What is a good score for Max Push?

Good scores for Max Push depend on your fitness level: Elite athletes achieve over 15 reps, advanced athletes target 37.5 reps-15 reps, intermediate athletes aim for 67.5 reps-37.5 reps, and beginners should focus on proper form over hitting 67.5 reps.

What is considered a good Max Push score?

A good Max Push score for most CrossFit athletes is between 67.5 reps-37.5 reps (intermediate level). Elite scores are over 15 reps, but focus on consistent movement and proper form rather than just numbers.

What should I aim for in Max Push?

Your Max Push target should match your fitness level. Beginners should aim for around 67.5 reps with good form, while advanced athletes can target 37.5 reps-15 reps. Always prioritize proper movement over maximum reps.

How do I scale Max Push?

Max Push can be scaled by reducing weights, modifying movements (like assisted pull-ups), or adjusting volume. Consult with a coach for personalized scaling options.

What muscles does Max Push work?

Max Push primarily works the muscles involved in Deficit Handstand Push-Up. This workout develops multiple fitness domains.

Workout Description

For max reps: Deficit handstand push-ups Women: 14-inch deficit Men: 18-inch deficit Time cap: 5 minutes

Why This Workout Is Extremely Hard

For the average CrossFit athlete, Max Push is Extremely Hard because Deficit Handstand Push-Up meet a roughly 5:00 work domain. The movements interfere through repeated grip, trunk, leg, or overhead fatigue, and there is little built-in recovery, so local fatigue compounds across movements. The Rx combination is realistically limited to elite athletes. The team total score also requires coordinated team pacing.

Training Focus

This workout develops the following fitness attributes:

Speed (7/10): The 5:00 scoring window and 1 movement score 0.7 for speed; success rewards high-skill or heavily loaded cycling, decisive transitions, and appropriately aggressive pacing.
Flexibility (3/10): Deficit Handstand Push-Up create a 0.3 flexibility demand: efficient range of motion matters, but mobility is supportive rather than the sole test.
Endurance (2/10): Max Push scores 0.2 for endurance because its 5:00 domain creates cardiovascular demand through sustained output. Breathing supports repeatable work, but pure aerobic capacity is not the only limiter.
Stamina (2/10): The repeated work around Deficit Handstand Push-Up scores 0.2 for stamina; athletes must preserve local muscular output as sets, rounds, and transitions accumulate fatigue.
Strength (1/10): Force and control demands score 0.1 for strength. Strength supports posture and movement quality, while absolute load is either unreported or not the workout's primary scoring challenge.
Power (1/10): Deficit Handstand Push-Up drive a 0.1 power score through controlled force rather than maximal explosiveness. Explosive intent must remain repeatable rather than deteriorating into slow, inefficient repetitions.

Movements

Deficit Handstand Push-Up

Scaling Options

Replace Deficit Handstand Push-Up with standard handstand push-ups or box pike handstand push-ups.

Scaling Explanation

Choose options that keep the athlete working in the short, high-output domain and capable of meaningful progress inside the 5:00 cap. Preserve the primary challenge of Deficit Handstand Push-Up, not the exact Rx load or skill at the expense of intensity.

Intended Stimulus

Max Push is intended as a short, high-output test centered on Deficit Handstand Push-Up. Athletes should sustain the fastest repeatable output that preserves the prescribed standards, letting breathing and local fatigue build without turning early aggression into failed reps or long stops.

Coach Insight

Start at a pace you can repeat through the middle of the workout, and break Deficit Handstand Push-Up before technique or cadence collapses. Keep transitions deliberate and short; save the final acceleration for the last round or station. Agree on handoffs and shared-work standards before starting so transitions do not erase planned pacing.

Benchmark Notes

L5 is anchored at 60 reps with sustainable pacing through Deficit Handstand Push-Up. L10 reaches 175 reps by minimizing transition loss and maintaining the event's required skill or power output.

Modality Profile

Counting each unique movement once, G includes Deficit Handstand Push-Up. That produces G 100%, M 0%, and W 0%.

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Training Profile

Attribute	Score	Explanation
Endurance	2/10	Max Push scores 0.2 for endurance because its 5:00 domain creates cardiovascular demand through sustained output. Breathing supports repeatable work, but pure aerobic capacity is not the only limiter.
Stamina	2/10	The repeated work around Deficit Handstand Push-Up scores 0.2 for stamina; athletes must preserve local muscular output as sets, rounds, and transitions accumulate fatigue.
Strength	1/10	Force and control demands score 0.1 for strength. Strength supports posture and movement quality, while absolute load is either unreported or not the workout's primary scoring challenge.
Flexibility	3/10	Deficit Handstand Push-Up create a 0.3 flexibility demand: efficient range of motion matters, but mobility is supportive rather than the sole test.
Power	1/10	Deficit Handstand Push-Up drive a 0.1 power score through controlled force rather than maximal explosiveness. Explosive intent must remain repeatable rather than deteriorating into slow, inefficient repetitions.
Speed	7/10	The 5:00 scoring window and 1 movement score 0.7 for speed; success rewards high-skill or heavily loaded cycling, decisive transitions, and appropriately aggressive pacing.

Max Push

AMRAP

For max reps: Deficit handstand push-ups Women: 14-inch deficit Men: 18-inch deficit Time cap: 5 minutes

Workout source

Difficulty:

Extremely Hard

Modality:

Stimulus:

Insight:

Scaling:

Replace Deficit Handstand Push-Up with standard handstand push-ups or box pike handstand push-ups.

Your Scores:

Training Profile

Performance Levels

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