NOMENCLATURE, aka. WOD "jargon"

• The manner in which a given WOD is written out by the application may appear slightly confusing at times. For example, if a couplet of SDHP and box jumps is prescribed for "5 rounds, 50-40-30-20-10x" this means that in the first rounds the athlete executes 50x SDHP and 50x box jumps, THEN 40x reps of each, then 30x reps...etc, all the way down to 10x reps each for a total of 5 rounds of work. This nomenclature does not refer to some crazy descending ladder for each round.

BOX JUMPS

• We have not Rx'd heights for (most) wods involving box jumps. While developing this site, we spoke to a number of individuals who train out of their homes and it was apparent that a wide array of "equipment" is used for this particular activity - athletes will use boxes, benches, picnic tables, retaining walls, and even truck tires and tailgates to accomplish this task. Therefore, we leave it up to you to Rx your own jump heights.

PULL-UPS

• For all wods involving pull-ups, the style is kipping unless other wise noted, or unless you want to modify it yourself.

KETTLEBELL SWINGS

• There is some controversy among giriveks as whether or not CF's "American" style swing is a legitimate form of this movement. The creators of this site have no preference, we feel that either has its place in one's pursuit of well-rounded fitness. With the heavier KBs we'll keep 'em chest height, with lighter ones we'll go overhead. On a few wods we've Rx'd the RKC hard-style (i.e. Russian swing) because of the heavy KB loads, but outside of those the choice is yours.

"GROUND-TO-SHOULDER" & "GROUND-TO-OVERHEAD"

• These generic terms have appeared in WODs from this year's regional/sectional qualifiers. They give the athlete a choice of techniques (likely the one they are most proficient at) to accomplish a specific task.
• GROUND-TO-SHOULDER: the athlete lifts the bar off the ground to a standing shouldered rack position (power clean or squat clean)
• GROUND-TO-OVERHEAD: the athlete lifts the bar off the ground to the rack position and then presses overhead to lockout, or bypasses the rack altogether (snatch).