- BOX – Refers to the bare bones of the gym/area where the CrossFit training is taking place.
- WOD – This stands for ‘workout of the day’. Each day there is a new WOD. Everyone who attends the sessions will be doing the same workout whether is is scaled or RXD
- RXD – This was stolen from the medical industry and roughly means ‘as prescribed’. When people go ‘RXD’ on a WOD, this means that they were able to complete the full movements at the written weight without having to scale any aspect of the WOD.
- AMRAP – Stands for ‘as many rounds as possible’. This is a type of workout where there is a set amount of time (e.g. 20 minutes) in which athletes have to achieve as many rounds as possible of a set number of exercises. For Time: This means that there is a set amount of work (e.g. 5 rounds) of certain exercises. Athletes will race the clock to finish the work as fast as possible.
- Cut Off: For some workout there is a ‘cut off’ time where athletes are made to stop working if they haven’t already finished.
- Scaling: Scaling refers to the modification of a WOD to make it more achievable. For example, if there are 100kg deadlifts in the WOD, people will be able to lower the weight on the deadlifts to a level that allows them to complete the work, and to ensure they do not injure themselves.
- Score: This refers to the number of rounds completed within a time frame (AMRAP) or the time in which it took to complete a set amount of work (For Time).
- CrossFit Games: The CrossFit Games is the ultimate test in the sport of fitness. Each summer the CrossFit Games test participants with a barrage of physical challenges and workouts, ranging from swimming and running to pull-ups and handstand walks. Participants accrue points over the events, and the male and female winners are crowned World’s Fittest Man & Woman. Sectional and Regional qualifiers narrow the field before the annual Games Weekend. This begins with the CrossFit Open which is a worldwide competition that entered by anyone and done anywhere. CrossFit City 4051 will definitely be hosting Open Workouts for our members when the games season rolls around.
- Metcon– Metabolic Conditioning (aka Metcon)
- POOD– Weight of the kettlebell. (1 pood = 35lbs, 1.5 pood = 44lbs, 2 pood = 70lbs)
- Chalk– Helps with grip and studies show it increase strength;)
- “Tabata”– Named after Dr. Tabata who design an interval typed of workout doing 20 seconds of moving and 10 second of rest for 8 rounds. (Total of 4 minute per exercise)
- “CrossFit Total”– Strength WOD that includes your 1RM (Rep Max)
- Rack Position– Bar resting on your collar bone and anterior deltoids (front shoulder) support by hands.
- Back Squat– Squat with barbell on your back.
- Front Squat– Squat with barbell in the “Rack Position” (see above).
- Overhead Squat– Squat with barbell held overhead.
- HSPU– Handstand Push-up
- Double Unders– Jump rope skill. You jump once and the rope makes 2 revolutions
- Power Clean– Olympic Lift. Barbell starts on the ground and end in the rack position (see above).
- Hang Clean– Olympic Lift. Barbell starts by hanging from your hips and end in the front squat position.
- Squat Clean– Olympic Lift. Barbell starts on the ground and ends in a front squat.
- Power Snatch– Olympic Lift. Barbell starts on the ground and ends up over head.
- Hang Snatch– Olympic Lift. Barbell starts by hanging from your hips and ends up over your head.
- Squat Snatch– Olympic Lift. Barbell starts on the ground and ends up in the overhead squat position.
- Burpee– Gymnastic move that you drop to the ground, do a push-up, jump into a squat and then jump. Best overall movement of CrossFit because it has the move range of movement.
- Box Jump– Jump onto a box
- Wallball Shot– Using a medicine ball drop into a front squat position and standing up using the momentum to push to ball to hit the target on the wall.
Lingo
Nope, its not just you that is completely confused by all that CrossFit jargon, its everyone! CrossFit can seem like a whole new language to those people starting out. Hopefully this will help you ease into it, and decipher some of that CrossFit speak.
CrossFit Terminology Made Easy
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