Tactical Barbell: Physical Preparation for Law Enforcement

by K. Black

So, you want to get into law enforcement.

What’s the best way to train for the academy? How about the entry level fitness test? Do you lift weights? Do calisthenics? Long distance runs or sprints? Maybe you can’t perform a single pull-up and just getting off the couch seems like a daunting task. Or maybe you’re already in great shape and want to funnel your ability towards police specific fitness.

Welcome to Tactical Barbell's Physical Preparation for Law Enforcement, the most effective police fitness guide on the planet. This is training camp. Couch-to-Cop in 12 weeks. Prepared by a former soldier, paratrooper, and Subject Matter Expert/Operator on a Federal Hostage Rescue Team.

PPLE is broken down into two Blocks. Block I consists of general strength and conditioning. If you’re a novice, this is where you’ll start. In Block II, we take the foundation you’ve developed in Block I, and start funnelling your conditioning into the more specific skillsets you’ll require for the academy, and for your entry level police fitness test.

EACH and EVERY training session over the course of 12 weeks is covered in great detail. Not a single day is left to your imagination. 84 days laid out for you with all guesswork removed.

Don’t put your precious time and energy into incorrect efforts, or allow yourself to get misguided by the inexperienced. A career in law enforcement is for life, and is worth spending the time to prepare for correctly. Let the professionals in the field show you how to ace your police fitness test, and prepare you for the academy and beyond!

164 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 2, 2015

About the author

K. Black is the pen name for a twenty year veteran of the military and law enforcement. K.Black's interest in functional fitness came about while serving in various physically demanding units, as an infantryman, paratrooper, operator, and subject matter expert on a federal hostage rescue team.

Reviews

[Samildanach · Rating 5 out of 5]

From the creators of Tactical Barbell. I had great results with their strength book, so was eager to take a look at their new offering. This is a top of the line book if you fall into a narrow category - you're preparing for police fitness testing or police academy. I've rarely seen the approach this book takes to PFT prep. It's 12 weeks long divided into 2 blocks, general strength/conditioning and "Specificity". This is the way professional athletes usually set up their training.

Highly recommended if you're planning for a career in law enforcement. There is no doubt this book will get you ready and then some. On the other hand, if you're just looking to get into overall great shape, look into Ross Enamait's Infinite Intensity.

[Goodhew · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had fantastic results with the regular Tactical Barbell program (Definitive Strength Training for the Operational Athlete), so I looked at this mostly out of curiousity, although I am NOT a police candidate.
This is most definitely a high quality program that will deliver for law enforcement hopefuls, just not exactly what I was looking for. I did learn quite a bit about block/seasonal training from this book which I've since applied to my own training. If you wanna get in shape to be a cop, then this will be invaluable! If you're not preparing for police work, stick with the regular TB book.

[Sheepdoggy · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 stars. I'm a police officer, and I instructed at the academy several years ago. I was primarily involved in teaching emergency vehicle operation, but I also assisted with fitness from time to time. This book is actually overkill for academy prep, you definitely won't have any issues with anything that gets thrown at you. My only small beef with this program is lack of any swimming drills. The 4/8 week set-up is excellent. If you like Ross Enamait, Pavel Tsatsouline and the like, you'll get a lot out of this.

[Hrishikesh Parab]

Similar to tactical barbell 1 and 2 but geared more towards law enforcement aspirants.A laid out plan with some information of nutrition.This was an ok book.No new information.