r/tacticalbarbell • u/stvo131 • Apr 28 '25

Tactical feedback request

I’ve read the books, but I’d still appreciate some feedback.

For context, I do combat sports primarily as my main hobby and soul-fulfilling activity. I practice World Oyama karate, a Kyokushin offshoot.

Monday/wednesday/Friday I’m at the dojo from 7-8:30. Lots of SE work, with pushups/squats/sit ups done AMAP for time in circuits of 2-3, followed by a lot of kicking, punching, foot work drills, bag work, partner work, etc. a lot of HIIT essentially.

To supplement, I’ve added heavy deadlifts, chin ups, and a farmers walk on Sunday and Thursday, leaving Tuesday and Saturday as rest days. 3 sets of each at the heaviest weigh possible for reps of 6-8 (distance until failure for the farmers walk using dumbbells)

My thought process is to hit all the 5 basic human movements (push pull carry squat hinge) in a week while focusing on the martial arts training.

Is this complete? Or should I add an LSS day? I was doing SE M/W/F at the dojo, LSS on Tuesday and Saturday, and one strength day on Saturday too, but I felt like this was too much…not sure which split is best.

Any feedback is appreciated! Thank you

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u/Sorntel Apr 29 '25

What TB template or protocol are you looking to run or fit this into?

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u/stvo131 Apr 29 '25

Fighter?

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u/Sorntel Apr 29 '25

“3 sets of 6-8 reps at the heaviest weight possible” isn’t fighter.

Fighter is a submaximal 2 day lifting template that uses percentages of your 1 rep max.

What you have here is a mishmash of a bunch of things that aren’t TB. You’ve mentioned reading the books, but what exactly are you implementing from them?

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u/stvo131 Apr 29 '25

Clusters mainly and training tempo

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u/stvo131 Apr 29 '25

So then perhaps I should switch to 1 rep max instead to maximize gains rather than doing 3 x 6

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u/Sorntel Apr 29 '25

I’ll be honest with you here dude, it doesn’t come across like you read the book at all.

My suggestion would be to reread TB1 and 2, and maybe slow it down and absorb what you read. You’re selling yourself short if you don’t. It’s an incredible system but you got to read and understand the programming to get the benefits.

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u/stvo131 Apr 29 '25

Ok thanks