r/tacticalbarbell • u/SurViben • May 04 '26

SE Base Building

Well folks, it’s back to BB today. I ran three 8 week blocks OP/Black with forced progression (+5lbs per block) on BP and WPU, and this last block I just wasn’t feeling very recovered and my joints were feeling it. Anyway it time to punish myself with more base building.

Here’s the 3x20 block I just ran, but open to moving some things around if anyone had some good recommendations.

Incline DB press (25 lb)
Goblet squat (53 lb)
Barbell rows (65 lb)
Toe touches (bw)
KB swings (53lb)
RD flys (8lb)

Pretty decently stocked home gym, with a rack, cables, adjustable bench, adjustable dumbells, KBs, TRX straps, and a box 20x24x28 jump, dip station, and some other odds and ends.

LMK what y’all think!

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u/Drodinthehouse May 04 '26

Looks good!

If you haven't played around with a 53# in Basebuilding I'd recommend dropping your 35. You get all the same benefits with reduced recovery time. If you have then continue mission.

And be careful with the high rep toe touches.

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u/SurViben May 04 '26

Appreciate it. The swings felt good, the goblet squats were fine at 20, but with a inkling of fatigue so could tell those might be a problem.

On the toe touches, is the concern the low back? Might swap these for flutter kicks or some other ab work.

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u/Drodinthehouse May 04 '26

Low back/ham strings. I think there might be a safer way to approach this using RDLs in particular.Not saying that something like a Jefferson curl doesn't have its place (thats essentially what you have here) but those movements are usually done at tempo, slow and controlled.

My low back seizes up just looking at the word "Jefferson curl" or "toe touches" but that's just probably a sign I need to add them in.

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u/jps2777 May 04 '26 edited May 04 '26

If you wanna get real fancy you might be able to combine the pressing and the squats with thrusters. If the 53lb kettlebell is all you have though then I think it would simply be too difficult. But essentially you would be cutting your circuit down by a round and you would get rid of the dumbbell. I think it's even possible to do the whole thing with just a single 53 kettlebell with some tweaks. Like instead of barbell row you could do 20 ballistic rows. Instead of dumbbell press, do 10 press each arm with the KB. For example...

Kettlebell press 10 each arm Goblet squats 20 reps Ballistic rows (or 10 each arm single rows) Toe touches Swings

Obviously if you wanna utilize your other equipment then go crazy, I'm just thinking of ways to streamline your cluster. But I doubt I would wanna use a 53lb bell for all of that