2026 Strength Training Accountability Thread

[avondale]

Have you ever done a TRX workout? While not my favorite, I do find it's easy to travel with the straps (which essentially attach to the door to the room) and lets me make sure I can get a workout done in my hotel room if the hotel doesn't have a decent gym. I put it in my better than nothing bucket.

You can potentially do something similar with bands. Basically, take whichever you have at home: bands or TRX straps.

 

[GollyGadget]

Not exactly strength training but I did my second Running Rewired workout today. This was one of the Prehab routines that I'm supposed to do 2-3 times per week. The book offers bone loading and a tendon loading options. Since my tendons are my current pain point, I went with that.

12x helicopter lunges (each leg)
12x calf raises (each leg)
12x sliding hamstring curl

The routine advised doing 24 of each but I was struggling and didn't want to overdo it. I was also supposed to do swiss curls but I don't have one of those giant balls at my house. Google told me the sliding hamstring curls were a good substitute.

In total, it took less than 4 minutes before my run and was a good addition to my warm up. I could feel my hamstrings burning my entire run so I might need to take it easier on those next time around. Lots of room for improvement

 

[KCO5988]

This thread is inspiring me so much! I had only been doing strength once a week the last month or so and I have my marathon next weekend, so I'm not changing anything up right now. Will do a body weight leg workout this Thursday just to keep something going, but don't want to overdo anything right before my race. I'm very excited to increase my strength workouts after I recover from my race though!

 

[nancipants]

Did a 10 minute runner mobility video this morning. Also did IT band exercises, arm running, and a few minutes on my ankle board, total about 18 minutes. I have a nasty blister on my toe and I'm taking it easy for the next week, so gonna focus on mobility and strength work.

 

[nancipants]

Also, I signed up for the Stoked Metabolic Fitness 6-week New Years kickoff starting next Monday. Hopefully this will help give me an idea of what exercises I should be doing and improve my nutrition.

 

[SheHulk]

Also, I signed up for the Stoked Metabolic Fitness 6-week New Years kickoff starting next Monday. Hopefully this will help give me an idea of what exercises I should be doing and improve my nutrition.

I'm interested to hear more about this! Will you post about it on your training journal?

 

[The Expert]

Went to Pilates this morning with an instructor I've only had once and has a very odd method of explaining things. She's kind of like an 80s aerobics teacher and does a lot of repetitive counting and crazy hooting. I don't dislike it, but it's distracting and her classes are HARD. I found out today that she used to be in the circus, which explains why she has us do so much ab and mat work.