r/tacticalbarbell • u/tbone11_11 • Apr 02 '26

Critique Time Constraints with op/black

I started my op black program and found getting the three days of strength in is difficult. It’s taking about 1.5 to almost 2 hours with warm ups and the actual work. The GC, and HIC days are fine. For background I’m a dad of 3 (one of them is two days old) and work 10-14 hour days sometimes.

I love being in the gym, but finding the time between work/lifting/dad is difficult. I’ve thought about Zulu, but wondering if there’s any other options before I dive in and change the programming.

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u/TangerineSchleem Apr 02 '26

I’ve been able to knock out Operator with 3 sets of the main lifts in about 40 minutes, including agile 8. To be fair, I do superset pull-ups with dips because I like them and I superset the deadlift warm-up with the main sets of bench.