Review: Perfect for combat athletes!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 23, 2014
I should be the poster child for this program lol… It was designed for me. I do BJJ (Brazilian Jiu-jitsu) three nights a week. That’s my game, my sport, my passion, or what have you. I see extra weight training and cardio as a way to supplement my BJJ, not take over my training time. I don’t want to spend all week doing bench presses and squats and having them cut into my time and energy on the mats…In the hierarchy of training, BJJ comes first, weights second, and extra cardio comes in third. I get most of the cardio I need when I roll. Extra strength is definitely a huge asset for what I do though. I experimented with SS, 5 x 5, and other programs. They worked…but I just couldn't keep up a full three days of heavy weight training in addition to BJJ. And the two day strength programs out there were pretty lame…Enter TB…I started using the aptly named Fighter template in Tactical Barbell. It’s awesome. It uses periodization, so there’s constant progression and de-load, and it’s a two day a week template… You can choose your exercise cluster or grouping so you have some control over the workload. If you want more of a workload you choose a heavy or standard cluster…if you want even less there are minimalist clusters… It’s perfect for me. I am getting stronger like never before…which comes through on the mats. I am never sore because of the strength focused long rest intervals and training style, and my lifts are all going up. I know this book is mostly aimed at ‘tactical athletes’ like military and SWAT…but ladies and gents… if you are in a combat sport, you may want to have a look at this program. For fighters, even the three day templates could be used with a Minimalist cluster… if you prefer three days to two days a week of strength training. This guy knows his stuff.