Tactical Strength: The Elite Training and Workout Plan for Spec Ops, SEALs, SWAT, Police, Firefighters, and Tactical Professionals Paperback – Illustrated, February 28, 2017

I bought this about a year ago and it sat on my Kindle. With Covid 19, my regular gym is closed and I am working out out at home in my makeshift gym. I have basic freeweights, a kettle bell, pull up bar and rowing machine. I am 52 and in decent shape but on the weak side. I have limited time and want to get in cardio and strength training together. The workouts in these books are really awesome at blending strength and cardio for general conditioning. I don't do them every day as I get too sore. But I have been taking them every other day as I get stronger. Also I substitute, so I do pullups with a band instead of using a pull down machine and I row instead of elliptical. No way in my lifetime I am doing weighted pull ups, but hey a guy can dream! I like the lightweight shoulders as it feels like it is hitting a bunch of odd muscles in there that are weak and could sprain on me sometime. Long story short, these are good general purpose workouts that make me feel stronger and fitter overall.

This book is outstanding ! I am a 5 year SWAT cop on a part time team. The strength workouts and continued cardio are exactly what I was looking for. The book is very well organized and well written. The principals are consistent with Mr. Smiths previous books indicating it is based on tried and proven concepts and not just another new fandango program.

Very good book. My teenager uses this book to work out. He really enjoys it.

worked great

Great .... Just great

Outstanding!!

There’s good info to be had in the book but like many of Stew Smith’s other books (and I’m guilty of buying them too) is that these programs/routines aren’t practical for an everyday guy/gal. Have access to a pool? Track? Olympic level equipment? An abundance of free time? I’d venture to guess most people don’t (I don’t). If you live on a military base or FLETC then this book has something for you.

Basic. Brutal. Effective. I could use those words to describe all of Stewart Smith's books. His workouts are well organized - Foundation, Strength, and Power. His nutrition insights were also easy to follow. I picked this book up and im not even in the service of any kind. I only wanted tough workouts and Stewart delivered.

The book is very easily read and easy to understand for employing these principles and exercises.I've been a gym rat for 35+ years and my training has changed many times, going from the very dysfunctional bodybuilding style, to more powerlifting and strongman lifts, to athletic conditioning and into functional training now.That's exactly where this book comes into play.I look at both tactical strength and fitness as the very basis of every day functional abilities. If you don't have the ability to look after the everyday encounters, you're FCT.While I know the premise of both the tactical strength and fitness books are designed around military and first responders, it is what every human being should be striving for.There's a quote and I'm not sure who said it, but it says" If you were to die in battle today, would you have trained harder yesterday?"I know it's directed towards a more military or law enforcement mentality, but it also applies to everyone of us living this side of the green.Why wouldn't you just want to be prepared for anything, anytime?Thank you Stew, for these books.

First, if you've got any other of Stew's books this one will look pretty fmiliar. Same warm-up and stretching routines, but then why would that change? The main difference in this book is that the photos are better and the descriptions of the exercises are better too. The book itself is bigger, about twice as thick as others I have, and is much, much clearer. Download the Kindle sample and you'll see the contents and the whole of the introduction. The exercises themselves are a good mix of body weight, dumbell and barbell routines and you'll need a pull up bar. Swimming and running too. The last part of the book covers 16 weeks of workouts: basic, strength and power, and testing. Great value and a step-change in presentation!

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Great book!

Some of the workouts are great, but some are not practical. For example he has "circuits" that just say Repeat 4x then a list of exercises. Good luck finding a gym where you can do a circuit with, pull ups, dips, MJDB, bench, squats, deadlifts, push press, hang cleans all as one circuit. You would need 5 bars to run that. Many terms in the "definitions" are not used in the workouts.