CROSSFIT RESOURCES
POPULAR EQUIPMENT
Here are some links to a few of our favorite brands for CrossFit equipment…
Grips for pull-ups and T2B: Bear Komplex Carbon Comp
Weight belt: Bear Komplex or 2Pood
Jump rope: Double Under Wonder or RX Gear
Knee sleeves: Bear Komplex
Shin guards: Robust Fitness on Amazon
Wrist wraps: Rogue
MOVEMENTS LIBRARY
There are hundreds of movements and pieces of equipment in CrossFit, but if you learn the nine foundational movements below and even just the basics of Olympic lifting, you’ll be off to a great start! Here are the most common movements that are helpful for new CrossFitters to see.
“SPEAKING CROSSFIT” GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Here are a few of the most commonly-used acronyms or phrases in CrossFit:
MetCon: Metabolic Conditioning (also known as the WOD, or Workout of the Day)
AMRAP: As Many Rounds + Reps As Possible
AMREP: As Many Repetitions As Possible
EMOM: Every Minute on the Minute
FT: For Time
RDS: Rounds
Box: A CrossFit gym (also called an “affiliate”)
PR: Personal Record
Score: The result of your workout.
RX: To do the workout “as prescribed”
Scaled: To modify the workout as needed
The Girls: Several benchmark workouts named after females and used to test an athlete’s progress over time. Ex: Cindy, Fran, Nancy
Hero WODs: Benchmark workouts created to honor fallen police officers, soldiers and firefighters. Ex: Murph
The Games: An abbreviation for the CrossFit Games, an annual competition to find the fittest male and female CrossFitter on earth.
And here are some other acronyms to describe CrossFit movements:
Kipping: A powerful and athletic reversal of hip direction to use body mechanics in completing a movement.
MU: Muscle-Up (Note: RMU is Ring Muscle-Up and BMU is Bar Muscle-Up)
OHS: Overhead Squat
PC: Power Clean
Pood (PD): Init of weight measurement for the kettlebell. One pood equals 35 pounds.
PP: Push Press
PSN: Power Snatch
PU: Pull-Up or Push-Up
S2OH: Shoulder to Overhead
SDLHP: Sumo Deadlift High Pull
SN: Snatch
SUs: Single Unders (done with a jump rope)
TGU: Turkish Get-Up, a total-body exercise
T2B: Toes-to-Bar, a core exercise
TNG: Touch-and-Go (referring to Olympic lifts)
UNB: Unbroken; To do a movement without stopping.
WB: Wall Ball
AMSU: Ab Mat Sit-Up
BP: Bench Press
BS: Back Squat
BW: Body Weight
C&J: Clean & Jerk
CLN: Clean
DB: Dumbbell
DL: Deadlift
DUs: Double Unders (done with a jump rope)
Firebreather: an extremely fit athlete
FS: Front Squat
G2OH: Ground to Overhead
G20S: Ground to Over Shoulder
GHDSU: Glute Ham Developer Sit-Up
HRPU: Hand-Release Push-Up
HSPU: Hand-Stand Push-Up
HSW: Hand-Stend Walks
KB: KettleBell
KBS: Kettlebell Swings