9-5-05: Training Talk

Many of us have been training lately, and I thought this would be a good forum to talk about that as well. Due to my anal nature I'm trying to come up with a common notation to write down how we train in short hand to help facilitate the conversation.

Mainly, I just wanted to have something on the web that I could reference when I wanted to. Here's my first stab:

Abbreviations:

●CT= complex training

●P= plyometrics●D= doubles (but not plyometrics)●CS= campus board - small rungs●CM= campus board - medium rungs●CL= campus board - large rungs●"+" = a bump (campusing)●2/1 = means an offset start; high hand on 2, low hand on 1
●M = a match●"!" = a new personal best

●"@" means time: 12@50 = 12 seconds at 50 lbs●"/" splits left & right: 12/14@50 means that the left hand held for 12 seconds and the right for 14●"x" means "reps of": 4x25 = 4 reps of 25 lbs●"-" means "negative reps of" for when doing negatives: 4-25 = 4 negatives of 25 lbs
●"()" means "sets of": 4(4x25) = 4 sets of 4 reps of 25 lbs●"()" also means a failed attempt on a campus board= 15(9) means you tried to go to nine but didn't make it. If only one parenthesis, 15(9, it means that there the was a failed attempt reaching for the 9 rung with your left hand.
● Rules:Campus sequences should always be transposed into base "1": for example 268 should always be written 157 for easy comparison.

Examples:CL 1357910M = Campus (Large rungs) 1357910 with a Match on 10
PL 32435465768! = Plyometric Campusing, Large rungs, Personal Best
CM 15(9) =Campus (medium rungs) 15 failed to 9 with both hands
CS 15(8 =Campus (small rungs) 1, 5 failed going to 8 with left hand
CM 147+9 = Campus (medium rungs) 1, 4, 7 bumped to 9
CM 159! = First time doing 159 on medium rungs
Weight Training Abbreviations
PULLS●WPU = Weighted Pull Ups
●NPU = Negative Pull Ups
●OAPD = One Arm Pull Downs●NPD = Negative Pull Downs●MU = Muscle Ups

Front Levers●FL[x] = Front Lever (T=tuck, P=Pike, S=Saddle, R=real) s = seconds held
●FLN = Front Lever Negatives

ABS
●ABS = Abs●ABM = Ab Machine●ABI = Incline Abs●MBA = Medicine Ball Abs●FLN = Front Lever Negatives●RE = Ring Extension Abs

●ABP = Ab Pike (Incline; bring feet to sky)
●AB-HC = Ab - Hanging Crunch

LEGS●HAM = Hamstring Curl●LC = Leg Curl (same as Hamstring Curl)
●LE = Leg Extension
●LP = Leg Press●CR = Calf Raise
●HS = Hack Squat●LP/CR/PJ = Leg Press, then Calf Raise (on same machine & weight), then Plyometric jumping - all in quick succession

MISC●VP = Vertical Press (seated bench press)●PD = Pull Downs●SR = Seated Row

●VF = Vertical (seated) fly●SF = Side Fly (shoulders)●CK = Coke Bottles (shoulders)
●TRI = Triceps

-Paul Barraza