The Second Pull Blog — crossfit

Another CrossFit Games season has come to a close leaving fans of functional fitness with an appetite to witness, cheer on, and experience more feats of human strength, will power, and heroics. Being the only show in town the CrossFit Games has turned into the biggest crossfit spectator event, but this may not be the case for long with the emergence of the National Pro Grid League (NPGL). Don’t let the name of the NPGL fool you, this is crossfit. The movements are the same, the workouts are the same, and the suffering and glory are the same. The biggest...

With the kickoff of the 2014 Reebok CrossFit Games this week, it would be a great time to examine the special things that winners do to get to the top and to stay on the top. Columnist and entrepreneur Kevin Daum offers his 7 recognizable traits to incorporate in your life so you can be a winner most of the time.1. Winners get in the game.People waiting for an invitation to join a great project or an exciting opportunity will rarely end up in the winner's circle. Sitting on the sidelines won't likely bring success to your door. To win,...

Summer's here so you know what that means. Reebok will be releasing the latest version of the most popular CrossFit shoe ever; the Nano. The Reebok CrossFit Nano 4.0 is the culmination of a year's worth of design and real world testing by some of the best crossfitters in the world. Reebok took all of the best qualities from the 3.0 and 2.0, and combined them to create one bad ass CrossFit shoe. What Reebok did new: The toe wrap of this shoe gives your feet protection without sacrificing comfort. The all new Internal FITFRAME features a no slip, no...

What is beauty and who defines it? When it comes to body image or the most "desirable" female body type is anybody right and is anybody wrong? CrossFit and other strength and conditioning programs are challenging our culture's idea and perceptions of what a women should and shouldn't look like. By embracing, celebrating, and rewarding an opposing new idea of beauty, a conversation has developed that affects all of us as mothers, daughters, fathers, sons, coaches, athletes, and members of society. Blogger Average2Athlete offers her insight to this issue using her own experiences as a modern female athlete. Apologies in...