Heh.   Today I had a meeting with an awesome group of ladies who are in the "health and wellness" community.  Linda (from Professional Tutors Network, whom I like because she uses movement to help educate kids – what a concept!) after hearing me speak about using a blog page to help the community tap into us a resource she commented that "[I] spoke a different language." I don’t remember exactly what I was saying, but I think we could piece it together from this fine list of terms. I thought it was hysterical! Thanks for giving me my own dialect of suburban gym owner english!!!!! 🙂

Here is a glossary of terms du Jesse 🙂

  • Hot: Good 
  • PR: Personal Record – the earned outcome of proper training, instead of "working out".
  • Med Ball: Medicine Ball, an object thrown, caught, slammed or carried. Med Balls
  • Jacked Up: Either a specific injury as in "my elbow is all jacked up".
  • Jack Up: Synonymous with "Smash" usually referring to concentrically moving a weight as in "I love seeing guys jack up serious weight"
  • Get Jacked: To gain strength or size, usually referring to someone’s "yoke" see below.
  • Yoke: The whole shoulder/trap/neck area.
  • Huge: Big, or large as in "get a huge PR" or "jack up this huge med ball"
  • Sumo DL High-Pull: I’ll not attempt to explain this term, you have to see it.
  • Jack Tight: When something is literally so tight that you must strain to move against it. As in "if you get that squat suit so jack tight that you can’t move in it, it’ll either be perfect or it’ll ruin your form." Jack Tight Dialed or
  • Dialed In: To get something just right as in "your form is dialed" or "that better get dialed in or you’ll have a problem."

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