Mary
A 20-minute AMRAP of handstand push-ups, alternating pistols, and pull-ups — three advanced gymnastics skills combined, making it one of the more technically demanding Girl AMRAPs.
- 5Handstand Push Ups
- 10Pistolsalternating legs
- 15Pull Ups
Movements in this workout
Scaling
Scaled
Pike push-ups on a box, pistols to a box or with a heel counterweight, banded pull-ups. If two of the three movements need scaling, do Cindy instead and log it as Cindy.
Beginner
Do Cindy. Mary is Cindy for athletes whose pistols and handstand push-ups are already automatic — there's no shame and no shortcut in that order.
The story
The advanced sibling of Cindy: the same 20-minute AMRAP format, but with handstand push-ups, one-legged squats, and pull-ups. Where Cindy tests engine, Mary gates the engine behind skill — pistols and handstand push-ups have to be automatic before the workout is about conditioning at all. 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 2005-01-19.
First posted 2005-01-19
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