Workout Description
For Time
30 Snatches (135/95 lb)
30 Strict Handstand Push-Ups
Time Cap: 6 minutes
Why This Workout Is Very Hard
A sprint couplet with heavy snatches and strict HSPU. Demands speed, strength, and advanced gymnastics skill.
Benchmark Times for AGOQ 19.5
- Elite: <5:50
- Advanced: 5:50-5:31
- Intermediate: 5:31-5:03
- Beginner: >5:03
Training Focus
This workout develops the following fitness attributes:
- Strength (8/10): Snatches at 135/95 lbs are a moderate-heavy load for 30 reps in a sprint. Strict HSPU require significant relative upper body pressing strength. This WOD has a strong strength component.
- Power (8/10): Snatches are a primary power movement. While HSPU are strict, the pressing action is forceful. The WOD tests the ability to generate high power/force repeatedly at speed.
- Speed (8/10): This is an all-out sprint. Fast cycling of snatches (touch-and-go or very quick singles) and quick, efficient strict HSPU with minimal rest are critical for finishing within the cap or getting a top time.
- Stamina (7/10): Cycling 30 moderate-heavy snatches and 30 strict HSPU in under 6 minutes tests lifting stamina (full body for snatches) and strict pushing stamina under maximal intensity.
- Flexibility (6/10): Requires good mobility for snatches (overhead squat position). Excellent shoulder/wrist mobility for strict HSPU.
- Endurance (5/10): For time (6-min cap): 30 snatches (135/95lb), 30 strict handstand push-ups. This is a very short, intense sprint testing moderate-heavy lifting and high-skill strict gymnastics under extreme time pressure.
Modality Profile
A couplet of a weightlifting movement (Thrusters) and a gymnastics movement (Chest-to-Bar Pull-Ups). This is the classic 'Fran' workout, a test of weightlifting and gymnastics capacity.
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