Every CrossFit term, in plain English.

1RM

One-Rep Max

The heaviest weight you can lift once with good technique.

Affiliate

A gym officially licensed by CrossFit HQ, with credentialed coaches.

AMRAP

As Many Rounds (or Reps) As Possible

A workout where you complete as many rounds or reps as you can inside a set time.

Benchmark WOD

A repeated, standardised workout used to measure progress over time.

Box

The nickname for a CrossFit gym.

Box Jump

Jumping with both feet onto a plyometric box and standing to full extension.

Buy-In

A chunk of work you complete before the main body of the workout starts.

Cash-Out

A final piece of work you finish with after the main workout.

Chipper

A long workout with a list of movements you 'chip away' at once, in order.

Clean and Jerk

An Olympic lift: floor to shoulders (clean), then shoulders to overhead (jerk).

Conditioning

Engine-building work – rowing, biking, running, skipping and bodyweight intervals.

Double Under

A skipping rep where the rope passes under your feet twice in one jump.

EMOM

Every Minute On the Minute

A timing format where you start a set piece of work at the top of every minute.

For Time

A fixed amount of work completed as fast as you safely can – your time is your score.

Gymnastics

Bodyweight skill work – pull-ups, handstands, ring work and core control.

Hero WOD

A named benchmark workout honouring a fallen service member or first responder.

Kipping

Using a controlled body swing to make gymnastics reps more efficient.

Ladder

A rep scheme that climbs or descends, such as 1-2-3-4-5 or 21-15-9.

Metcon

Metabolic Conditioning

Conditioning work that raises your heart rate and builds engine, stamina and work capacity.

No Rep

A rep that didn't meet the movement standard and doesn't count.

On Ramp

The beginner course that teaches the movements before you join regular classes.

PR / PB

Personal Record / Personal Best

Your best-ever result on a lift, a benchmark workout or a skill.

Rep

Repetition

One complete performance of a movement, from start position back to start position.

Round

One complete pass through all the movements listed in a workout.

RX

As Prescribed

Doing the workout exactly as written – same weights, same movements, no modifications.

Scaled

A version of the workout adjusted to your ability while keeping the intended effect.

Set

A group of reps performed back to back before you rest.

Snatch

An Olympic lift taking the barbell from floor to overhead in one movement.

Tabata

Eight rounds of 20 seconds of work and 10 seconds of rest – four minutes total.

The Girls

A set of classic benchmark workouts with women's names – Fran, Cindy, Grace and others.

Thruster

A front squat straight into an overhead press, in one continuous movement.

Toes to Bar

Hanging from a pull-up bar and bringing both feet up to touch it.

Wall Ball

A squat with a medicine ball, throwing it to a target on the wall at the top.

Weightlifting

Barbell strength and Olympic lifting work – squats, presses, cleans and snatches.

WOD

Workout of the Day

The workout everyone in the gym is doing that day, written up on the whiteboard.