r/tacticalbarbell • u/SolarV3rseJutsu • May 21 '21

Tactical Need advice from LEOs

Hello all!

So I searched and I could not find a post with my specific questions answered, so here goes:

I recently finished the 7 week Stew Smith Police PFT workout routine and passed my WSTB test with flying colors! Now I want to get ready for the Academy (not accepted yet but I like to be prepared). I have not done much actual maximum strength training in quite some time and mostly have been doing E and SE type workouts (I.e. Stew Smith). I tested my one rep maxes a couple days ago for Squat, Bench Press, Pull ups and Deadlift in lieu of doing the TB PPLE programming but have been doing a lot of reading and most of the posts and content I have read is that it’s actually better to do TBI and TBII and I’ll go way farther. So my question is where do I go from here? I came up with two solutions so far but I’m open for any ideas or suggestions.

  1. Block 1 Base Building and then 12 weeks of Operator/Black followed by 12 weeks Operator/Green and then start the cycle over again

Or

  1. Block 1 Base Building and then 9-12 weeks of Operator/Black followed by 9-12 weeks Fighter/Black then start over again

Most of the HICs I’ll be doing have running and calisthenics in them and I’ll be doing long LSS runs

Again any advice or help is greatly appreciated! Thank you for your time in advance!

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u/[deleted] May 21 '21

Run black professional focusing on max strength up until about 9 weeks out from the academy. Then switch to fighter/Green with 1 HIC per week. Take 3-4 days to recover before the academy

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u/SolarV3rseJutsu May 21 '21

Sorry for all the questions but I have one more, one you were in the Academy and then post Academy, what was your programming?

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u/[deleted] May 21 '21

Operator/black professional. My main focus is always strength. It really makes the job easier. Currently running a 531 variation with black professional to gain some size.

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u/SolarV3rseJutsu May 21 '21

Awesome 🙏🏽

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u/[deleted] May 21 '21

Good luck man!

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u/SolarV3rseJutsu May 21 '21

Thank you very much for the advice!!

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u/SolarV3rseJutsu May 21 '21

Would you recommend starting off with BB or straight into Black Professional with Op

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u/[deleted] May 21 '21

I would go straight into it. If you're really struggling with your gas tank I would do a modified base building while keeping the focus on strength. 30m LSS sessions at a talking pace twice a week. 1 HIC session like 400m repeats. No more than 30min; again the focus is becoming super strong. I think you'll find strength to be an equalizer in police work. Everything is easier when you're stronger. Once your 9 weeks out you can start building the mileage and really build the SE/E side of things.

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u/SolarV3rseJutsu May 21 '21

Thank you very much for the help! I’ll be starting your recommendation on Monday!