CrossFit acronyms
# 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.
# CFSB: CrossFit Strength Bias. A program developed by Jeff Martin and Darrell White, explained here. You’ll need a CFJ subscription.
# 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.”
# GTG: Grease the Groove, a protocol of doing many sub-maximal sets of an exercise throughtout the day
# H2H: Hand to hand; refers to Jeff Martone’s kettlebell “juggling” techniques (or to combat).
# 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
# IF: Intermittent Fasting
# KB: Kettlebell
# KTE: Knees to elbows. Similar to TTBs described below.
# 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 (see exercise section)
# Set: A number of repetitions. e.g., 3 sets of 10 reps, often seen as 3√ó10, means do 10 reps, rest, repeat, rest, repeat.
# SPP: Specific physical preparednesss, aka skill training.
# SN: Snatch
# SQ: Squat
# SS: Starting Strength; Mark Rippetoe’s great book on strength training basics.
# 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 (See exercise section)
# TTB: Toes to bar. Hang from bar. Bending only at waist raise your toes to touch the bar, slowly lower them and repeat.
# WO, sometimes W/O: Workout
# WOD: Workout of the day
# YBF: You’ll Be Fine (liberally applied in spray form)
# PYSUWYAD: Pick your shit up when you are done