Basic CrossFit Terms

• AMRAP:  As Many Repetitions (or Rounds) As Possible – typically in a specified timeframe
• As Rx’d:  As Prescribed – the suggested parameters for a given exercise/workout (weight for example)
• PR:  Personal Record
• Rep:  A repetition or one instance of a given exercise
• Set:  A group of repetitions
• WOD:  1. Workout of the Day. 2. Could also be used as a verb. To perform the Workout of the Day.

Intermediate CrossFit Terms

• Air Squat:  (see video)
• Active Shoulders
• Box:  A CrossFit gym
• Box Jump:  An exercise where you jump onto and down from an elevated platform  (see video)
• BP:  Bench Press (see video)
• BS:  Back Squat (see video)
• Burpee:  (see video)
• BW:  Body weight
• CFT:  CrossFit Total –  The combined weight of your max squat, press, and deadlift
• Chipper:  A workout with many reps and many movements (you chip away at it)
• C&J:  Clean and Jerk (see video)
• CLN:  Clean (see video) – Additional versions include Hang Clean, Power Clean, and Squat Clean
• CU:  Chin Up – Bar is held with palms facing you (supinated grip)
• C2:Concept II rowing machine
• CTB or C2B:  Chest to Bar (as in pull ups)
• DB:  Dumbbell
• DL:  Dead lift (see video)
• DOMS:Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness
• DU’s:  Double Unders – two turns of the jump rope per jump (see video)
• EMOM:  Every Minute on the Minute
• FS:  Front Squat (see video)
• GHD:  Glute-Hamstring Developer (see video)
• GHR:  Glute-Hamstring Raise
• Good Mornings:  (see video)
• GTO: Ground to Overhead
• Hollow Rocks:  (see video)
• HSPU – Hand Stand Push-Up (see video)
• KB:  Kettle Bell
• K2E:  Knees to Elbows (similar to T2B)
• Kipping:  (see video)
• MetCon:  Metabolic Conditioning
• MOBWOD:Mobility and stretching work
• MP:  Military Press
• MU: Muscle Up – A combination of a pull-up and a ring dip (see video)
• OH:  Overhead
• OHS:  Overhead squat (see video)
• Pistols:  (see video)
• PJ:  Push Jerk
• PP:  Push Press
• PU:  Pull Up or Push Up
• Renegade Rows:  (see video)
• Rhabdo:  Rhabdomyolysis – A dangerous condition where muscle fibers breakdown at a high rate.
• RM: Repetition maximum – the most you can lift for a given number of repetitions
• ROM:  Range of Motion
• SDHP: Sumo Dead lift High Pull (see video)
• SJ:  Split Jerk
• SN:  Snatch (see video) - Additional versions include Hang Snatch, Power Snatch, and Squat Snatch
• SP:  Shoulder Press
• SQ:  Squat
• Stabilize the midline:  Controlling the muscles around the spine to make it stable and strong during an exercise
• Tabata:  A protocol of 20 seconds of exercise followed by 10 seconds of rest. Commonly last for 4 minutes.
• TGU:  Turkish Get Ups (see video)
• Thrusters:  (see video)
• TnG:  Touch and Go – No pausing between reps
• T2B:  Toes to Bar (see video)
• Unbroken:  Unbroken (perform all in a row or start over at the beginning)
• Wall Balls:  (see video)

Advanced CrossFit Terms

Fran, Cindy, Murph: or any of the other named workouts. Click here for a Full list.

This list is a work in progress so if you think we left anything off please feel free to include it in the comments.