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Get your One Hand Handstand Push Ups in 2015!

Got any fitness or Crossfit New Year's resolutions? How about making 2015 the year you master the One Hand Handstand Push Up. Follow this illustrated progression on your way to adding this unique gymnastic skill and strength piece to your skill set:

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Reebok CrossFit Nano 4.0s Available Now at Box Basics!

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...

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4 Keys To Picking The Right Physical Therapist

Getting hurt sucks and no one ever plans to get injured. The only thing we end up having control over is our recovery. We have the power to rehabilitate at the pace we want under the supervision of the physical therapist we feel can help us get back quickest to the sport we love. Crossfitter, Physical Therapist, Army Captain, MobilityWOD Instructor, and friend of Box Basics Danny Matta offers some tips you can use if you ever find yourself injured and looking for a physical therapist: One of the most enjoyable parts of teaching the Movement and Mobility Trainer Course...

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WOD Well breaks down Crossfit Open workout 14.4

 Crossfit Open workout 14.4 turned out to be one of the more fun Open WODs I've had the "pleasure" of doing. I guess I have a thing for chippers and I was comfortable with all of the movements involved. With that said I still think I could've done better by coming up with a strategy beforehand and following it throughout the entire 14 minutes of work. This feeling of "I should've been able to do more" or "What would I do differently next time" is pretty common among crossfitters. We're always looking for ways to move better, push harder, and...

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