonald BACK to Roots for 3 particular days in June. Connor coached at Roots for 5 years earlier than shifting again residence to Texas and opening his affiliate, BarX CrossFit, outdoors of Austin, Texas.

Connor is a CrossFit Stage 4 Coach who as soon as misplaced his manbun in a CrossFit Open sign-up wager. He enjoys reggae music, canine, and altering his T-shirt a number of occasions a day within the Texas warmth. He was additionally Ben’s Teen’s coach, when he was 14…

Connor can be teaching a handful of lessons whereas Lindsay and Connor are off getting hitched!

Summer time Entrance Desk Staff

We now have a DYNAMITE staff on the entrance desk this summer season! Study extra about every of them beneath. You’ll see them on the entrance desk, across the store, and in school all summer season!

Priya Oza, CF-L1

Priya will lead our entrance desk staff this summer season and has been a staple at Roots since she was in center college!

Priya is a rising junior majoring in molecular biology (on a pre-med monitor) and minoring in historical past. She’s labored in analysis, DNA harm restore and bacteriophage isolation/utilization in medication. Outdoors of college, she volunteers at Avista Hospital and the Humane Society. She loves basketball and will be seen aggressively cheering on the CU Buffs or the Nuggets at any given time!

Ben Sisenwein, CF-L2

Ben is a rising sophomore at Ithaca School, majoring in movie with a minor in arithmetic. In school, Ben is a member of a number of TV studio golf equipment and participates in a rec league flag soccer staff. Outdoors of college, Ben coaches part-time at CrossFit Vertical. Ben can also be interning on the teaching ground this summer season!

Nella Bieger, CF-L1

Nella is a well being sciences main on a pre-med monitor, going into her sophomore 12 months at (the) Ohio State. In school, Nella is a part of the Military ROTC program, and inside that, she is in Scabbard and Blade (ROTC’s Honor Society) and Converse Guard. This earlier 12 months, she performed on the Military ROTC women basketball staff and an intramural soccer staff, in addition to being part of the Women Lifting Group (GLO).

Purchase a Raffle Ticket >> Win a Prize Basket >> Assist Jake Croxdale

Our very personal Jake Croxdale can be representing the Military department of service on this 12 months’s annual Large Fish Basis Problem and Fundraiser. Jake can be taking up a 30-hour problem alongside different navy veterans to boost consciousness and cash

To help Jake and his fundraising efforts, we’ll be raffling off an excellent candy prize basket full of LOTS of goodies! 100% of the proceeds can be donated on behalf of Jake to the fundraising occasion.

Thanks to our beneficiant sponsors who contributed great gadgets to the prize basket – Gloss Auto Wash and Element, Jones & Co., and Unity Colorworks.

The prize basket can be on show on the store and tickets can be offered June 13-20!

What’s the Large Fish Basis? 

The Large Fish Basis creates alternatives for Veterans to type significant connections, develop as people, and serve others. They work to get forward of Veteran suicide—encouraging “preventative upkeep”—by placing instruments for thriving in Veterans’ arms earlier than they expertise crises which may result in self-harm. The inspiration hosts and helps small-scale occasions that impression Veterans by means of a confirmed mixture of alternatives to forge significant connections with others, difficult actions that encourage psychological & bodily development, and acts of service. 

Not a Problem Well being Problem

We kicked off Section 3 of the Not a Problem Well being Problem two weeks in the past, and we’re formally previous the midway level of the occasion! Fifty members have been attempting new habits associated to diet, exercise, and way of life, and are seeing some nice preliminary outcomes!

With InBody scans full for the midway level of the problem, members who’ve dialed of their habits are seeing muscle will increase and decrease physique fats percentages, together with nice efficiency throughout coaching on the store!

Right here’s what a few of them need to say:

“I actually really feel a distinction in a great way with extra protein.  It’s helped me be extra energetic and coincided with making progress on some accidents, which has additionally bolstered being extra energetic, so it’s sort of all serving to. The elevated protein change is a big eye opener.” Scott S.

“I’m counting this as rucking!” Rae V.

“After meal walks flip into adventures up in Ned!” Dan S.

“My protein dedication 💪🏻 I went to a number of shops and ran by means of the rain to guard these #eggwhites … 😂 #proteinqueen” Margaret H.

Nice work to the entire individuals. We now have 4 weeks left to crush these habits and hold them going for the lengthy haul!

Should Learn: Don’t Be Regular. Do CrossFit.

On the store the opposite day, I used to be speaking to Anya, and we had been speculating about what our lives and health is likely to be like if we hadn’t discovered CrossFit. We additionally mentioned the arrogance that comes with having the ability to decide up heavy issues and be taught new expertise.

In Stephane Rochet’s article “Don’t Be Regular. Do CrossFit,” he paints a vivid image of what his life can be like had he not discovered CrossFit – from his day by day habits, consuming patterns, power, longevity, and extra.

It’s value a learn and a excessive 5. What occurs throughout the partitions of the store day by day isn’t regular. And I hope you’re rattling pleased with that.

The Summer time Roots Tee with ALL the Summer time Vibes

The most well liked t-shirt of the summer season is right here, simply in time for summer season! Obtainable in just a few colours and printed on Consolation Colours tees and crops, these are some high-quality, fun-loving tees! Keep watch over the entrance desk for pre-order sheets and pattern tees!

Do You Wish to Study The right way to Use the Belt Squat?

Be part of Nicole on Wednesday, June eleventh at 6pm to be taught the historical past, goal, and how one can use the brand new Rogue Belt Squat. We’ll see you there!

Historic Examine-ins within the CrossFit Roots App!

Do you know that your historic check-in TOTAL is now listed in your CrossFit Roots app. That quantity is the cumulative complete of each group class you’ve ever checked into – from MBO days, to ZenPlanner, to the brand new app! What’s your quantity!?

The 2025 Nice Attendance Problem

The 2025 Nice Attendance Problem is off and working! Attend 225 lessons in 2025 and be entered to win a FREE YEAR of membership at CrossFit Roots! Study extra in regards to the problem HERE.

Members who attend 19 or extra lessons every month keep on monitor to attend 225 in a single 12 months. Right here’s who attended 19 or extra lessons in Could!