I went through our academy in 2005 so of course this kind of outside programming in the palm of your hand didn’t exist. My academy was very running focused for PT so I would go and lift at night. But I’d maybe feel things out for the first week or so. I had no kids/wife/ outside stressors to speak of at the time so I basically could just do the academy, study for tests, and bang weights on repeat for about 7 months. I was also 21 years old so “2 a days” for me was zero factor from a recovery standpoint….so your personal life and if you have a family can absolutely factor in. I’d say feel things out for a bit and don’t stress about being “deconditioned” if you temporarily gotta pause outside training. The academy is your sole focus for the foreseeable future, stay healthy and injury free, dry fire at night, stay out of the bars, study, and take the mentality you have of being worried if the PT will be “enough” with you for when you hit the streets. If you have to pause, Jump back in to MASS when you hit FTO and beyond and you’ll be MILES ahead of most of your fellow cops. Take that from a 41 year old “old guy”

Brian, as someone who’s 19 years in to a roughly 30 year career in a big city law enforcement agency, I appreciate you creating this group. I’ll keep checking back for updates! Thank you