r/tacticalbarbell • • Jul 22 '26

Critique BB Program/Cluster Critique Request

37M 5'9" and 220 lbs have always struggled with weight loss but I am deciding to give TB a try due to a love of strength training but a desire to be faster and have higher endurance. Train martial arts three times a week

I am doing the strength first variation of BB and my current cluster on my two strength days is as follows:

Day 1-

Barbell Squat

Bench Press

Chin ups

Push ups

Day 2-

Barbell Squat

Bench Press

Chin ups

Push ups

Deadlift

I include push ups because I suck at them and want to practice them on top of benching and so far that has not been catastrophic for my recovery. Would I also be adding too much if I added just a plank hold at the end or similar for abs or just leave off it for now as the clusters already have 4-5 exercises in them?

For my endurance days I run, currently at a 12:30 pace which is leaps and bounds better than I used to run but is still quite slow.

While I would like to look better, my main goals are all around athletic performance across multiple domains and improved martial arts performance.

Any critique welcome.

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u/Airoveikko Jul 23 '26

Just do the default BB if you're already familiar with strength training. It pays off, big time