No pain, no gain, no idea what half these terms mean.
The painful skin abrasions resulting from sliding across pavement during a cycling crash. Nature's reminder that Lycra provides minimal protection against concrete.
An intensity technique where you perform a set to failure, rest briefly (10-15 seconds), then squeeze out more reps, repeating until your muscles send an urgent cease-and-desist letter to your brain.
A training technique where you perform a set to failure, rest briefly (10-30 seconds), then continue for additional reps. It's the workout equivalent of a horror movie where the monster keeps coming back just when you thought it was over.
Reps In Reserve—how many reps you could theoretically do before failure. A more nuanced way than RPE to measure effort.
Short for 'referee'—the authority figure in sports who enforces rules and makes judgment calls that angry fans will dispute for years afterward. Also sometimes slang for a refrigerator, but that's considerably less controversial.
A full-contact sport beloved by those who consider football padding to be for the weak, involving 80 minutes of organized chaos where grown adults chase an oval ball while legally tackling each other into the mud. It's soccer's angry older brother who went to the gym.
A single complete execution of an exercise, from starting position through full range of motion and back—the building block of any set that your brain tries to forget when you're fatigued.
A radio-controlled miniature car that can be operated remotely, commonly used for racing against friends or in competitive hobby communities.
Calories your body burns at rest just to maintain basic functions—usually 60-75% of total daily energy expenditure, making it the real calorie-burning machine.
An acronym for 'Row Fast Eat Ass'—a rowing crew's motto celebrating hard work and dominance, typically shouted when someone hits a personal record. It's athletic motivation meets crude team spirit.
A subjective scale (usually 1-10) measuring how hard you think you're working, because sometimes your feelings matter more than your smartwatch.
Revolutions Per Minute—the cadence or speed at which you pedal a bike or strike a running tempo. Cyclists obsess over this; runners less so.
A modified Japanese sport bike or motorcycle covered in aggressive aerodynamic decorations and ridden by people who think loud exhausts equal driving talent.