How to ‘speak’ CrossFit

When entering a CrossFit box for the first time, you may notice everyone appears to be speaking a language you don’t understand. There will be a workout posted on the board, but you have no idea what it means! Here are some common - and not so common - CrossFit terms that will help you get the hang of things in no time.

BOX

WOD

Movement

Rep

AMRAP

EMOM

For Time

Tabata

Metcon

Chipper

‘The Girls’

Hero WoD

RX

Scaled

Strict

Kip/Kipping

Butterfly

DU/Dubs

Cal

Burpee

HSPU

HS Walk

DL

OHS

S2OH

C & J

DB

KB

PU

C2B

T2B

MU

This is the name given to a true CrossFit gym.

This stands for Workout Of the Day and consists of a set of movements and reps.

The name given to the particular exercise to be completed.

Short for Repetition and means you have fully completed the movement once, as prescribed.

An AMRAP is a type of workout and means As Many Reps/Rounds As Possible, in a given time period.

Every Minute On the Minute, you complete a certain movement and number of reps, for a specified time.

Where you complete all movements and reps in the quickest time possible.

High intensity interval workouts that consist of max effort work followed by rest, typically 20 sec on, 10 sec off for 4 mins.

Metabolic Conditioning WODs are designed to improve stamina, endurance and conditioning.

A WOD that usually has lots of reps and/or lots of movements that you ‘chip away’ at.

Tough benchmark WoDs named after females, that are used to gauge improvement (See WOD’s page).

Extra hard benchmark WoDs named after fallen military and emergency services personnel (See WOD’s page).

Completing a movement ‘as prescribed’, with no modification to weight or mobility of movement.

A weight or movement modification to suit the fitness and mobility of all athletes.

When a movement requires strength to complete the rep, with no momentum allowed.

A type of movement that allows full body momentum to complete the rep.

Continuous, fluid movement that uses momentum to complete reps quickly.

Double Under - where the skipping rope passes under your feet twice in one jump.

Short for calorie, which is a unit of measurement on the rower, bike or ski erg.

A four stage squat, push-up, squat, jump movement, with many variations.

Handstand Push-Up

Handstand Walk

Dead Lift

Over Head Squat

Shoulder to Overhead

Clean and Jerk

Dumb Bell

Kettle Bell

Pull Ups

Chest to Bar

Toes to Bar

Muscle Ups - these could be done on a bar or rings.