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The 165-lb Body Drag Benchmarking and Training Implications for Law Enforcement Recruits

by Robert Lockie, PhD, TSAC-F and Matthew Robert Moreno, TSAC-F
TSAC Report December 2020
Vol 58, Issue 1

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The purpose of this article is to describe the 165-lb body drag as performed by California law enforcement recruits in order to graduate academy.

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This article originally appeared in TSAC Report, the NSCA’s quarterly, online-only publication geared toward the training of tactical athletes, operators, and facilitators. It provides research-based articles, performance drills, and conditioning techniques for operational, tactical athletes. The TSAC Report is only available for NSCA Members. Read more articles from TSAC Report 

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