Pull Buoy for swim workouts - ideas?

Pull buoys are good, but don't get in a habit of relying on them. They help increase your speed, due to the fact that they give you a better body position and you're legs don't drag.  But obtainingg good body position is something that you also need to work on without using one.

I like to mix pulling (using a buoy and swim gloves) with kicking (using a kickboard). I do 5 x 200, where 1, 3, and 5 are pulling free/crawl, and 2 and 4 are kicking (50 fly, back, breaststroke, free). You could do any combination of lengths - 50s instead of 200s, whatever, but the mix is good.

I freaking love the pull buoy. I'll often throw in a 50pull in between long sets (with a 50 of kick as well), (I find that by doing so it reminds my body how to sit in the water if I've started slacking out of fatigue) or, if I feel my form turning to sh-t in the middle of a long set, throw in a 25 or 50 during that set to mentally "reset" how I'm suppose to feel in the water.

This is the main reason why I am looking to use the pull buoy more. I already do some fist or fingerdrag drills in between my long set, so I will add the buoy in there.

half, 3/4 and full catch up can also be done with the pullbuoy.

Swim Workouts for Triathletes in a Binder by Gayle Bernhardt......great book. Start off doing the B workouts and then work up to the A sets. Great mix of pull, kick, free, drills, and some other fun stuff. Keeps swim workouts fun and you don't have to go through making them up as you go.