ZONE3 Buoyancy Shorts - The Premium Option : 5/3mm

The Premium Option is the most buoyant, lowest-drag pair in Zone3’s buoyancy shorts range. Aerodome side panels provide 30% more buoyancy than standard neoprene, lifting your hips and upper legs into a flat, streamlined position, while the SCS coating across the panels cuts drag to a coefficient of 0.021. The result is a natural alternative to a pull buoy that keeps your full kick and rotation in play.

WHO IT’S FOR 

Your legs sink when you swim, and you want the strongest correction available without losing your stroke. You already know what buoyancy training does; now you want the version built with the same technologies as a top-end wetsuit. The Premium Option gives you the wetsuit feel in the pool or warm open water, with nothing about your kick or rotation compromised. 

• Trains in the pool or warm open water without a wetsuit 
• Wants the most lift and the least drag available in the range 
• Prefers a natural alternative to a pull buoy 
• Already trains seriously and wants kit built to match 

WHERE IT SITS IN THE RANGE 

The Premium Option sits at the top of Zone3’s buoyancy shorts range, above the Originals, the 2007 heritage design, and the Active-Flex Buoyancy Shorts, the accessible starting point. Moving up to the Premium Option, you get measurably more buoyancy and lower drag from the same technologies used in Zone3 wetsuits. 

KEY BENEFITS 

1. 30% more lift where sinking legs cost you most The 5mm Aerodome side panels, built with air bubbles embedded between neoprene layers, provide 30% more buoyancy than standard neoprene, lifting your hips and upper legs into a flat, streamlined position. 
2. Drag cut to a coefficient of 0.021 The SCS (Super Composite Skin) nano-coating across the Yamamoto panels reduces drag to a coefficient of 0.021, so water moves over you rather than against you. 
3. Softer, lighter, more flexible through the stroke The 3mm Yamamoto #39 panels keep the front and back of the shorts soft, light, and flexible, so your hips rotate freely through each stroke. 
4. A natural alternative to a pull buoy You get the lift with your full kick and rotation kept in play, which means the technique you build transfers straight to race day. 

WHAT YOU’LL FEEL 

Push off and your hips rise higher than you’re used to. The lift is immediate and the water feels faster over you, with none of the grip you get from standard neoprene. Your kick and rotation work exactly as they do on race day. Most swimmers describe it as the closest thing to a top-end wetsuit feel they can get in a pool. 

FIT Snug fit with a drawstring waist that adjusts to size; unisex. 

WHY TRAIN WITH BUOYANCY?

Why train with buoyancy? Sinking legs create drag, and drag costs speed. Buoyancy shorts lift your hips into a flat, streamlined position so you can build technique instead of fighting the water.