Abbreviations

CrossFit Acronyms & 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). Posterior chain exercise, like a back extension. Also, the device that allows for the proper performance of a GHR.

• 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). Start with bar "at the hang," about knee height. Initiate pull. As the bar rises drop into a full squat and catch the bar in the racked position. From there, rise to a standing position

• KB: Kettlebell

• KTE: Knees to elbows. Similar to TTBs described below. or K2E.

• MetCon: Metabolic Conditioning workout

• 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. Full-depth squat performed while arms are locked out in a wide grip press position above (and usually behind) the head.

• PC: Power clean

• 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. 

• TTB: Toes to bar. Hang from bar. Bending only at waist raise your toes to touch the bar, slowly lower them and repeat. or T2B.

• TGU: Turkish Get Up

• WO, sometimes W/O: Workout

• WOD: Workout of the day