If your new to fitness or CrossFit training method, things could get overwhelming for you when you it comes to the language and many acronyms and abbreviations everyone uses. You will eventually get used to it, here is a list below of the most common acronyms.
GENERAL
AMRAP As Many Rounds& Reps As Possible
5RFT 5 Rounds for Time
5REFT 5 rounds each for time
WFT Work For Time
EMOM Every Minute On The Minute
E2MOM Every 2 Minutes on The Minute
WOD Workout of The Day
METCON Metabolic Conditioning Workout
BOX CrossFit Gyms are called Boxes
CF CrossFit
RX As Prescribed
Sc Scaled Workout / Exercise
PR /PB Personal Record / Personal Break
Equipment
DB Dumbbell
BB Barbell
KB Kettlebell
Exercises Description
ES Each Side
SA Single Arm
SL Single Leg
S / Sec: Seconds
ME Max Effort
DU Double Unders
SU Single Unders
C / Cal Calories
Gymnastics
CFW Chest Facing Wall
HSPU Handstand Pushups
SHSPU Strict Handstand Push Ups
KHSPU Kipping Handstand Push Ups
BMU Bar Muscle Up
RMU Ring Muscle Up
MU Muscle Up
TTB Toes To Bar
KTE / K2E Knees To Elbows
CTB / C2B Chest to Bar Pullups
HSW Handstand Walk
HSH Handstand Hold
BJ Box Jump
BBJO Burpee Box Jump Over
BOB Burpee Over The Bar
BFB Bar Facing Burpees
RR Ring Rows
Barbell & Weightlifting
TGU Turkish Get Ups
KBS Kettlebell Swings
OH Overhead
OHS Overhead Squat
FS Front Squat
BS Back Squat
DL Deadlifts
RDL Romanian Deadlifts
SDHP Sumo Deadlift High Pull
1RM 1-Reptetion Max
90%of 1RM 90% of Your 1-Repetetion Max
BW Body Weight
STOH / S2OH Shoulder to Overhead
PP Push Press
PJ Push Jerk
SJ Split Jerk
PC Power Clean
PS Power Snatch
HPC Hang Power Clean
HPS Hang Power Snatch
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