Entire year is planned for you to reach your goals.
Key Takeaway
Our training programs last anywhere between 12-16 weeks and are further broken down into 4-6 week training cycles that prioritize certain goals while maintaining others. Although these are 16 week programs, these are further nested into a yearly training cycle to ensure each phase builds on the last for long term progression.
In our live programming we just started Enduring: Phase II, and with this phase taking us into 2026, I thought it would be important to show the 2026 overall schedule.
The journey to your goals is not always going to be an 8 week plan. You should see some progress, but training and performance in the first responder and tactical realm is a constant and everlasting endeavor. If you’re doing this for 20+ years your profession and training is a commitment, and why in our programming we plan with the same mindset.
2026 Schedule
January-April
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First 8 Weeks
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Strength
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Muscle Hypertrophy (gain muscle)
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Power
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Aerobic capacity
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Running mechanics- Sprint starts, ect.
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Second 8 Weeks
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Same training goals as first 8 weeks, but we add some intensity to your conditioning sessions (but still prioritize the aerobic system), and we go for rep and weight personal records on the various lifts you will train.
May-August
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First 8 Weeks
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Strength/Muscle Gain
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Power- Jumps, throws, and one dedicated total body speed and power focused day followed by vanity and single leg work.
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Higher intensity loaded aerobic work.
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Second 8 Weeks
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We keep a similar training split, but we again start to add volume and intensity in both the lifts and conditioning.
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Conditioning will include Anaerobic threshold training- both loaded and unloaded work (strongmen or strongwomen/KB vs running)
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You again get to see your hard work pay off through rep and weight personal records in lifts, and being able to cover ground faster in your chosen conditioning modalities.
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September-December
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First 8 Weeks
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Strength/Muscle Gain (Seeing a theme?)
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Split will change slightly to keep everyone sane but will still focus targeted performance training blocks.
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We will incorporate more of the “Cube” method. Which basically means we will train our big lifts 3 times a week but will rotate on each day what we focus on…for example, maybe we bench press heavy on day 1, focus on a horizontal dynamic press on day 2, and then on day 3 we focus on pure speed and later capacity through medball throws or plyo push ups.
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Aerobic- Sprint repeats and various other methods.
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Over time we increase, volume, and then density. You will be shocked with how much work you will be able to accomplish within a given time period.
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Second 8 Weeks
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We again raise intensity, go after PRs, and really crush ourselves in our conditioning as we lead into 2027..yes 2027.
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Closing
This is a purposefully general outline for 2026 and doesn’t include the actual training splits and specific methods used. This article would be a book in itself if I did that. As we get closer I will show examples on what some of these training blocks will look like just like I did with Enduring.
Although this is the 2026 outline, there is no reason to wait for the New Year to get after your goals. Enduring is a great place to start so when we kick off 2026 you’re not starting from the beginning. You’ll have a solid base to springboard into the New Year.
