Tactical Barbell II: Conditioning by K. Black

Review

I am not in law enforcement, security, the military, or an MMA fighter. I just enjoy sports and fitness. For a while now I have been frustrated that there doesn’t seem to be much guidance around for people who want to do both strength and “cardio” training and don’t have 10+ hours a week to spend on training. This was the one book people recommended.

The good: it’s short, straightforward, to the point. The approach seems to make a lot of sense. It has cost training plans and a ton of ideas for workouts, plus ways to customise them based to your level and available equipment.

The not so good: the military angle is seriously off-putting, and it’s so macho it seems like it must be compensating for something.

The jury’s still out: I haven’t done the programme yet. I’ll try to update the review once I have given it a go.

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