Active-Flex Buoyancy Shorts

WHO IT'S FOR

Your legs sink when you swim, and every length costs more effort than it should. You're starting technique work and want lift that keeps your whole stroke involved rather than a pull buoy that switches half of it off. The Active-Flex gives you the wetsuit feel in the pool or warm open water at the most accessible point in the range.

• Trains in the pool or warm open water without a wetsuit
• Starting technique work on body position
• Prefers a natural alternative to a pull buoy
• Wants a first pair of buoyancy shorts without top-end spend

WHERE IT SITS IN THE RANGE

The Active-Flex is the starting point of Zone3's buoyancy shorts range. Stepping up, the Originals are the 2007 heritage design in Yamamoto Smoothskin neoprene, and the Premium Option is the most buoyant, lowest-drag pair Zone3 makes. Which pair? Read the buoyancy shorts guide. (insert link)

KEY BENEFITS

1. Lift where sinking legs cost you most The 3mm and 2mm neoprene combination lifts your hips and upper legs into a flat, streamlined position with balanced, manageable buoyancy.
2. Your whole stroke stays involved You get the lift of a pull buoy with your full kick and rotation kept in play, so the technique you build transfers straight to race day. Core support from the neoprene helps you hold the position between drills.
3. The wetsuit feel without the suit For pool training and warm open water, the Active-Flex recreates the body position a wetsuit gives you on race day.
4. The accessible way in As the entry point to the range Zone3 invented, the Active-Flex covers the core job of buoyancy training at its most accessible.

WHAT YOU'LL FEEL

Push off and your hips rise on their own. The water stops pulling at your legs, and suddenly there's room to think about your stroke. You can kick, rotate, and drill exactly as you would on race day. For most swimmers this is the first time a flat body position feels effortless enough to build on.

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. How buoyancy shorts improve your swim.