The Second Pull Blog — humor

NBA superstar LeBron James is sporting a new lean and mean look this off-season in part to following a strict paleo diet for 67 days. Tony Manfred of Business Insider reports on the buzz this has created around the star and the paleo lifestyle. LeBron James shared new details of the diet that saw him lose more than 10 pounds this summer, and it sounds even more extreme than we realized. James told reporters at his Nike sneaker event in Oregon that he cut out everything except meat, fish, fruit, and vegetables for 67 days. He did it to "test...

You work your butt off training hard and sometimes all you want to end the day with is something a little sweet. The typical late night snack of a pint of ice cream or cookies and milk are no longer an option, so what can you turn to? How about one of the easiest and tastiest paleo sweet treats we've ever bit into: Paleo Almond Chocolate Freezer Fudge. No cooking required, serves 20 people, so delicious, and a great healthy alternative whenever you get a craving for something sweet. Ingredients: 1 cup almond butter 4 tablespoons of coconut oil 1...

Florida International University got a little more than they bargained for when they agreed to host the RAID Games VI this past weekend at their basketball arena. Sponsored and put on by 911 CrossFit, the RAID Games VI saw over 500 athletes competing with over 2000 spectators cheering them on. After competition had wrapped up, the winners had been crowned, and everyone had gone home, FIU's basketball court looked like a sledge hammer had been taken to it. The damage from the RAID Games was so extensive and widespread that it made the court virtually unusable for any other events...

        There's a running joke that Crossfit is a cult and many parallels have been drawn between the social norms and practices of both Crossfit and cults. The way crossfitters behave, speak, interact, and view things often mirror that of a cult member, and this aspect of Crossfit has become fodder for critics. In order to analyze and put things into perspective some of the common characteristics associated with a cult can be used as a checklist of sorts to determine if Crossfit is actually a cult. The group displays excessively zealous and unquestioning commitment to its...