The Second Pull Blog — women

What do you get when you combine one of the toughest methods of training with one of the toughest materials? How about one bad ass shoe designed to crush any WOD. The highly anticipated Reebok CrossFit Nano 5.0 is finally here, and it has surely separated itself from it's predecessors as the toughest Nano to date. For it's fifth inception Reebok partnered up with Dupont, the makers of Kevlar (yeah, what they make bullet proof vests out of), to create a training shoe unlike anything you've ever seen. Wrapped in an all new 360° Kevlar Cage, right out of the box the Nano 5.0 is ready...

Though they may not admit it, for a lot of guys stepping into a Yoga studio can be pretty intimidating. “Real Men Do Yoga” author John Capouya told Boston’s NPR that men “don’t want to go to a room in front of a bunch of women and the person says, 'OK, shining upside down dog pose' and you don’t know what she’s talking about and you don’t do it and you’re behind.”

  If you saw any pictures and videos of the CrossFit Games or Regionals last year or you happened to be lucky enough to be a spectator at these events, one thing I’m sure you noticed was the intricately placed bright and patterned tape that seemed to cover every possible body part of many of the competitors. This wasn’t some new CrossFit fashion statement, it was in actuality Kinesiology tape. Kinesiology tape is nothing new and there are a growing number of companies (i.e. ROCKTAPE, KT Tape, and ProTec Tape to name a few) who now manufacture it. It’s been...