Thanks. I am thinking I will do dumbell or KB snatch to reverse lunge. This takes some of the total skeletal loading off, introduces a nice explosive movement which is good on it's own merits, and still gives me a pretty solid exercise for my quads.

I am 43 with 21 years in the military, all combat arms. I have all the usual owies (knee, back, shoulder, blah blah) but none of them are debilitating or have required surgery. I just finished training for a ruck event using C/CAT, and have now switched over to I/CAT for the next year, and am on the...

Useful background info. Age/sex 42 y/o male Training Goal: Run and gun/centerfire biathlon type competitions such as Tactical Games, The Gun Run, etc. Strength Template: Operator Conditioning Protocol: Black Lift numbers: Bench 215, Power Clean 205, overhead squat, 140 SE/Bodyweight numbers: 100X ke...

I am doing Operator on the Black conditioning protocol. My cluster is Clean, Bench, Overhead Squat. I am doing KB swings (as in Ageless Athlete) Monday and Friday. On Wednesdays I have been skipping overhead squats and instead doing a deadlift or farmer carry circuit. This is either 5X 200LB farmer ...