Well, this should be hilarious

whats the sub. for handstand walk?

I <3 ANNIE

I wonder what percentage of WOD'ers can actually do the handstand walk? Expecting to see a lot of substituting.

Can't do handstand walk. What's the sub. Also really liked pheezy any suggestions for a workout that is similar?

for those like me with no coordination for handstand walking, I substitute handstand walking in place against a wall. Put your hands on the floor about a foot from the wall and kick your legs up so you are leaning against the wall upside down. then lean slightly to one side and lift your opposite hand all the way up to your shoulder, then repeat with the other hand. once you get into the rhythm you can rock back and forth at a pretty good pace. i would do about 3 of them per yard (so 75 for this WOD).

Thanks Brewster!

Great sub Brewster.

on the video she has 2 examples of holding a handstand against the wall for a certain period of time, or doing 25 handstands against a wall.

Annie is a phenom!!!
One of the disadvantages of being 260# with a 80+" arm span, and a bum shoulder. I am thinking either presses or heavy overhead static holds as a sub.

just do handstand walking with someone holding your ankles

Wheelbarrow 50 yds could be a substitute??

well i might just bench for a sub

It took 7 minutes for Annie to do this WOD. Surely instead of just replacing the exercise you would benefit more from an hour of handstand practice.

@ Brewster, this may be the sub you're describing.

http://www.gymnasticbodies.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=1392 wfs

Going to give it a whirl in the morning I think.

Funny that Annie mentions full hip extension at the top and there are several times where she does not have full extension.

15:33 as rxed, pretty much... across the gym and back, seemed to be about 25 yards. New personal PR for handstand walk, did about 10 yards unbroken once.

Subbed handstand hold against wall for 30 sec for walking handstand.
12:58

sub'd 10 HSPU
12:51

m/46/185

5rds:

30 HS wall runs
50 squats

14:30

Annie is a true Viking!

m/43/5'6"/145

subbed 40 sec. handstand against wall

14:16

5 hSPU
50 Squats
4 rounds didnt time it

then 3 rounds
5 65kg clean
10 toes to bar
15 wall balls

m/38/6’/170

subbed 30 sec. handstand hold against wall
17:19

Had a few good crashes against the wall towards the end. Nothing a little Neosporin can’t heal. Good fun!

Does anyone add cardio or weight lift to these workouts?

#26 Ash - For some yes, depending on time and what the WOD is

M/44/5'11"/200

5 rounds:
45sec handstand hold
50 squats

14:35

#26 Shut up.

Rx'd - 13:38

13:04

Five rounds for time of:
25 Shoulder taps
50 Squats

F/41/5'6"/150

5 rounds
30 sec handstand hold
50 squats

12:50

23:03 Rx'd

Lots of stalls!

FOB Salerno

Watch the video, perfect sub for the walk right on there...come on guys

M/23/5"8/170

RX'd - 9:53

Handstand hold against wall; lifting right hand then left = 1 rep, did 25 each round.
16:21

Handstand walk subs:
1st 2 rounds - hand touch to shoulder
Rest of rounds - hold wall handstand for 30 seconds

Time = 16:08

For the squats, are they weighted squats or bodyweight?

@#37 Watch WOD Demo...it will answer your question

scaled - 19:38

wow Annie! You make it look like a (handstand) walk in the park :)

Uh oh he is wearing all underarmour , i did not think that was allowed anymore.

I am like most others and I have never had the balance for hand stands. After reading a bit, I could have done the hold or rocking motion but I as I was doing arms today, I did db snatches 10 reps ->1 rep, starting at 35lb and going up by 5 lb. I should have done it for time for a better workout

Not Rx'd -- HS walks would have taken me forever, but wanted an interesting sub, so I reached way back to April 18, 2009 and did:

5 RFT
15 Inverted burpees (see 4/18/09 for description)
50 squats

18:56

On Crossfit main there is a link for "BranX Scaled workouts". It's to the left of the WOD. They also recommended doing a lateral walk with your feet on the walk and had a demo video posted.

They post scaled workouts for every WOD.

officially my most hated WOD, def need to work on shoulder strength, about 28 min, 3 rds of eith wall crawls (walk up the wall with feet) or about 25 feet of plank walks and 50 air squats

12:03
5 rounds
sub 45sec handstand hold
50 squats

M / 34 / 6'0 / 232

as rx'd: 19min 28sec

Most fun I've had working out in a long time.

Can you sub. 25 wall pushups for the handstand walk?

18:24 as rx'd

Handstand walk was slow, fell at least 10 times per

how about straight leg bear crawls as a sub for those that cant get upside down on the wall or have shoulder ROM problems?

13:18, handstand walk form pretty rough.

17:56. 5x: Sub 50 Shoulder Tappers for 25 yard handstand walk and 50 squats.

2 rounds

19.10

#37 - weighted. use your one rep max throughout

2 rounds only
25:57

As RX'd with quite a few stalls

12:27.9

12.55 RX

Whats the progression to train up for a handstand walk?

Rough but as rx'd at 26:23.

28/m/5'11"/188
2 rounds as rx'd as close as possible on HS walk
22:24

m/21/5'8/160

Five rounds for time of:
Handstand walk 25 yards
50 Squats

Time: 9:40

m/20/5'9"/182

Five rounds for time of:

1:00 handstand against wall
50 squats

15:24

f/41/5'3"/115

Five rounds for time of:

1:00 handstand off smith machine
50 squats

10:08

23:14
If God had meant for us to walk on our hands he would have . . . given us heels in our hands?

As rx'd

12:08

subbed this one with a 10 round sprints and burpees workout wearing a weight vest as i'm not the best handstander in the world yet :D

congrats to all the guys who can actually do the whole 25 yards

I think it's interesting that in the WOD demo video, Annie walks through the proper way to do an air squat demonstrating hip below 90 deg and all the way up through full extension. But, when she does the workout, she doesn't come all the way up through full extension. Hmmm?

15:51
Handstand hold for 45 sec

Unable to do the HS walk...plus chest/shoulders/arms quite sore after yesterday (first WOD in 2 weeks). So, did some deadlift work based on what I learned at the L1 a month ago. Concentrated on form alot...felt good!

185x3
225x3
250x3
275x3
315x2
360x1

M/41/5'9"/215
Did 25 handstand pushups 50 squats x 5
13:10

M/41/5'9"/215
Did 25 handstand pushups 50 squats x 5
13:10

M/23/5'10"/186

5 rounds
45 second handstand hold against wall
50 squats

12:25

15:48 as rx'd
Endurance of the HSWs was an issue. The first round I made it 25 yards, but the other rounds were broken into 3 and 4 attempts. Squats were done at a gingerly pace.

Happy to say as rx'd. Not so much about the time. 22:29. Need to practice hand stand walks more often.

NO REP!!!!!! She is wearing Riddell gloves and everyone knows that is not allowed ;)

25/m/6'2"/285

23:00.7

3 rounds

25 Elevated Pushups (Seated Back Row Bench)
50 Squats

1 Round

8 Elevated Pushups (SBR Bench)
5 Squats

M/25/6'2"/187

5 Rounds
50 Wall Walks
50 Squats

13:04

2 1000m jogs with the dogs

I haven't decided if this is one of my new favorites, Or one of my worst enemies...

16:16
Used wall for handstands

100 tire flips:
8:55

19:38 rx in the park

GREAT HS!
10´58"

M/52/5'10/150
16:08 with 30 sec handstand practice. Thanks Coach!

F/35/5'/105

Wu:500mrow
Wod:9.47
5rnds
30sec handstand holds
50 squats

M/31/213

16:55
25 hspu to 5in block

M/19/180lbs.

6:58
rx'd

Greg P
M/24/72''/258lbs

17:48

Sub'ed walks for the hand stand shoulder touches on the first two rounds, then on the three last rounds just 1 minute hand stand holds.

Didnt really want to do this one because last time doing hand stand pushups I hit my head, but I got over it and pushed through the workout. :)

subbed 45 second static HS

17:05

Greg P

17:48

Sub'ed walks for hand stand shoulder touches.
Didnt really want to do this workout becasue last time there were pushup hand stands I hit my head but then I crossfitted up and got over it.

14:20...

sub shoulder taps.

M/34/6'3"/200

12:34

Sub'd 40 Shoulder Taps = 25m

Five rounds for time of:
Handstand walk 25 yards
50 Squats

12:25

Played an Ultimate Frisbee game right before the workout… I would call that a pretty good warm up.

M/22/5’10”/162

13:52

Five rounds for time of:
Handstand walk 25 yards
50 Squats

14:19

22/M/5’6”/160
CFBD: 2/27/12

m/50/69"/130

epic fail on the handstand walk. I had to have my loving wife hold my feet up while I walked the length of the bball court.

My time: 14:02. My wife's time: 13:20 (i held her feet for her, too).

I am wondering if there is something that can be done for the headache that you get from walking on your hands.

m/19/170
4:09 done 25 wall-pushups instead of the walk
rest was Rx
going now to work on headstand walk for 45 min.

M/36/136

Subbed 25 handstands against a wall for 25 yard handstand walk.

22:26

5 Rounds
10 PushUps
10 Dips
20 Squats
Then
20 K's to E's

6:47 RX

Brock
Subbed alt Handstand kickups (12) and wall walks (3) for handstand walks
14:55

Sebastian
Subbed (1 wall walk, 10 ear touch)x3/rd for handstand walks (no space for 25m)
12:28

Finished with light snatch work in anticipation of tomorrows workout.

M/37/6'/185

24:55 rx'd

handstand walks pretty weak but stuck with it.

subbed wall walks for HS walks - 75 for each 25

17:20

That was actually fun.

28:10

I did my absolute best with those walks. Same with my hubby. Got dizzy and probably looked like a couple of kicking mules out there in the park. It was fun and neither of us wanted to sub! Just hash it out even if it takes forever. Fun!

16:50
sub hswalk for 25 second wall handstand

16:50
sub hswalk for 25 second wall handstand

M/31/5'3/150
13:43
subbed 45 sec. static handstands.
Will definetley keep working on my walking hand stands.
KEEP IT UP EVERYONE!

sub'd 10 hspu for handstand walk
13:38

Scaled

10 yd Handstand walk
50 Squats

5 Rounds

18:37

Thank you gymnastics for 14 years of handstand competitions. I love hearing my fellow crossfitters groan as I walk down the mat and spin on my hands and walk back without stopping. I'll be groaning tomorrow though with those snatches!

We had Tiffany demo this today for fun since her pic was up, 6:47. We're trying to get video uploaded. This one was fun, something tells me we'll definitely see this at the Games or at Regionals!

m/40/5'11"/165

37:25 Rx

Retired Army 1SG
Clarksville, TN

m 31 185 10:07 subbed 25 sec handstands for the walk. Getting better on the Kippings thanks to the WOD demo the other day, I feel the importance of that initial forward shoulder motion. Thank you guys, again and again, for changing my life.

18:05
Sub with walk climb hand-walk, stomach to wall, 50 walks per round.

M/27/5'8/187

9:57

sub'd 30s handstand holds

20:48

M/32yrs/6'0"/180#

13:11 - subbed 5 HSPU + 30" HS holds per rnd. My quads are smoked!

15:05

Subbed 15 20kg shoulder presses for handstand walks

M/21/5'11"/165#

Decided to try this one as RX, but didn't time it. When I got into a groove, the handstand walks became less difficult than I imagined. I did all of the squats slowly but unbroken.

For a cool down I did some underwater swimming.

M/30/5,8/190lbs

Wow, great workout.

14:20 rx'd

Jen: 18:23
Gunnar: 19:34 (subbed 25 handstand pushups)
Nick: 23:13 (subbed 25 handstand pushups)

5 rounds:
30 sec handstand hold
50 squats

11:16

I subbed 75 handstand shoulder touches each round for the 25 yard handstand walks.

17:27

28:54 subbed walks for handstand pressups which I did only going a bit down as I'm still Learning them

12:31 Rx'd

Squats unbroken but slow.
HS walks were broken too many times.

m/29/5'8"/182

sub'd 1 min handstand holds against wall (could only hold for about 30-40 seconds at a time)

14:45

did a 10m handstand walk attempt, i think the longest i went at one point was about 3m

14:50

w/u - 30 sec Samson, 5x (el-foot push, scap push, sit, dip, be, spider walk), 5 squats (right knee pain)

w/o - scale n sub - 5 rft of: 20 sec HS hold, 10 sec HS hold with lifting hands / walking in place, (25-20-15-10-5 ghd situps) = 10:49

c/d - mobilize shoulder, triceps, elbows; tuck lever to 1 min total: 45, 20 secs; 70# dbs russian 3x5, 20-sec rest; 65# db x 2 Farmer Walk 50m; 2x15 40# db rev wrist curl; 48# face pull 2x10; 50# DB 1-arm row; 10 T2B, broken

11:38 w/ shoulder touches

12:32.59 started off with pose handstand walks by moving off one hand to the other against the wall. Then after first round moved to 25 sec handstand holds

17:45, subbed 20 75lb presses for hs walks. Shoulders were just too sore

28:17 run 1.5 subbed walk for 45sec handstand then another 1.5

25 stationary handstand walks (against a wall). I alternated lifting my hands 25 times.

14:30

75 wall walks for 25 yds. 17:10 5 rounds.

Rx
(set up a 25ft stretch I did x3 each round)

13:05

34:00 rx

12:22 rx'd

subbed 10 HSPUs since I suck at those and could use some extra work!

19:29

Jill; 5 rounds; 13:13. Subbed handstand weight shits X 25

Joe 5 rounds; 14:49. I can do a handstand walk, but not for the 35 yards called for, so I did 2 "good" attempts for each round which probably totalled about 15-20 yards combined for each round.

14:56 RX

M/28/5'3"/125

7:57

In full military uniform and boots!

3 rounds
handstand at wall with hand lift(slight)
50 squats

9:31

Form not great but as rx'd:

16:03

20:20, Jro
22:06, HayFo

What's he wearing on his wrists.

Great explanation with the greatest female athlete in the world...love Anie

2012-04-18: 19:45. 2:58-4:37.

2012-04-18: 19:45. 2:58-4:37. 26 yards.

20.14
HS walks were kicking up to HS, come down

5 RFT
10 HSPU
50 Squats

21:35

C-
81ft instead of 75
11:19

M/34/177cm

11:57
5 rounds
30 second handstand hold
50 squats

40 sec handstand holds, 50 squats = shucks! not sure of time. 1k run wu.

3 rds:
75# shoulder press
50 squats

12:24

19.46. Sq as Rx. HS walks were scaled.

Scaled.
WallWalks: x25
SQ: x50
5 rounds, 11:54.

50 feet Handstand walk, at most could get was four 'steps' in a row. Then 20 seconds handstands.

50 squats

did not time.

As rx'd, 13:58.

Handstand walking getting better. One of the few WODs where I can skip warm-up and not regret it. Worst part of this was I did this in our back yard with my shirt off, and got a nasty allergic rxn to the grass rolling out of the handstands. Guess it's that time of year. Afterwards, played a bit with the slack line.

in filter, As rx'd, 13:58.

500mC2 row, 2 x CFWU

30 sec Handstand holds sub
50 Air squats

11:33

Five rounds for time of:
Handstand walk 25 yards - subbed handstand holds - 1:00, :45, :40, :40, :30
50 Squats

10:09

Subbed handstand holds, three rounds: 13:05

Squats and shoulder press prior to WOD kind of took it out of me.

23:34

21:35

11:22 scaled to 3 rounds and subbed 5 handstand walks up and down wall for handstand walk.

5 rounds

10 handstand pushups(toes on smith machine)
50 squats

time: 17:00

m/41/5'8/240

CFWUx2
BWU
WOD: Sub as follows: 3-6-9 135 power clean, push-ups, squats. As many rnds in 3mins with a 1min rest for 5 cycles. Results: 1) 6+3squats 2)5+3 power cleans 3) 4 4) 5+3 power cleans 5) 4.

subbed walking lunge, 25 steps for handstand walk

16:31

15:22 as rx'd 23.05.12