The Second Pull Blog — blog

The guys at Barbell Shrugged and 4x CrossFit Games winner Rich Froning want to fix your snatch. Check out their video as they walk you through the top 8 mistakes people make when snatching. And be sure to check out all of the great podcasts by Barbell Shrugged covering all things crossfit, weighltifting, and health/fitness related.

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...

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...

Did you find yourself thinking about snatching during your firstborn child's birth? While in the middle of your most important work meeting were you strategizing that day's WOD? If so you may be addicted to CrossFit. Check out Kristi Hrivnak's list of 18 CrossFit addiction sings to see if you might require an immediate WOD intervention. 1. You stay up past your bedtime just to see the WOD for the next day. Also, you experience WOD-induced insomnia if the website isn't updated regularly. 2. You get a little preachy about Paleo. And you blissfully ignore anyone who says cavemen never...