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CrossFit Acronyms and Abbreviations
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AMRAP: As Many Reps (sometimes Rounds)as Possible
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ATG: Ass to Grass
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BP: Bench press
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BS: Back squat
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BW (or BWT): Body weight
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CFT:CrossFit Total - consisting of max squat, press, and deadlift.
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CFSB: CrossFit Strength Bias. A program developed by Jeff Martin and Darrell White, explained here. You'll need a CFJ subscription.
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CFWU:CrossFit Warm-up
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CLN: Clean
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C&J: Clean and jerk
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C2: Concept II rowing machine
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DL: Deadlift
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FS: Front squat
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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.
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GHR(D) Situp: Situp done on the GHR(D) bench.
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GPP: General physical preparedness, aka "fitness."
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GTG: Grease the Groove, a protocol of doing many sub-maximal sets of an exercise throughtout the day
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H2H: Hand to hand; refers to Jeff Martone's kettlebell "juggling" techniques (or to combat).
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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.
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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
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IF: Intermittent Fasting
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KB: Kettlebell
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MEBBMaximum Effort Black box, term coined by Mike Rutherford. Search the forum for it. Originally laid out in one of the early Performance Menu issues.
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KTE: Knees to elbows. Similar to TTBs described below.
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MetCon: Metabolic Conditioning workout
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MP: Military press
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MU: Muscle ups. Hanging from rings you do a combination pull-up and dip so you end in an upright support.
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OHS: Overhead squat. Full-depth squat performed while arms are locked out in a wide grip press position above (and usually behind) the head.
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PC: Power clean
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Pd: Pood, weight measure for kettlebells
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PR: Personal record
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PP: Push press
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PSN: Power snatch
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PU: Pull-ups, possibly push ups depending on the context
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Rep: Repetition. One performance of an exercise.
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Rx'd; as Rx'd: As prescribed; as written. WOD done without any adjustments.
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RM: Repetition maximum. Your 1RM is your max lift for one rep. Your 10 RM is the most you can lift 10 times.
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SDHP: Sumo deadlift high pull (see exercise section)
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Set: A number of repetitions. e.g., 3 sets of 10 reps, often seen as 3x10, means do 10 reps, rest, repeat, rest, repeat.
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SPP: Specific physical preparednesss, aka skill training.
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SN: Snatch
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SQ: Squat
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SS: Starting Strength; Mark Rippetoe's great book on strength training basics. Available right here.
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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!
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TGU: Turkish get-up (See exercise section)
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TTB: Toes to bar. Hang from bar. Bending only at waist raise your toes to touch the bar, slowly lower them and repeat.
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WO, sometimes W/O: Workout
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WOD: Workout of the day
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YBF: You'll Be Fine (liberally applied in spray form)
Source: http://www.crossfit.com/cf-info/faq.html#General10
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