Crossfit Acronym and Abbreviations :
AFAP: As fast as possible.
AHAP: As heavy as possible. Often used during EMOM weight lifting portions of a daily workout.
AMRAP: As Many Rounds (or Reps) as PossibleBBWU4C – Barbell Warm-up for Clean
BBWU4S – Barbell Warm-up for Snatch
BS: Back squat
BW (or BWT): Body weight
CFT: CrossFit Total (A best of three attempts at a 1RM of (Press/DL/BS)
CF: CrossFit
CFHQ: CrossFit Headquarters
CFWU:CrossFit Warm-up
Clicks: Jump rope singles.
CLN: Clean
C&J: Clean and jerk
C2: Concept II rowing machine
DL: Deadlift
DNF: Did Not Finish
DS: Dynamic Stretch, usuall done after a short warm-up and preceeding weightlifitng or a WOD.
DU: Double unders jump rope. The rope passes under the feet twice for each jump.EMOM: Every Minute on the Minute. Used most frequently during a weightlifting portion of a daily workout. For example, complete 5 reps of BS AHAP EMOM
FS: Front squat
G2OH: Ground to Overhead. Usually done with a plate.GHD: Glute hamstring developer. A device that allows for posterior chain exercise, such as a hip extension, back extension, sit-ups and glute-ham raises.
GPP: General physical preparedness, aka “fitness.”
HC: Hang Clean
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.
HSC: Hang squat clean. 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
KB: KettlebellK2E or KTE: Knees to elbows. Similar to TTBs described below.
K290: Knees to 90 degrees. This is a scaled movement for T2B.
L1: Level 1 athlete. Characterized as a serious very experienced crossfitter, a competitive CrossFit athlete wanting to build strength.
L2: Level 2 athlete. Characterized as a serious crossfitter who is somewhat competitive and wants to improve fitness. Is still working to become completely consistent when doing the Olympic lifts.
L3: Level 3 athlete. Characterized as a beginning crossfit athlete. Working hard to learn the mechanics of Olympic weight lifting.
M: Modify. indicates that a workout was scaled by modifying an exercise within the workout.
MetCon: Metabolic Conditioning workoutMU: Muscle ups. Hanging from rings you do a combination pull-up and dip so you end in an upright support.
OTG: Off The Ground. for example, pick the barbell up from the ground rather than from a rack.
OHS: Overhead squat. Full-depth squat performed while arms are locked out in a wide grip press position above the head.
OYP: Over your partner. Usually refers to jumping over a workout partner.
PC: Power clean
Pd: Pood, weight measure for kettlebells. 1 Pood = 16 kg or about 35#
PR: Personal recordPP: Push press
PJ: Push Jerk
PSN: Power snatch
PU: Pull-ups, possibly push ups depending on the context
Rep: Repetition. One performance of an exercise.
Rx’d or Rx; 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. (Commonly found in WOD’s as 1RM/3RM/5RM etc.)
SC: Squat Clean
SDHP: Sumo Deadlift High Pull
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 preparedness, aka skill training.
SN: Snatch
SQ: Squat
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 a HSPU, you subbed regular push-ups.
T2B or TTB: Toes to bar. Hang from bar. Bending only at waist raise your toes to touch the bar, slowly lower them and repeat.
TGU: Turkish Get Up. Kettlebell exercise.
WAW: With appropriate weight.
WB: Wallball
WO, sometimes W/O: Workout
WOD: Workout of the day
# : Symbol for pounds or lbs.
” : Symbol for inches‘ : Symbol for feet
* Use this lift to base your 1RM off of.
WTR: With time remaining.
The bolded part are the ones I use often in this journal.
I hope this list helps you to understand what I did/jotted down in my progress.
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