Expensive Roots Crew,
Week 1 of The Open is finished and dusted, and I’m proud to announce that Roots topped the affiliate participation for the Central area with 221 athletes! What’s extra, you ranked 18th worldwide for affiliate participation. What does this imply? EPIC VIBES for Week 2 and three!
This week and subsequent are crammed with extra enjoyable, extra exercises, and extra possibilities to high-five your decide.
Take a look at all that’s occurring as we spring ahead into March!
Right here’s to Week 2!Nicole
QUICK HITS
Mark Your Calendars – Shark Tank & Gateway Challenges
Shout out to our 2026 CrossFit Open Sponsors!
Spring Break Schedule
Diet is the Base of the CrossFit Pyramid
TDC Mertcantile Natural Olive Oil Completely at Roots
Burgener Energy Weightlifting is coming to Roots!
Convey a Buddy to Legends
March InBody Scans
The 2026 CrossFit Open Key Dates!
And we’re off! 26.1 kicked off with the entire power, enjoyable, laughs, and efforts that we might count on from a Friday at CrossFit Roots in the course of the Open.
Intramural Staff Key Dates to Mark on Your Calendar NOW!
Thursday, March 5 from 7pm – CrossFit Roots Shark Tank
Thursday, March 12 at 4-7pm – Gateway Problem

Shout Out to our 2026 Open Sponsors
We couldn’t run a bomb Intramural Open with out our sponsors. Shout out to those members and distributors for serving to us arrange an ideal occasion this yr! Thanks!
Spring Break at Roots
Are you going to be round throughout Spring Break? Superior! So are we. We are going to maintain all common grownup lessons in the course of the week of March 16 – March 20. Please be aware that Center College and Teenagers are off for the week of spring break.
Diet and Your CrossFit Coaching
On this planet of CrossFit, vitamin serves as the bottom of our program. It fuels all of life’s processes and may both help or detract out of your coaching efforts. The CrossFit Foundations article superbly describes this reality and offers athletes a transparent pathway to see the conection between coaching on the ground and fueling within the kitchen.
Take a second to learn via the Foundations article. Quick on time – merely begin by scanning for the sections on vitamin!
TDC Mertcantile Natural Olive Oil Completely at Roots
Take a look at the Roots store for the most recent addition to our line up – TDC Mercantile Olive Oil! It’s cool, it’s natural, and it’s straight from Dave Castro himself. It received’t allow you to study the subsequent Open exercise upfront, however it’s going to look cool in your kitchen!

This natural, hand-crafted, medium-intensity oil is a pasture mix of 5 iconic Tuscan varietals, displaying typical Frantoio traits of lower grass and fruit in addition to the malty notes of the Leccino. It’s milled inside 1 day of harvest to make sure most freshness, then cold-pressed utilizing one of many final stone mills in California.
Burgener Weightlifting is Coming to CrossFit Roots!

If you wish to enhance your clear & jerk and snatch, this two-day occasion is for you!
Spend two days with the Burgener Energy Staff dialing within the fundamentals, drills and positions for each the snatch and clear & jerk in each teaching periods and efficiency breakouts. You’ll acquire an in-depth understanding of the positions, actions, and teaching wanted to optimize athletic potential in Olympic Weightlifting. This course is open to athletes and coaches of all ranges.
Dates: Might 16-17
Time: 9am-5pm each days
Value: Common $645, Early Chicken Low cost is $580
Convey a Buddy to Legends
Do you may have a pal, guardian, or neighbor over 60 who’s not able to decelerate? Convey them to a Legends class and exercise side-by-side with them for an hour throughout our Convey a Buddy to Legends Week!
E mail the date you’d wish to attend along with your visitor, their first & final title, and electronic mail handle, and we’ll reserve a spot for them.
Date: Monday, March sixteenth
Time: 10:30-11:30am
About Legends: Bettering useful health helps the brain-body connection as we age, and our Legends Program will increase useful capability, power, steadiness, flexibility, and coordination in a enjoyable and difficult atmosphere amongst these of the same age. No earlier train historical past is required.
InBody Scans
Time for an up to date InBody Scan? Scans will likely be obtainable on Thursday, March 19 so schedule your inBody under.
Want a distinct day/time? E mail [email protected] to schedule!
The 2026 Nice Attendance Problem
The 2026 Nice Attendance Problem is off and operating! Attend 225 lessons in 2026 and be entered to win a FREE YEAR of membership at CrossFit Roots! Be taught 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 yr. Right here’s attending 19 or extra lessons in February!
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