If you’re considering starting CrossFit, new to CrossFit, or even if you’ve been doing it for a while, you most likely feel overwhelmed and confused by the seemingly excessive CrossFit jargon, acronyms and terminology.
Don’t worry!
Everyone went through that phase when they first started, and before you know it, the madness of CrossFit lingo will become a second language to you.
To help you get to that point, here’s a list of some CrossFit basics:
| AIR SQUAT: Squat down until hips are below your knees & back up so hips are fully extended | AMRAP : As Many Rounds/Reps As Possible |
| ATG: Ass to grass/ full depth squat | BS: Back squat with bar on your back |
| BAND ASSISTED PULL UP: Band lopped over bar to help with pullups | BOX: Name for CrossFit gym |
| BWT : Body Weight | DL: Deadlift |
| DU: Double under. Skip rope passes under you twice | EMOM: Every Minute On the Minute |
| HANG CLEAN: Bar starts from hips and ends on your shoulders | HSPU: Handstand Push up |
| KB: Kettle Bell | K2E: Knee to Below |
| MU: Muscle Up. Hang from rings or bar and perform combination of pulliup, dip and push up | OHS: Over Head Squat. Bar is held over head and squat below parallel |
| PISTOL: Single Legged squat | POWER CLEAN: Olympic Lift where bar starts on ground and ends in racked position on shoulders |
| POWER SNATCH: Olympic lift where bar starts on ground and ends over head | PR: Personal Record |
| PUSH PRESS: Bar Starts on shoulders and using slight dip in the hips presst the bar overhead with arms fully extended | PUSH JERK: Similar to push press but you jump as you lift the bar to catch it |
| RACK POSITION: Bar rests on collar bone or anterior deltoids & is supports by your hands | REPS: Repetitions . One full performance of exercise |
| RFT: Rounds for time | RX: Completeing the workout as required or prescribed without scaling or adjusting any exercises |
| SDHP: Sumo Deadlift High Pull. Similar to deadlift but you use a wider stance and narrow grip & use your legs and hips to accelerate weight to under your chin | TABATA: Interval training of 20seconds on 10 seconds rest for total of 4 minutes |
| THRUSTER: Front squat into a push press | WALL BALL: Exercise where you use a weighted ball held at your chest. Squat below parallel and throw the ball to a set target and catch again in a squat |
| WOD: Workout Of the Day |