2026 Strength Training Accountability Thread

[BradleyCB]

30 minute upper body session after an easy run this morning. Have fun this weekend!

 

[nancipants]

Did my Total Body C workout this morning.

 

[marty3d]

This evening was definitely a peer pressure motivated workout - I really didn't want to do a workout on a Friday evening. But I did and I'm glad I did. 50 minute total body workout.

 

[Isabelle12345]

Same! I felt like I hadn’t done much lately compared to other people here, so I did a 40 min body workout while watching the olympics with the kids

 

[Zutroy]

Would love tips on how many days people incorporate strength when in a running training plan, and how they break up the days between upper/lower/core.

When in marathon training, I’m lifting three days a week while running five days a week. I’ll throw in a yoga session or two as well. This necessitates doubling up some days, usually if I have a shorter run planned I’ll do that first and then lift. So either a day off running will be a lift day, or the day with the shortest run scheduled.

My lifts are usually focused on (1) push or pull and (2) body part. Chest is a push day (bench presses and flys), back is a pull day (pull ups, rows, pull downs), shoulders are a push day (presses). I’ll add squats and deadlifts in with my shoulder workout since both are shorter sessions. Since core is so important to running, I mix in planks, crunches, etc. into each workout. Depending on the workout, it lasts 60-90 minutes.

 

[Dopey 2020]

Too busy to check in yesterday but not too busy to get it done, got my full body workout and five mile run in thanks to having to post it here