Some of you might be baffle with the new language that you heard or notice coming out from Crossfit based workout and even some mainstream magazine is starting to use these terminology.
Lets do A to Z the general acronym that you might heard.
| Crossfit Terms | Meaning |
|---|---|
| AMRAP | As Many Reps/Rounds As Possible: It's normally goes with a time before the acronym for this, for an example 12Min AMRAP of 5 80kg Deadlift, 7 Strict Pull Ups and 9 Push Ups, when you finish the final reps of push ups you go back to Deadlift and do another round until the 12 minutes is ups and your score will be the rounds+reps that is succesfully performed |
| ATG | ASS to Grass: In Crossfit, there's a standard to go by when performing squat which you need to have your knee below your hip crease or generally known as ATG |
| BP | Bench Press |
| BS | Back Squat or Bullshit, Nah! only Back Squat |
| CLN and C&J | Clean and Clean & Jerk |
| DU | Double Unders, normally when we do rope jump or rope skip, the rope will be passing under our feet once but with DU, the rope required to passes underneath your feet twice. |
| DL | Deadlift |
| EMOM | Every Minute on the Minute: Your workout will be based on the clock as the for an example the workout says 10Minute EMOM of 8Burpess, so every minute you do 8 Burpees and rest the remaining time until the next minute arrive for 10minutes |
| FS | Front Squat |
| HSPU | Handstand Push Up |
| KB | Kettlebell |
| MetCon | Metabolic Conditioning Workout |
| MU | Manchester United, Oops!, I mean Muscle Up |
| OHS | Overhead Squat |
| PR | Personal Record, There's a world record, this is your personal record |
| PP | Push Press |
| PU | Usually is Pull Ups, but sometimes as push ups |
| Rep | Repetition |
| Rx'd; as Rx'd | As prescribed; as written or given, the workout is done without any adjustment. |
| RM | Repetition Maximum or Rep Max. Your 1RM means the heaviest lift you can perform for 1 repition. 10RM means 10 heaviest/most lift you can perform for 10 repititions. |
| SDHP | Sumo Deadlift High Pull |
| SN | Snatch |
| SQ | Squat |
| TTB | Toes to Bar, by hanging from a bar, you need to bring your leg up and toe touches the bar in between your hand |
| WOD | Workout of the Day, because the workout in Crossfit usually changes everyday so WOD means the workout for that day |
Thanks for stopping by my blog guys, I hope it will help you understands more when your friends bring this topic out, or if you are just starting to begin your Crossfit journey.