CrossFit Acronyms and Abbreviations
▪ AMRAP: As Many Reps (sometimes Rounds) as Possible
▪ ATG: Ass to Grass
▪ BP: Bench press
▪ BS: Back squat
▪ BW (or BWT): Body weight
▪ CFT: CrossFit Total - consisting of max squat, press, and deadlift.
▪ CFWU: CrossFit Warm-up
▪ CLN: Clean
▪ C&J: Clean and jerk
▪ C2: Concept II rowing machine
▪ DL: Deadlift
▪ FS: Front squat
▪ GHR(D): Glute ham raise (developer).
▪ GHR(D) Situp: Situp done on the GHR(D) bench.
▪ GPP: General physical preparedness, aka "fitness."
▪ HSPU: Hand Stand push up. Kick up into a handstand (use wall for balance, if needed) bend arms until nose touches floor and push back up.
▪ HSQ: Hang squat (clean or snatch).
▪ IF: Intermittent Fasting
▪ KB: Kettlebell
▪ KTE: Knees to elbows. Similar to TTBs described below.
▪ MP: Military press
▪ MU: Muscle ups. Hanging from rings you do a combination pull-up and dip so you end in an upright support.
▪ OHS: Overhead squat.
▪ Pd: Pood, weight measure for kettlebells
▪ PR: Personal record
▪ PP: Push press
▪ 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.
▪ SDHP: Sumo Deadlift high pull
▪ Set: A number of repetitions. e.g., 3 sets of 10 reps, often seen as 3x10, means do 10 reps, rest, repeat, rest, repeat.
▪ SPP: Specific physical preparednesss, 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 HSPU, you subbed regular pushups. Sadly, many illiterate posters get this bass-ackward, and claim that since they can't do HSPU, they subbed HSPU for pushups. D'oh!
▪ TGU: Turkish get-up
▪ TTB: Toes to bar. Hang from bar. Bending only at waist raise your toes to touch the bar, slowly lower them and repeat.
▪ WO or W/O: Workout
▪ WOD: Workout of the day
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