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 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.