Tired of scratching your head over the crazy CrossFit acronyms? See our handy CrossFit Acronym List to make life easy.
| 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) |