Gymspeak
Virginia Reebs
Gymspeak (noun)
A specific set of communication skills used by those who engage in weight lifting. Verbal iterations include abbreviations and acronyms such as “AMRAP”, “EMOM”, “reps”, “macros”and “WOD”. Commonly used jargon includes the following terminology: workout split, drop set, pyramid set, superset, yoked, stacked, jacked, ripped, and shredded.
Gymspeak also refers to communication without words. As such, it is a mutually understood way of communicating for maximum efficiency. Those adept at Gymspeak are often well versed with reading lips and able to communicate with gestures and eye contact, as is required when speaking to someone wearing headphones.
