Barbara Ann
Five rounds of handstand push-ups, deadlifts, sit-ups, and double-unders, with a mandatory three-minute rest between rounds — a four-movement update to Barbara's rest-interval format.
- 20Handstand Push Ups
- 30Deadlifts(135lb / 95lb)
- 40Sit Ups
- 50Double Unders
Movements in this workout
Scaling
Scaled
Reduce loads to what allows unbroken sets of 10+ in round one, and cut to 3-4 rounds before touching the 3-minute rests.
Beginner
Do Barbara scaled instead, and come back to the weighted variant with a strength base.
The story
A latter-day heavier variation on Barbara from CrossFit.com's expansion of the Girls series: the same five-round, rest-defined structure, with the bodyweight movements traded for weighted work that changes what the three minutes of rest can actually recover. 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 2021-01-04.
First posted 2021-01-04
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