Barbara
Five rounds of the same bodyweight quartet as Angie at lower per-round volume, with a mandatory three-minute rest between rounds — the rest windows are part of the prescription, not just recovery.
Movements in this workout
Scaling
Scaled
Banded pull-ups, knee push-ups, 3-4 rounds. Guard the 3-minute rests — compressing them turns a repeat-sprint test into a grind and ruins the comparison.
Beginner
3 rounds of 10 ring rows, 15 elevated push-ups, 20 sit-ups, 25 squats with the full rest. The structure teaches recovering on purpose.
The story
Five rounds of a descending-skill bodyweight ladder with exactly three minutes of rest between rounds. The rest is what defines Barbara: scores count work time only, so every round is an all-out effort into a recovery that never feels long enough by round four. Part of CrossFit's original 'Girls' benchmark series — named workouts introduced by founder Greg Glassman starting in 2003, on the logic that anything that leaves you flat on your back deserves a name like a storm. They serve as repeatable fitness tests: revisit one every few months and the clock tells you whether you're fitter. First posted to CrossFit.com on 2003-09-27.
First posted 2003-09-27
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