ZONE3 The Original Buoyancy Short 5/3mm

Since inventing buoyancy shorts in 2007, we’ve proudly continued to refine our original design, now known as "The Originals." Backed by over a decade of positive feedback, they’ve helped countless swimmers enhance their water position and technique. Made from top-quality Yamamoto Smoothskin neoprene, these shorts use 3mm neoprene at the center for buoyancy and 5mm on the sides to promote efficient hip rotation during each stroke.

The Full Leg Buoyancy Shorts serve three main purposes:

For novice or intermediate level swimmers the major factor that prevents them from swimming faster, is the lack of core stability and their leg kick. Their arm strength and technique is generally good but they have poor body positioning creating a lot of drag and 'dead weight', which makes it much harder to swim efficiently.

Buoyancy shorts place the swimmer in the correct horizontal and streamlined position, helping to build a 'neural pattern' of how they should feel in the water. This also allows the swimmer to concentrate on a more effective leg kick and glide with each stroke, without that ' sinking leg' feeling.

The extra support also allows the swimmer to focus more on their arm stroke technique.

Results have shown that over time a swimmer's body position, speed and endurance can be significantly increased by training with buoyancy shorts.

Suitable for any level of triathlete who wants to refine their open water swimming technique while in a pool. Swimming in a wetsuit during a triathlon is very different to swimming without a wetsuit during a swimming race. The majority of your power needs to derive from your upper body whereas your legs and core provide the essential control. These short help develop your open water swimming technique while in the pool, where wearing a full wetsuit would either be too hot, or banned by the life-guards.

For use in open water training or races as an alternative to swimming in a full wetsuit (when the water is warm enough!).