Swimming Notation - Understanding a swim training plan : r/Swimming
These are useful if you get a copy of someone’s plan or find some on the ‘net, where there are plenty to be found. So, in swim code, all the strokes have abbreviations: FR or f/s or f/c: Front crawl BK or b/c : Backstroke BR or b/s : Breaststroke fly or FL: Butterfly IM : Individual Medley, which is 1 length (or more) of: fly, b/c, b/s, f/c in that order kk or kick: kick only, (usually with a float) , not using arms pull: swim using a pullbuoy between the legs Pad/paddles : Use paddles on the hands Pull & pad : Use both pullbuoy and paddles UW Underwater Some other common terms- Set: one particular group of swims. Like 10x100m is a set of 1000 metres, made up of ten 100metre swims. Sometimes though Set may be used by people to describe the whole day’s training, but Session is preferred as the overall term. RI : Rest Interval, the amount of time between swims Neg. split : Do the 2nd half of a set faster than the first half Br : Stop and Breathe for a specific period ( e.g 200 f/c br 5 e