In the September 2003 CrossFit Journal introduced our first benchmark workouts – “The Girls”: “Angie, Barbara, Chelsea, Diane, Elizabeth, and Fran”. In the following months two more were introduced, “Grace”, and “Helen,” and eventually six more joined the lineup: “Isabel, Jackie, Karen, Linda, Mary, and Nancy.” These benchmark workouts serve to measure and benchmark your performance and improvements though repeated, irregular, appearances in the “Workout of the Day.” It is important to record these WODs down as a measure of your improved fitness.
