Swimming Terms Every Triathlete Needs to Know
Use âIMâ in triathlon and youâre talking about an IRONMAN. Use âIMâ in the world of swimming and youâre referencing a whole different beast. Swimmers, just like triathletes, have a language all their own. Youâll see abbreviations and acronyms in written workouts, hear swimmers and coaches reference strange things and, even on race day you might encounter some specific terms. If youâre new to the sport, here are all the basic swimming terms you need to know as a triathlete. Stroke Abbreviations Free/FR/Crawl: Freestyle BR: Breaststroke BK/Back: Backstroke Fly: Butterfly IM: individual medley. Swimming all four strokes in the order of butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle. If you have 100 IM, that means 25 meters of each stroke; 400 IMâŚ


