CrossFit Workout Terms

CrossFit Terms you will hear or see at a local CrossFit box (gym).

AD: AirDyne bike

AMRAP: As Many Repetitions (or Rounds) As Possible –
As Rx’d: As Prescribed – the suggested parameters for a given exercise (weight for example)

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E30SO30S = every 30 seconds on the 30 seconds
Pood: Russian term for weight of kettlebell. 1 pood equals 35 lbs. 2 pood equals 70 lbs.
PB: Personal Best
PR: Personal Record
Rep: A repetition or one instance of a given exercise
Set: A group of repetitions
WOD: Workout of the Day

Air Squat: A squat with no weight.
Box: A CrossFit gym
Box Jump: An exercise where you jump onto and down from an elevated platform
BP: Bench Press
BS: Back Squat. Barbell on upper back and you squat down and back up.
Burpee: pushup with a jump

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BW: Body weight
CFT: CrossFit Total – The combined weight of your max squat, press, and deadlift
Chipper: A workout with many reps and many movements (you chip away at it)
C&J: Clean and Jerk (see video)
CLN: Clean (see video) – Additional versions include Hang Clean, Power Clean, and Squat Clean
CU: Chin Up – Bar is held with palms facing you (supinated grip)
Curl Up: a sit up
C2: Concept II rowing machine
CTB or C2B: Chest to Bar (as in pull ups)
DB: Dumbbell
DL: Dead lift

DOMS: Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness
DU’s: Double Unders – two turns of the jump rope per jump (see video)
EMOM: Every Minute on the Minute
FS: Front Squat (see video)
Grinder: a concrete or asphalt area surrounded by pull up and dip bars.
GHD: Glute-Hamstring Developer (see video)
GHR: Glute-Hamstring Raise
Good Mornings: (see video)
Hollow Rocks: (see video)
HSPU – Hand Stand Push-Up (see video)
L1 – level 1 is next scaled level after Rx. L2 is level 2.

LSD: Long Slow Distance (often related to endurance running)
KB: Kettle Bell
K2E: Knees to Elbows (similar to T2B)

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Kipping: using feet and hips in motion
MetCon: Metabolic Conditioning
MEBB:
MOBWOD: Mobility and stretching work
MP: Military Press
MU: Muscle Up – A combination of a pull-up and a ring dip (see video)
OH: Overhead
OHS: Overhead squat
Pistols: one legged squat
PSN: Power Snatch
PJ: Push Jerk
PP: Push Press

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PU: Pull Up or Push Up
Renegade Rows: pushups with dumbells
Rhabdo: Rhabdomyolysis – A dangerous condition where muscle fibers breakdown at a high rate.
RM: Repetition maximum – the most you can lift for a given number of repetitions
ROM: Range of Motion
SDHP: Sumo Dead lift High Pull (see video)
SJ: Split Jerk
SN: Snatch
SP: Shoulder Press
SQ: Squat – typically an air squat
Tabata: A protocol of 20 seconds of exercise followed by 10 seconds of rest
TGU: Turkish Get Ups (see video)
Thrusters:
TnG: Touch and Go – No pausing between reps
TtB: Toes to Bar
UB: Unbroken (perform all in a row or start over at the beginning)
WB: Wall Balls
HAP: hard or heavy as possible