(Acronyms and Abbreviations)

▪    AMRAP: As Many Reps (sometimes Rounds)as Possible

▪    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

▪    DL: Deadlift

▪    FS: Front squat

▪    GHR(D) or GHD: Glute ham raise (developer). Posterior chain exercise, like a back extension.

▪    HSPU: Hand stand push up.

▪    HSQ: Hang squat (clean or snatch).

▪    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 3×10, means do 10 reps, rest, repeat, rest, repeat.

▪    SN: Snatch

▪    SQ: Squat

▪    TGU: Turkish get-up

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

▪    WOD: Workout of the day