Workout Terms and Acronyms

Metrics in the Dashboard

M or Y	Metres or Yards	This will depend on the pool size you select when starting your swim
DPS	Distance Per Stroke	The distance covered per stroke
SPM	Strokes Per Minute	Representation of Stroke Rate
INT	For current interval
LEN	For current length, or length count
FORM	FORM Score
Pitch	Head Pitch Score
dg Pitch	Head Pitch Degrees
Roll	Peak Head Roll Score
dg Roll	Peak Head Roll Degrees
TTN	Time-to-Neutral Score
% TTN	Time-to-Neutral Percent
Int Pacing	Interval Pacing Score for current interval
STROKES	Stroke Count
BPM	Beats Per Minute	Representation of Heart Rate
AVG BPM	Average Beats Per Minute	Representation of Heart Rate
Z1 - Z5	Zones 1-5	Representation of Heart Rate Zone
CAL	Calories
E xxx m/y	Effort distance
E x:xx/100	Effort pace

Freestyle (FR)	Swimmer should swim Freestyle (Front crawl).
Backstroke (BK)	Swimmer should swim Backstroke.
Breaststroke (BR)	Swimmer should swim Breaststroke.
Butterfly (FL)	Swimmer should swim Butterfly.
Medley (IM)	Swimmer should swim Individual Medley. The individual medley is all four strokes together in the following order: Butterfly, Backstroke, Breaststroke, and Freestyle (Front crawl).
Choice stroke (CH)	The swimmer may choose whichever stroke they wish, whether it is kick or pull, and can use any equipment as well.
Mixed strokes (MX)	The swimmer should swim a mixture of strokes.

More information about each piece of equipment can be found here.

Drill (swimmer's choice of drill) (DCH)

You can find a breakdown of the effort ranges here.

Easy (easy)	Easy swimming is smooth and relaxed while maintaining skill. This type of swimming is used as a form of recovery.
Moderate (mod)	Moderate swimming is an effort that has a slightly elevated heart rate, comfortable breathing, and is sustainable for prolonged swims.
Strong (strong)	Strong swimming is an effort of swimming that is at an elevated heart rate and heavy breathing. This form of swimming is uncomfortably sustainable.
Fast (fast)	Fast swimming is an effort at a maximum heart rate and can only be maintained up to a few minutes until muscular fatigue sets in.
Max (max)	Max (maximum) swimming is bouts of all-out effort. Max efforts are typically short swims or can be integrated as short bursts within longer swims.
Steady	Holding a specific intensity and speed for each interval in a subset.
Build	Increasing in intensity and speed within an interval, from slower to faster.
Descend	Decreasing your finish time, swimming each interval faster than the one before.