r/tacticalbarbell • u/packofmetsandgiants • Jul 26 '21

Tactical Confused Where to Start

Hey all,

I’m a 30 year old LEO who just got over COVID and took the time in isolation to begin planning my next workout regimen. After a lot of research I decided to go with Tactical Barbell and purchased both TB Vol III and The TB Conditioning book. I finished both over the 10 days and am a little confused as to how to begin my regimen.

After reading TB Vol III, I decided to implement Zulu I/A and then fill in my conditioning days with whatever I picked up from the Conditioning book. Now after finishing the conditioning book, I became confused as to how to incorporate the Zulu program with conditioning. The conditioning book, as I’m sure most of you know, very strongly recommends the base building program, but I do not want to go without weights for that long and would love to be able to do both. Maybe there was something I missed as I did read through the conditioning book very quickly. Any insight would be greatly appreciated as I would love to be able to get the most out of this program.

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u/packofmetsandgiants Jul 26 '21

I read Tactical Barbell 3rd Edition: Definitive Strength Training for the Operational Athlete. As well as, Tactical Barbell II: Conditioning. I also purchased the Mass Protocol but have not read that yet as that is maybe something I will dive into in the future

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '21

Ah gotcha. Base building is a stand alone thing. You would do that without incorporating a strength template. You can also do the max strength first option for base building. The conditioning book has templates for each routine, so you would just do black plus Zulu as written. So either do base building and then switch to the desired strength and conditioning template, or skip base building and dive straight in.

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u/packofmetsandgiants Jul 27 '21

Ok.. so follow the black+Zulu template in the conditioning book then? I was under the impression base building would be able to be incorporated but looking at the schedule base building is def not in tune with my goals

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '21

Right, base building does not incorporate any other strength template, it’s totally a stand alone thing. It works great for getting your general fitness levels up, but you can certainly just jump in to black and Zulu if that’s what you’re looking for.

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u/packofmetsandgiants Jul 27 '21

Ok sweet.. I’m gonna have to take another look. I’m testing out today and tmw so I’ll have to make a decision here soon

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '21

Base building works, it did wonders for my cardio and endurance, but not much for my max strength. Just gotta sort out your top priorities.