| 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
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| IF: | Intermittent Fasting | |
| KB: | Kettlebell | |
| MEBB: | Maximum Effort Black box, term coined by Mike Rutherford. Search the forum for it. Originally laid out in one of the early Performance Menu issues. | |
| 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 3×10, 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. Available right here. | |
| 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 |
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