Workout Description
2 Rounds For Time:
25 Strict Handstand Push-Ups
50 calorie Row
Time Cap: 12 minutes
Why This Workout Is Hard
Two rounds combining high-volume strict handstand push-ups with 50-calorie rows. Tests strict pressing strength and rowing endurance.
Benchmark Times for Regionals 15.5
- Elite: <7:30
- Advanced: 8:01-9:01
- Intermediate: 10:01-11:01
- Beginner: >15:01
Training Focus
This workout develops the following fitness attributes:
- Stamina (8/10): Totaling 50 strict HSPU and 100 cal row. This will severely tax strict pushing stamina and full-body rowing stamina. Maintaining HSPU quality for 25 reps per round is very challenging.
- Strength (8/10): Strict HSPU require significant relative upper body pressing strength. The volume makes this a major test of strict strength endurance. Rowing involves leg drive strength endurance.
- Endurance (7/10): Two rounds for time (12-min cap) of 25 strict handstand push-ups and a 50 calorie row. This couplet tests high-volume strict gymnastics strength endurance and rowing capacity, repeated twice.
- Speed (5/10): Efficient cycling of strict HSPU (likely in sets) and maintaining a strong rowing pace are key. Managing fatigue in HSPU to not compromise the row is important.
- Flexibility (4/10): Requires shoulder/wrist mobility for strict HSPU. Basic rowing mechanics.
- Power (3/10): While rowing for calories involves power, the emphasis on strict HSPU reduces the overall power component. Focus is on controlled strength and sustained endurance.
Modality Profile
A couplet of a gymnastics movement (Pull-ups) and a monostructural movement (Row). A classic G/M test.
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