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AMRAP | As Many Reps or Rounds as Possible |
ATG | Ass to Grass |
BP | Bench press |
BS | Back squat |
BW (or BWT) | Body weight |
CFT | CrossFit Total - consisting of max Back Squat, Push Press, and Deadlift |
CLN | Clean |
C&J | Clean and jerk |
C2 | Concept II rowing machine |
DL | Deadlift |
FS | Front squat |
GHD | Glute ham developer. Posterior chain exercise, hip & back extensions. Also Sit-ups. |
GPP | General physical preparedness, aka "fitness" |
GTG | Grease the Groove, a protocol of doing many sub-maximal sets of an exercise throughout the day |
H2H | Hand to hand; refers to Jeff Martone's kettlebell "juggling" techniques (or to combat) |
HSPU | Handstand push up |
HSQ | Hang squat (clean or snatch) |
KB | Kettlebell |
KTE | Knees to elbows |
MetCon | Metabolic Conditioning workout |
MP | Military press |
MU | Muscle ups |
OHS | Overhead squat |
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 |
Set | A number of repetitions. e.g., 3 sets of 10 reps, often seen as 10X3, means do 10 reps, rest, repeat, rest, repeat. |
SN | Snatch |
SQ | Squat |
SS | Starting Strength; Mark Rippetoe's book on strength training basics. |
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 |
TTB | Toes to bar |
WO, sometimes W/O | Workout |
WOD | Workout of the day |
YBF | You'll Be Fine (liberally applied in spray form) |