I was talking to my grandma recently and she was commenting on my weight loss. She asked me how the excersizing was going and I excitedly announced
(If you don't understand the following statement, this post is for you... keep reading!)
"My double unders and kips are really improving and I can finally do a HSPU! Yesterday I did Fran and for today's WOD I RX'd the Snatch and TGU with a heavier pood than normal, even though I felt like I was so close to DNFing because it was a 15 min AMRAP with 5 burpees EMOM"!
To which she replied... "what about your mom?"
Seriously though, does the crossfit "cult" really have their own language? Well sort of, but the secret is out. Here is the skinny on some of our popular muscle building lingo mentioned in the sentence above...
Sentence Translation:
- Double Unders: When jumping rope, the rope goes under your feet twice for each time you jump
- Kip: A motion used to gain momentum to complete desired movement
- HSPU: Hand Stand Push Up
- Fran: There are 21 "Girl Named" predefined crossfit workouts, Fran being the first one written and one of the most famous
- WOD: Workout Of the Day
- RX’d: As prescribed; as written. WOD done without any adjustments
- Snatch: A weight lifting movement where you lift a barbell over head in one fluid motion
- TGU: Turkish Get Up
- Pood: Russian measure used for kettlebells; common ones: 1 pood =36 lbs; 1.5 pood = 54 lbs; 2 pood = 72 lbs.
- DNF: Did Not Finish
- AMRAP: As Many Reps or Rounds as Possible
- Burpee: Also known as "squat-thrusts" from your high-school PT days. Basically a pushup followed by a jumping jack (not a great video, but you get the idea)
- EMOM: Every Minute On the Minute
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