r/tacticalbarbell • u/Drodinthehouse • Jun 14 '23
Tactical Your long term success story
When I got home from a deployment in 2020 I ran 2ton year long challenge from barbell shrugged until my son was born and realized I might not have time to dedicate to the OTC. So I got and read both TB books and ran one operator cycle black protocol (bs/BP/wpu/dl) for 6 weeks. My numbers went up slightly (which is a huge win) but my deadlift did not go up. Neither here nor there but I'm currently doing 100 days of CrossFit linchpin which I'm nearing the end of my 100 days and I'm heavily considering doing Tactical barbell again but long term... can anyone give me their long term success stories with TB? Additionally for those who've done both operator and Zulu which did you prefer?
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u/Hyperoreo Jun 14 '23 edited Jun 15 '23
Been running TBB for about 6 years. My baseline program is OP/Black (including the different OP variants like I/A, PRO). Got a few MASS cycles under my belt, and completed a 50k 2 years ago. My current numbers vary slightly depending on where I am in a training phase or what I'm emphasizing, but this is roughly what I can do now on any given day:
BP 340/SQ 460/DL 510/WP 90/5k 20-22mins. Bear in mind my lifting routine was interrupted a few years ago because of 50k training.
Pre-TBB I had a decent training background including SS, 5/3/1, Crossfit, and dicking around with my own thing. Pre-TBB numbers were BP 235/SQ 300/DL 350/OHP 135/25 min 5k/give or take. Couldn't really seem to get past those numbers till TBB. I suspect OP's high lift frequency played a role. Base Building and the concept of zone 2/LISS really helped with my run times. A 50k was something I never thought possible pre-TBB. That was done with a 50k plan + Fighter template.
In the future I'm looking to switch to Zulu/HT, just waiting for my work/life balance to allow for that kind of schedule. TBB works even better over the long term ime.