2026 Strength Training Accountability Thread

[The Expert]

I was on a waitlist for a 9am Pilates class this morning that finally came through last night. Glad to have it out of the way so I can crunch through two days of work before leaving for Princess! I guess I should also pack sometime.

 

[Dopey 2020]

Got my full body workout in this AM and get to move 12” snow this afternoon. Moved my long run to yesterday to beat the storm

 

[BradleyCB]

Fun weekend of running for distance and a long HIIT class. Surviving a sixty minute HIIT class with Peloton's Becs Gentry should come with an award! But I digress.

Back to strength today after a recovery run. I completed a 30 minute full body class. This one was structured around AMRAPs (as many rounds as possible). I did it, but I think I would have preferred being back running through yesterday's HIIT class.

 

[nancipants]

Did a shorter arm workout today. Laying off the legs this week in prep for Princess.

 

[marty3d]

30 minute total body workout today. Starting to wonder if I should push my mid week workouts to 45 minutes.

 

[JediKnightXan]

Last week wasn't great, only one day at the gym full body workout. Thursday/Friday was snow removal so guess that counts for something.

Got back to the gym yesterday upper body. Planning to be a little better this week.

 

[TiggerTrigger]

Last night was a pretty typical lower body day. Decent high intensity effort on the elliptical to start, doubling my tension. I also upped my weight on the adductor and adductor as planned. It felt good and I got that good jittery feeling after...like I really worked them. My calf muscles have been kind of tight of late, so I did a couple of sets of calf presses on the leg press machine. They have dedicated calf machines, but I prefer the deeper range I can get doing calf muscles on the leg press. I ended with rotary torso and added an extra 10lbs on each side, but I think I can probably go up at least another 10 next time.

 

[lookingforsunshine]

Today I did a deadhang for 10 whole seconds with very little swing! Previous was 7 seconds lol. Progress!

 

[nancipants]

Haven't reported in, but I've been doing all my strength workouts as scheduled! This week is a lighter week in preparation for Princess.

 

[TiggerTrigger]

Last night was fairly typical upper body plus high intensity elliptical. I skipped the shoulder press at the gym because I did about 20 minutes of shoulder work during a meeting. Multi-tasking! Added 20lbs to the triceps press as well and was still managing with ease. I guess I need to add more!

 

[BradleyCB]

Today was a lower body class after a recovery run. This Peloton class used a bench for every move. Plenty of awkwardness trying to get into and out of positions, like a weighted hip thrust! This also made me realize the little foldable bench we have at home might not be sturdy enough for some of these moves.

 

[GollyGadget]

I’ve been doing sliding hamstring curls a few times a week as a warm up and wanted to share how easy & effective I’ve found it. All you need is a towel & hard surface. My weak little hamstrings can definitely feel the burn!

 

[avondale]

I’ve been doing sliding hamstring curls a few times a week as a warm up and wanted to share how easy & effective I’ve found it. All you need is a towel & hard surface. My weak little hamstrings can definitely feel the burn!

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If you're on carpet, paper plates work as sliders...

 

[TiggerTrigger]

Last night was unconventional day. I was dragging because I was up much earlier than usual but I got it done. Even my elliptical time, which was more weak than normal, was still a hair over my target distance. I wasn't planning on it originally, but threw in captain's chair at the end because I felt like I was going through the motions and wanted to feel like a pushed a little more than it felt.

Also thankful for this thread because it's helping me remember where I am in my schedule. I was all excited for arms today and then checked my previous posts and realized that today is leg day.

 

[SheHulk]

I did 30 min lower body on Tuesday and 30 min arms today! This is the first month in years, maybe ever, honestly, since I started using Garmin products, that I won't earn the Garmin monthly rundown badge (at least 50 miles in a month). I know it's a conscious choice I'm making to run less and do more of other things, like strength training, right now, but I am a little nuts about not getting that badge and am doing my best not to run a lot the next 2 days just to get some arbitrary number to get a digital badge that no other human will see or know about.

On the bright side, I did earn the Garmin monthly gains badge for at least 4 hours of strength training in a month! I have only earned that badge a handful of times over the years.

 

[Naomeri]

Does carrying 2 big shopping bags around the expo count as strength training?

 

[jmasgat]

Does carrying 2 big shopping bags around the expo count as strength training?

Actually, I have read about aging/strength training, and one test/capability that one is supposed to encourage is the farmer's carry. I have seen it stated that one should ultimately aim for 50-75% of one’s body weight.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/...e_code=1.PFA.ro0Q.J3NrEQlAvuHf&smid=url-share

So consider you shopping bag carrying as a young person’s training for later life.

 

[avondale]

I did 30 min lower body on Tuesday and 30 min arms today! This is the first month in years, maybe ever, honestly, since I started using Garmin products, that I won't earn the Garmin monthly rundown badge (at least 50 miles in a month). I know it's a conscious choice I'm making to run less and do more of other things, like strength training, right now, but I am a little nuts about not getting that badge and am doing my best not to run a lot the next 2 days just to get some arbitrary number to get a digital badge that no other human will see or know about.

On the bright side, I did earn the Garmin monthly gains badge for at least 4 hours of strength training in a month! I have only earned that badge a handful of times over the years.

So you getting the gains badge balances out not getting the rundown badge.

Badges can be good motivators, but you can't let them boss you around.