Where Science Meets Fitness

No matter what your current fitness level or former athletic experience, you can learn to train like an Olympic-caliber athlete. I am Erin Borchard, a former elite springboard/platform diver (NCAA Champion and multi-year All-American at Stanford University, former member of the US National Diving Team, and two-time competitor at the US Olympic Team Trials), specializing in personal and small group training sessions. I am also a Phi Beta Kappa student with a B.A. in Human Biology; my strong science background is an ever present influence shaping and changing my training philosophy.

I want to help you push yourself to YOUR maximum...you'll be shocked to find the true athlete living inside of you.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

ErinLingo-English Dictionary


I was recently asked by a blog follower/ friend of mine to post definitions of some of my most frequently used (and very confusing) exercise names and abbreviations.  So, much like the Spanish-English dictionary I used so much in high school, I'm going to list some definitions of my oft-used fitness lingo.  I'll try to add to it consistently as misunderstood lingo continues to arise.  We'll call it the "ErinLingo-English Dictionary."  Hope this helps!

Email me when you don't understand something I've posted; I'll define it for you, explain it in detail, and then post it right here.  I will leave a bookmark tab on the left side of the blog homepage so that you can easily navigate to the dictionary at will.

ErinLingo-English Dictionary
ABBREVIATIONS:
*DBs = Dumbbells (DB = Dumbbell)
*MB = Medicine Ball
*P-U = Push-Up
*SDLHP = Sumo Dead Lift High Pull
*S-T-J = Squat-Thrust-Jump (= a burpee without a push-up; = hop out to plank-hop in-stand-hop up)
*OH = Overhead (i.e. OH Lunge)
*D-U = Double Unders (when jumping rope, turn the rope 2x for every jump)
*S-L = Single Leg
*S-A = Single Arm
*D-L = Double Leg
*D-A = Double Arm
*X-Body = Cross Body (when a body part (i.e an arm) passes in front of the body)
*H-K Run = High-Knee Run

CROSSFIT LINGO:
*Air Squat = Unweighted Squat
*Front Squat = Weighted Squat (w/ barbell: bar is racked on front of shoulders, on clavicle bone, elbows are high and narrow, upper arms parallel to floor; w/ dumbbells: DBs are racked atop shoulders, elbows are high and narrow, upper arms parallel to floor)
*Thruster = Squat + Shoulder Press
*Burpee = Hop Out to Plank + Push-Up + Hop-In + Stand Up + Jump Up
*Man Maker = (begin in plank w/ 1 DB in ea. hand) R arm Row + Push-Up to L arm Row + Push-Up to Hop In + Stand + Press DBs Overhead (proper form = clean and jerk)
*AMRAP = As Many Rounds As Possible

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