Some Acronyms used in TI-Forums

[WFEGb]

May be somone will find it useful.

Some known and unknown Acronyms used in TI-Forums

With request for correction, addition and expansion...

2BK: Two Beat Kick
2BH: Two Beat Hip
4BK: Four Beat Kick
6BK: Six Beat Kick
AB: Active Balance
ADHD: Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
ADP: Asymmetrical Distance Pyramid
AI: Appreciative Inquiry
ANS: Autonomic Nervous System
AOS: Adult Onset Swimmer
ASAP: As Soon As Possible / contextsensitive also: As Slow As Possible (greatings from John Cage :-) )
ATM: At The Moment
ATP: Asymmetrical Tempo Pyramid (look at totalimmersion.net/forum/showthread.php?t=2013)
BDNF: Brain Derived Neutrophic Factor
BK: BacKstroke
BPM: Beats Per Minute; sometimes (heart)Beats Per Minute
BR: Body Rotation (Body Roll) / sometimes BReaststroke
BS: BreastStroke / sometimes BacKstroke (contextsensitive)
BSP: Balance-Streamline-Propulsion (-pyramid)
CCC: Coach Certification Course
CEO: Chief Executive Optimist (Terry Laughlin)
CF: Cross Fit (Games)
CFD: Computational Fluid dynamic
CNS: Central Nervous System
COM: Centre Of Mass
COPD: Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease
CP: Cerebral Palsy
CROS: Cold Rough Open Water Swim/Stroke
CSS: Critical Swim Speed
CSS: Combat Side Stroke (CSS), used by BUDS and SEAL
CSR: Critical Stroke Rate
CST: Comfortable Stroke Time
CT: Choc Top
CTR: Comfortable Tempo Range
DASA: Disabled Athletes Society of America
DOMS: Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness
DP: Dog Paddler (whole Body submerged but head)
DPS: Distance Per Stroke
EC: English Channel
EE: Terry's 1.0 Mastery course "Effortless Endurance"
EF: Easy Freestyle (DVD)
ELR: Elbow-Lead-Recovery
EP: Endless Pool
EVF: Early Vertical Forearm
FB: FeedBack or Facebook
FES: Fitness Education Seminar
FQS: Front Quadrant Swimming
FWIW: For What It's Worth
FG: FistGloves
FL: ButterFLy
FP: Focal Point
FR: FReestyle
FS: FreeStyle
FTT: Fast Tempo Threshold
FYI: For Your Information
GZ: Green Zone
HEC: High Elbow Catch
HIM: Half IronMan
HR: HeartRate
IAP: Intra-Abdominal Pressure
IM: Individual Medley (breast-,backstroke,fly,freestyle). Once found: Ironman
INR: INternal shoulder Rotation (ISR might be better)
IR: Isolated Rotation (drill designed by Charles Coutourier)
ISCA: International Swim Coaches Association
ISR: Have a look at INR
ITBS: Iliotibial Band Syndrome
KPI: Key Performance Inability
LCM: Long Course Meters (50meter)
LCY: Long Course Yards (50yards)
LER: Elbow-Lead-Recovery
LG: LifeGuard
LLR: Laser Lead Rotation
LLP: Laser Lead Position
LSD: Long Slow Distance
LT: Lactate Threshold
LTHR: Lactate Threshold Heart Rate
MAOD: Maximal Accumulated O2 Deficit
MC: MasterCoach
MF: Misleading Feedback -- sometimes MushroomFloat, a very frequent form poster
MGFS: Most Graceful FreeStyle - Shinji's most popular YouTube-video
MLSS: Maximal Lactate Steady State
MP: Michael Phelps
MT: Massage Therapist
MTA: Magic Training Arena.
NAD: No Arm Drill
NCAA: National Collegiate Athletic Association
NF: No Feedback
NL: Neurologic Limit
NLP: Neuro Linguistic Programming
NTEVF: Not Too Early Vertical Forearm
OAD: One Arm Drill
OCD: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
OMG: Oh, My God (?)
OR: Olympic Record
OW: Open Water
P: Professional catch Timing (think PCT would be better - Werner)
PB: Personal Best
PC: Politically Correct
PE: Perceived Effort
PEST: Pace-Endurance-Speed-Technique
PM: Private Message
PMF: Perpetual Motion Freestyle (DVD)
PR: Personal Record (same as PB=Personal Best)
PT: Physiotherapy / Physiotherapist
RI: Rest Intervall
ROI: Return On Investment (?)
REM: Retired Elderly Man
ROM: Range Of Motion
RPE: Rating of Perceived Effort (usually scales of numbers like 1 thru 10, but depends on the system)
SAD: Single Arm Drill
SAG: Slide And Glide
SB: Season's Best
SBW: Shallow Water Blackout
SC: Stroke Count (TI: Every spear starts a new stroke; no matter which side | Garmin: Every spear with your watch arm starts a new stroke)
SCM: Short Course Meters (25meter)
SCW: SwimCampWeekend
SCY: Short Course Yards (25 yards)
SDI: Speed Decline Index (?)
SDK: Streamlined Dolphin Kick
SF: SlipFactor
SG: Superman Glide
SGF: Superman Glide Flutter
SL: Stroke Length
SPL: Strokes Per Length (Lap)
SPM: Strokes Per Minute
SPS: Strokes Per Second
SR: Stroke Rate
SRRT: Stroke Rate Ramp Test
SS: Swim Smooth (don't use that careless in a TI forum)
SSR: Sweet Spot Rate
STS: Shelly Taylor Smith
SUP: StandUp Paddle Board
SWB: Shallow Water Blackout
TI: Total Immersion (context sensitive: Also "Total Immersion catch timing" - think TICT would be better, Werner)
TIUK: Total Immersion in United Kingdom
TRX: A set of Special (rubber?)bands for gym training
TT: Tempo Trainer
UEF: Ultra Efficient Freestyle (Terry's comprehensive introduction to TI, two books and 15 videos)
UDK: Under Water Dolphin Kick
UNCO: UnCoordinated stroke (OAD breathing to other side)
UHSP: Universal Human Swim Problem
USAT: USA Triatlon / United States Army Training
USMS: United States Master Swimmers
USRPT: Ultra Short Race Pace Training
VK: Vertcal Kick
VO2max: Maximal Oxygen consumption/uptake (maximal aerobic capacity)
VT2: Ventilatory Threshold 2 (popular: Speed limit for getting out of breath)
WCF / WC factor: Wingspan Conversion Factor--ratio of wingspan to height
WS: WingSpan
ZT: ZenTurtle, one of the most frequent forum posters

Tbc

Best regards,
Werner

[Talvi]

oops! you already had DPS

This from one of Terry's posts:
"Wingspan Conversion factor--ratio of wingspan to height." - can't figure whether it's wingspan over height or height over wingspan though :(

[Richardsk]

Distance per Stroke

[Talvi]

I know this would be an expansion of your list into a dictionary but ... in the Garmin literature they define a stroke as being counted "every time the watch arm completes a full cycle". This seems to be half that used in other definitions where a stroke is defined as a cycle of either arm. Is there any way to make it clear which definition is being used (at least here)?

[WFEGb]

Hello Talvi,

Originally Posted by Talvi

I know this would be an expansion of your list into a dictionary but ... in the Garmin literature they define a stroke as being counted "every time the watch arm completes a full cycle". This seems to be half that used in other definitions where a stroke is defined as a cycle of either arm. Is there any way to make it clear which definition is being used (at least here)?

Just created a new acronyme (for you ;-) ). You may do it by yourself, so it would pop up to the top soon.

There are some question marks, can you remove them?

Best regards,
Werner

[Talvi]

Originally Posted by WFEGb

... You may do it by yourself, so it would pop up to the top soon.

There are some question marks, can you remove them?

I think you're doing a great job Werner. Sadly though I'd love to help I can't help :( You're the only person who can edit your posts (as this isn't a wiki).

p.s I can't see the question marks. Looks good to me :) Great stuff.

[Talvi]

Hunted for this thread today looking for a definition of CSS (normally Critical Swim Speed I think though combat swimming sounds fun!), so thanks Werner for putting the glossary together. I just wish Terry would make it a sticky thread! :)

While I'm here I thought I'd extract the entries you have question marks against and add some input fwiw

Originally Posted by WFEGb

BCD: ??
BQ: ??
EVL: ??
FB: FeedBack(?), Facebook(?)
HIM: ??
NLP: ???
OCD: ???
OMG: Oh, My God (?)
OR: Olympic Record (?)
OWS: Open Water Swim (?)
ROI: ???
s2bf: A forum member -- (Swim to Be Free?)
SC: Stroke Count (TI: Every spear starts a new stroke; no matter which side | Garmin: Every spear with your watch arm starts a new stroke)
SDI: Speed Decline Index (?)
TMMV: ??
w/s: ???

I think the question marks for FB and OR could be got rid of. The s2bf entry could be deleted imo.
NLP often means Neuro Linguistic Programming (a very commercially successful bit of scientific mumbo jumbo)
OCD can refer to Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
OMG and OWS I have no alternative to the ones you give, but I wouldn't encourage the use of OWS so I'd delete it! :D
ROI often means Return on Investment (I've a bad feeling I'm responsible for introducing some of these).

Thanks again

[WFEGb]

Hi Talvi,

thanks for your hints... put them in at once...

Best regards,
Werner