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).

 

[Novatrix]

Just got done with the Lisa Hart 20 minute upper body fitness workout (@nancipants thanks for the req in this thread!) and excited to see where this goes!

 

[MissLiss279]

OTF was canceled this morning (burst water pipe), so I did the Fitbod Legs workout tonight. I did ‘elevated’ hip bridges for the first time. Putting your feet up on a bench - I definitely felt it working my hamstrings more than normal ones!

 

[pluto377]

Plan was to strength train today, but my arms are so sore from shoveling!

 

[avondale]

Plan was to strength train today, but my arms are so sore from shoveling!

So....clearly it should have been a legs day!

 

[nancipants]

30 min lower body before bed! Last strength workout before Sunday’s race.

 

[Dopey 2020]

So shortly after this thread started I was happily forced to write down and organize my workouts. I had been pretty good about starting a good habit in late summer but was kind of random on exercises and skipping days especially over the holiday season. Monday saw a full day of snow blower wrestling and snow shovel strength training and since I’m scheduling my workouts on M,W,F today is the day. I’m putting this out into the world because that’s one more trick to make a habit stick. Also for the first time not only have I written it down, but hit strength on my watch and timed it. With random stretching and quick rests between core, legs, and arms I can get a simple but decent workout in 25 minutes.

30 crunches
Side planks 1 minute each
30 reverse crunches
10 Superman
40 Russian twists with 25 lb

Dumbbell squats
Dumbbell lunges
Dumbbell step ups
Dumbbell Calf raises
2 sets of 10

10 inclined pushups, hold for 10 renegade row right
10 inclined pushups, hold for 10 renegade row left
15 Dumbbell curls biceps and triceps
15 Dumbbell shoulder press

Done after my five mile run, usually run first unless I’m waiting for better weather to run outside. Looks like treadmill for a bit so wake up, coffee, get it done. Going to stick with it now thanks to everyone here.

 

[The Expert]

Went to Pilates class this morning. It was with my favorite instructor, who sounds EXACTLY like Sarah Silverman. So yes, I take Pilates from Vanellope von Schweetz! (And she complimented my lulu Disney collab leggings.)

 

[marty3d]

30 minutes total body strength training today. Lunges, squats, bridges, push ups - really a little bit of everything.

This thread could not have come at a better time. It's looking like my travel schedule for February and March is lining up to be busier than at any time since the start of the pandemic. Starting to stress out about how I'm going to fit in strength training - not to mention running (and lets not talk about nutrition). I'm going to use this thread to try and keep myself on track. If I disappear someone please yell at me

 

[pluto377]

So....clearly it should have been a legs day!

Yes, that would have been the smart choice. Instead I watched old episode of House Hunters on my couch under a heated blanket!

 

[bpr2002]

Is it too late to join the group? I finally got evaluated by the PT this morning and can start exercising again.
After Marathon weekend, my husband and I admitted that we have to get focus on strength training for running
and not just for fun because we do enjoy lifting weights.
Or alas, there can be no more RunDisney for us.