2026 Strength Training Accountability Thread

[nancipants]

Skipped my workout today. I'm feeling okay after the 10 miler yesterday, but I feel like I need a mental break. So I might take a week off from running and strength and just do my daily walks.

 

[SheHulk]

Skipped my workout today. I'm feeling okay after the 10 miler yesterday, but I feel like I need a mental break. So I might take a week off from running and strength and just do my daily walks.

This is smart -- knowing when to take a short break.

 

[TiggerTrigger]

Yesterday was textbook high intensity elliptical followed by lower body day with rotary torso at the end. Can I just say that I am still feeling the effects of that pilates/barre class!?!?! I'm tempted to go to the studio in my town but I really don't feel like paying for another membership right now. I guess I could look to some options on YouTube since it would keep me from having to endure a class setting.

 

[TiggerTrigger]

Last night was upper body and elliptical. The good ab machine was broken (again) so I did five sets in the captain's chair instead. I also wasn't feeling up for the shoulder machine in the circuit, so I grabbed some 8lb dumbbells and did a shoulder workout at the end. The interesting part was the elliptical. I knew I was pushing hard and my final mileage was .20 farther than my average and .04 farther than my previous longest distance in that timeframe. What cracks me up is when my Garmin also sees it as a vigorous workout. I don't really buy too much into all of that, but it counted 18 minutes of it as vigorous and gave me credit for 50 minutes altogether of intensity minutes (when adding in the moderate and overall time).

 

[KCO5988]

Did a lower body workout this morning. Hoping to settle into a 3 day per week strength routine, potentially counting the addition of pilates as a strength training day.

 

[Dopey 2020]

I’m back, good 45 min core,legs,arms this AM with a pair of 25lb dumbbells. Friday will be no weight for the legs with an upcoming race and I will be back in my M,W,F routine. It felt really good after taking a couple days off for SS so I may experiment with skipping the last workout each month for a deload week. We’ll see at the end of May.