This is a great piece of equipment if you can't get to the pool. It also has the advantage of isolating and breaking down the front crawl stroke to strengthen the whole action.
As an older triathlete and I also participate in aquathlons (currently silver medalist in the world), I find it great to maintain muscle tone.

Had my ZEN8 for just over a month, I’m finding it a great aid. It took only a short time to get used to the setup, now it’s a core part of my routine.

Great product, means I can increase swim training without trip to pool and fits around biking and run
Although only been using a few weeks has improved strength , catch and finish
Thanks

So I am training for my Ironman and this swim trainer helped me get my form right! This is one of the best thing an tri athlete could ever get. I am soo happy that I got zen 8 swim trainer! I can see a huge change especially with the core activation while swimming!

You guys are the best! I hope this swim trainer reaches every tri athlete so that they could all smash those swim workouts!

Cheers guys and good luck!

Fits the purpose of gaining swimming specific muscular fitness and has already improved my swim times

An amazing tool to better you form. I have been using for a short time and it has done wonders. Being your not in the water you can concentrate more on the form and see what you are doing. Excellent trainer.

I purchased this for my son (11) to work on his technique on the days he doesn’t train. He trains 4 days a week, so uses this on the remaining 3 days. In the three weeks he has been using it, I have already noticed a faster pace, better arm technique, and he has noticed that he can swim stronger for longer. He’s not quite strong enough to use the arm ropes/paddles yet, they always ping off when he tries to use them, so he does separate resistance band exercises, but this will come in time. The YouTube videos are really helpful in giving him short training exercises too. It would be great if there could be some further videos uploaded focusing on use by youth, particularly as his body is much smaller! Great investment, very impressed.

The ZEN8 swim trainer is exactly what it says on the tin and more. Like many triathletes, finding time to swim is not always easy while trying to balance work, family life and fitting in the other training hours that are needed to be fast.
This does it all, it has meant that I have actually become a faster swimmer while swimming less. It's easy to fit a quick 20 to 40 minute session into the day before work or before an evening run or ride. The online workouts are effective and easy to follow, and you see the results quickly when you get in the water. It will help you develop your catch, pull and push phases of your stroke and depending on the workout, can increase you core strength.
Also, the after sales service is A++. When I had an issue with a part, a quick email conversation was started and replacement sent.

Although nothing replaces being in the water and trying to breathe, ZEN8 has definitely helped me improve my stroke and enabled me to slowly analyze exactly what I'm doing wrong with each portion of the stroke. It is helping me build shoulder strength and it is the best for, the price, to help with swimming when you can't get into the water. It stores easily and can be quickly set up and broken down and put away. I wish I had ordered ZEN8 months ago when I first saw it.

I purchased the Zen8 having read a few reviews, I have been using it about three weeks and I am feeling the benefits as I didn't have much upper body strength, so open water swimming was a bit of a challenge against the current, feeling the benefits, buts early days.

I have been using swim cord bands as additional swim training for personal training and coaching. However, since Covid hit and forced lockdowns, I have been looking for swim specific training tool in the market as the swim cord approach has, unfortunately, had multiple gaps:

I find that core engagement and streamlined horizontal positioning are neglected. So then the next solution is combining the swim cord and a bench or yoga ball; the next challenge that occurs with the bench plus cords compo is that the bench is a stable platform, and it's hard to engage the core facing down a stable platform. Finally, the yoga ball is unstable. However, you are in a streamlined horizontal position.

The zen8 swim bench plus the swim cord checks both core engagement and streamlined horizontal position concerns. It is imbalanced, activating my core while on it and firing up every muscle for a better-streamlined horizontal position with every stroke.

I’ve introduced it as home-session when not going to the pool, in 2 weeks my catch and pull have improved drammatically and I’ve gained 12” on 100m laps. Can’t wait to discover how much better I’ll get in a few months

Bought this to help me, for those days when I'm not in the water. I still get to swim but out of the water instead, and helps with inner core strength and balance. Definitely feeling the benefits already

I‘m really happy with the trainer. It improves my swim technic in a short time. I felt my muscles after every Training but I‘m happy ;-)

Hi guys I am enjoying using the zen 8 it’s early days and some days seem harder to grasp than others but when I get in the pool to swim drills I feel stronger and people have commented that my stroke has improved