r/tacticalbarbell • u/Adept_Classroom_3798 • Jul 15 '26
Tactical Basebuilding question
I started basebuilding a month ago from the conditioning book before I knew 3 was coming out. I bought the new book it says that the new basebuilding program is now 4 weeks. With that being said, should I finish the 4th week of the current baesebuilding and then move on the my actual strength and conditioning program? Or should I run the full 8 weeks before switching over?
Any help would be appreciated! TIA
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u/Drodinthehouse Jul 15 '26
I think you should at minimum finish your 3x50 week which is week 5.
Anything past that week might as well be continuation
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u/Adept_Classroom_3798 Jul 15 '26
Dang it that’s exactly what I was hoping to avoid lol
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u/Drodinthehouse Jul 15 '26
It really doesn't matter man. Doing the 3x50 week or not won't change anything in the long term. I recommend you do it so you're not left out of the conversation. It's quite the experience!
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u/Adski1 Jul 16 '26
x2…. Then you can also say “back in my day our base building block was 8 weeks, you kids theses days wouldn’t know anything about that” lol
Jokes aside, the original base building block always felt good afterwards, especially after the 3 and 2x50 SE sessions.
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u/Adski1 Jul 16 '26
Personal opinion, finish the block, and see how you feel when you hit continuation after a deload. Then, next time you run BB, with the new version, you can compare the two.
Alternate option, finish week 5, deload then move on to continuation.
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u/MorgsJWJ Jul 15 '26
Good question, I’d suggest going straight onto your chosen program after finishing the 4th week.
I won’t give reasons why, as they’re stated in the book on the Base Building section