GYM TERMS CHEAT SHEET
Sept. 22, 2022Reps: number of times you do an exercise (20 squats in a row is 20 reps)
Sets: how many times you do that set of reps (3 sets of squats is doing those 20 reps 3 times)
PPL: a workout split, consisting of push, pull, and legs
Push: a workout that works your chest, shoulders, & triceps
Pull: a workout that works your back & biceps
Superset (SS): doing one set of an exercise immediately after the other before repeating
Drop set: doing a set of an exercise and then dropping the weight to do more reps
AMRAP: as many reps as possible
To failure: until your muscles are unable to perform another rep
RIR (reps in reserve): how many reps you think you could keep doing until failure (if at the end of a set of squats I think I could do 3 more squats until failure, my RIR is 3)
RPE (rate of perceived exertion): how hard you had to work to complete the exercise (1 means it was very easy, 10 means it wouldn’t have been possible for you to work harder)
ROM: range of motion
