Tactical Barbell is a comprehensive strength and conditioning program written by K. Black. It is designed for military, law enforcement, and first responders. It's a solid program for anyone looking to improve athleticism. It comes in the form of two ebooks. Tactical Barbell covers the strength training portion and Tactical Barbell: Conditioning covers the conditioning training portion.
The strength training portion is a percentage based, wave loading, periodized system. It uses primarily compound barbell lifts such as the squat, deadlift, and bench press. It's a minimalist program with only a few primary exercises a few times a week. It's very simply to follow. Once you've tested your maxes the program tells you exactly how many sets, reps, and and how much weight to use. The program is very adaptable as well, depending on your goals. Two of the hard rules for the strength program are a minimum rest of 2 minutes between sets and no muscular failure. The lack of muscular failure is a very different than what I've been doing lately but I'm eager to give it a shot.
The conditioning training portion is split between high intensity and low intensity work, training all of the body's energy systems. A wide variety of workouts are provided for both types of conditioning. Things like long distance running and rucking for low intensity, and sprints and kettlebell work for high intensity. The conditioning is also adaptable to your goals.
The program has been run and tested by operational athletes world wide. You can tell while reading it that K. Black has a strong grasp of exercise physiology. It appears to be an outstanding program and I'm looking forward to running it.
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