AMRAP: As Many Reps (sometimes Rounds) as Possible
Active Shoulders: Proper shoulder position required to comfortably stabilize larger loads on the joint.
Box: the term which refers to a CrossFit gym
BP: Bench press
Burpee: Also known as a squat thrust.
BS: Back squat
CLN: Clean
C&J: Clean and jerk
C2B: Chest to Bar
DL: Deadlift
DU: Double Unders. Jumping rope where the rope passes under your feet twice in one jump.
FS: Front squat
GHD: Glute – Ham Developer. Posterior chain exercise, like a back extension. Also, the device that allows for the proper performance of a glute ham raise or a sit up that isolates abs
Global (Globo) Gym: the world-wide accepted norm for what a gym is i.e. 24 Hour Fitness, Fitness World, YMCA, etc
GPP: General physical preparedness, aka “fitness.”
HSPU: Hand stand push up. Kick up into a handstand (may use wall) bend arms until nose touches floor and push back up.
KB: Kettlebell
K2E: Knees to elbows. Similar to TTBs described below.
MetCon: Metabolic Conditioning workout
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 the head.
Paleo: A diet of meat and vegetables, nuts and seeds, some fruit, little starch and no sugar.
PC: Power clean
POOD: Weight measure for kettlebells equal to approx. 16.38 kilograms (36.11 pounds)
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 prescribed; as written. WOD done without any adjustments.
1RM: 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
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.
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 HSPU, you subbed regular pushups.
TGU: Turkish get-up (See exercise section)
T2B: 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