(“number”/”number”): men’s prescribed weight/women’s prescribed weight; ex: (135/95) so men use 135lbs and women use 95lbs
#: lbs, pounds
AMRAP: as many rounds/reps as possible
American Swings: kettlebell swing where the kettlebell finishes overhead
BS: nope, not what you think. It’s back squat
BW: bodyweight
C+J: clean and jerk
Chipper: format of workout where you finish one movement before moving onto the next, then the next, then the next (ex: chipping away at it)
Cap/Cut-Off: maximum amount of time one can spend on a workout (ex: 10 minute cap; the workout is over when you finish or when 10 minutes hits, whichever happens first)
DB: dumbbell
DL: deadlift
DU’s: double unders (the jump rope passes twice under the feet in one jump)
Easy Gleason: format of workout where 1 repetition is done in the first minute, rest, 2 reps in the second minute, rest, 3 reps in the third, rest, etc. (aka “death by”)
EMOM/EMOTM: every minute on the minute. Can be E2MOM or E3MOM (every 2 minutes on the minute or every 3 minutes on the minute)
FS: front squat
GHD: glute ham developer (machine)
GDH Situps: setup done on the GHD machine
HRPU: hand release pushups
HSPU: Handstand pushups
HPC: hang power clean
HPS: hang power snatch
Kg: kilograms (1kg = 2.2lbs)
KTE or K2E: knees to elbows
MB: medicine ball
ME: max effort
MOD: modified
MU’s: muscle ups
OH: overhead
OHS: overhead squat
PC: power clean
PS: power snatch
PJ: power jerk or push jerk
PR: personal record
POOD: weight of a kettle bell (1 pood = 16kg/35lbs)
PU: pullups or pushups
Rep: repetitions. One performance of an exercise
RFT: rounds for time
Rx: as prescribed; as written. WOD done without any adjustments
RM: repetition maximum. Your 1RM is your max lift for one rep
ROM: range of motion
Russian Swings: swings where the kettlebell finishes around shoulder height
S2OH: shoulder to overhead
SA: single arm
SDHP: sumo deadlift high pull
Set: a number of repetitions; ex: 3 sets of 5 reps, often seen as 3×5 or 5-5-5. Means do 5 reps, rest, 5 more reps, rest, 5 more reps.
SN: snatch
SQ: squat
SU’s: single under (jump rope passes one time under the feet in one jump)
Sx: scaled; WOD has been modified in some respect
Tabata: 8 rounds of :20 of work and :10 of rest
TGU: Turkish get-up
Thrusters: front squat directly into an overhead press with no pause
TNG: touch and go; doing a movement without letting go of the bar
TTB/T2B: toes to bar
TU’s: triple unders (jump rope passes three times under the feet in one jump)
WB: wall ball
WOD: workout of the day
