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CrossFit Terminology

  • AMRAP As Many Rounds (or Reps) as Possible.
  • BS Back Squat.
  • BW (or BWT) Body weight.
  • CFT CrossFit Total (A best of three attempts at a 1RM of (Press/DL/BS).
  • CF CrossFit.
  • CFHQ CrossFit Headquarters.
  • CFWU CrossFit Warm-up.
  • CLN: Clean.
  • C&J Clean and Jerk.
  • C2 Concept II rowing machine.
  • DU Double Unders.
  • DFL Dead F’ing Last.
  • DL Deadlift.
  • DNF Did Not Finish.
  • EMOM Every Minute on the Minute.
  • FS Front Squat.
  • GHD Glute hamstring developer. A device that allows for posterior chain exercise, such as a hip extension, sit-up or a back extension.
  • GPP General physical preparedness, aka “fitness.”
  • HC Hang Clean.
  • HSPU Hand stand push up.
  • HSC Hang squat clean.
  • IF Intermittent Fasting.
  • KB Kettlebell.
  • KTE Knees to elbows. Similar to TTBs described below.
  • MetCon Metabolic Conditioning workout.
  • MU Muscle ups. From the rings.
  • BMU Bar muscle up.
  • OHS Overhead squat.
  • PC Power clean.
  • Pd Pood, weight measure for kettlebells.
  • PR Personal record.
  • PP Push Press.
  • PJ Push Jerk.
  • PSN Power Snatch.
  • PU Pull-ups, possibly push ups depending on the context.
  • Rep Repetition. One performance of an exercise.
  • Rx’d; as Rx’d As prescribed; as written. WOD done without any adjustments.
  • RM Repetition maximum. Your 1RM is your max lift for one rep. Your 10 RM is the most you can lift 10 times. (Commonly found in WOD’s as 1RM/3RM/5RM etc.)
  • SC Squat Clean.
  • SDHP Sumo Deadlift High Pull.
  • Set A number of repetitions. e.g., 3 sets of 10 reps, often seen as 3×10, means do 10 reps, rest, repeat, rest, repeat.
  • SPP Specific physical preparedness, aka skill training.
  • SN Snatch.
  • SQ Squat.
  • Subbed Substituted. The CORRECT use of “subbed,” as in “substituted,” is, “I subbed an exercise I can do for one I can’t.” For example, if you can’t do a HSPU, you subbed regular push-ups.
  • TTB Toes to bar. Hang from bar. Bending only at waist, raise your toes to touch the bar, slowly lower them and repeat.
  • WOD Workout of the day.
  • # Symbol for pounds or lbs.
  • ” Symbol for inches.
  • ‘ Symbol for feet.