2026 Strength Training Accountability Thread

[GuinnessRunner]

20 minute ankle mobility work done before my treadmill run this afternoon.

 

[WillRunForPizza]

20 minute ankle mobility work done before my treadmill run this afternoon.

What do you do for ankle mobility? I've been trying to fix my ankle for like 3 months now and would love some new ideas

 

[Naomeri]

Cross training done! Snowshoeing is the closest activity I could find on my watch.

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On my Apple Watch, I use "Snow Sports" for shoveling

 

[JediKnightXan]

Thank you for putting the list together SheHulk!

Did 3X5 barbell squats today, thought I was putting lightish weight on.. four/five months off and previous light weight was pretty heavy!

 

[GuinnessRunner]

What do you do for ankle mobility? I've been trying to fix my ankle for like 3 months now and would love some new ideas

My PT has changed the exercises every two weeks but the current rotation is 3 super sets (do exercises in sequence with no rest between exercises for each set) of the following:
- heel walks (30 steps on each heel)
- toe walks (30 steps on each foot)
- banded ankle dorsiflexion mobilization x12 per side (down on one knee in essentially a lunge position with back leg fully on the ground with an anchored band around your other ankle; you then push forward over your toes, hold for two seconds and come back for each rep)
- triple flexion rocks x 12 (essentially bend down touching your toes then while staying in the position bend knees into a squat and then come back up, all while keep fingers touching the toes)
- body weight deficit tibialis raise x12 (both heels on an elevated surface no more than an inch or two in height, then raise toes up)

Descriptions are mine so may not be super helpful (I get videos but in the dedicated app so I can't share them). Since this is "level 3" it seems more focused on tibialis this round. I will try to go back and look at some of the round 1 exercises which were a lot more true ankle movements.

 

[KCO5988]

End of last week and weekend were crazy busy so catching up here. Great job last week everyone! I managed a 30 minute lower body workout on Wednesday next to the kitchen table while my kids ate dinner and a 20 minute upper body/core workout on Saturday. Not a ton but I'm trying not to do anything too crazy right now as I head into my final 3 weeks of marathon training, just one day of legs and one day of upper body a week. Maybe core twice.

My wife and I have done many Caroline Girvan workouts and enjoy them. We were disappointed when she stopped doing YouTube and created her own app/platform. Hopefully it's going well for her!

I was also sad when she switched to her own app, but the amount of content she provided for free is amazing. I can't blame her for trying to become more profitable via an app, even if it means I'll miss out on her new stuff sadly.

 

[BradleyCB]

Checking back in. Today I completed a 30 minute glutes and legs workout on Peloton. I'm always surprised by how some of the "easy" moves are sneaky killers. Isometric holds with medium weights? Straight fire!

 

[3princesandaprincess]

Did an upper body core workout on FitnessBlender today after my walk. My shoulders are definitely feeling it.

 

[GuinnessRunner]

20 minutes of my Workout A done (sqauats, bench, rows, tricep press & calf raises).