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by Classico
Wed Aug 15, 2018 11:59 am
Forum: Strength & Conditioning
Topic: Operator 4x/Week - Pure Strength Athlete
Replies: 13
Views: 11138

Re: Operator 4x/Week - Pure Strength Athlete

My main worry about this would be the back-to-back days of SQ/BP/WPU. Operator presupposes complete freshness when you arrive for your next session. I'd want to keep it to 48 hours between barbell workouts. Also, you might think about the arithmetic a bit. If you need to cap your workouts at three ...
by Classico
Wed Aug 15, 2018 2:05 am
Forum: Strength & Conditioning
Topic: Operator 4x/Week - Pure Strength Athlete
Replies: 13
Views: 11138

Operator 4x/Week - Pure Strength Athlete

I was reading through TB1 earlier this evening when I came across KB's discussion on why Operator uses a 3x/week split. I have quoted the section below: "Generally speaking, Eastern Bloc approaches favour lifting 3 or more times per week as being optimal, and 1x per week as being least effectiv...
by Classico
Tue Aug 07, 2018 1:37 am
Forum: Training Logs
Topic: Classico's Training Log
Replies: 2
Views: 762

Re: Classico's Training Log

August 6, 2018 Monday 1330 TB Operator - Week 1 Press @ 70% 2x5 45lbs 1x5 75lbs 3x5 100lbs HB Squat @ 70% 2x5 45lbs 1x5 135lbs 3x5 185lbs Deadlift @ 70% 1x5 135lbs 1x5 205lbs 3x5 255lbs *Form Notes* Need to make sure I'm not loading my arms too much on the squat. I've had issues with bicep and shoul...
by Classico
Mon Aug 06, 2018 11:45 pm
Forum: Training Logs
Topic: Classico's Training Log
Replies: 2
Views: 762

Classico's Training Log

Today starts a year long commitment to finally sticking to a strength protocol long enough to actually start approaching my performance goals. At a minimum, I want to be doing Tactical Barbell strength programming until the beginning of August 2019, at which point I hope to be significantly stronger...
by Classico
Thu Mar 29, 2018 3:27 pm
Forum: Green-Blue-Black
Topic: Member Introductions Thread
Replies: 215
Views: 1063854

Re: Member Introductions Thread

Hello All, I'm a 24 old guy whose primary goal is to increase strength, with the additional and slightly more secondary goal of increasing my conditioning levels. As of this post, I'm at 6'1" and around 193lbs. I was a swimmer in high school and didn't start strength training until 2014. I'm on...