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.

 

[marty3d]

Another end of week check in - did all 3 strength workouts this week - decided to try something a little different and did the Apple Fitness+ Strength Training for runners. Nice 20 minute bite size workouts and gave me a few ideas for exercises I hadn't already tried.

This week I'm only planning 2 strength workouts ahead of Broad Street next Sunday.

 

[TiggerTrigger]

I had family in town and a race yesterday, but I have been on top of my strength work.

Thursday was lower body and elliptical, Friday was upper body and elliptical. Saturday was a complete break day (unless you count visiting the gym for the massage chair as well as the hydrobed massage), and then yesterday was a light day. I biked for about 15 minutes...really light stuff since I was full on race effort earlier in the day and my watch registered a 45 minute light walk for warmup + light lower body day. I did all of the normal lower body machines but drastically cut my weight lifted. I also did captain's chair for core, but cut myself to three sets.

 

[SheHulk]

Checking in weekly to say I've been doing all my PT exercises the past week! Still running 4-5 times a week, and on more than half the runs it feels like this PT is working like magic! My "dead" leg doesn't feel dead anymore pretty much at all, and now I'm just feeling tightness in my upper/outer glutes on that side. I'm told this is progress, and I can move to more strength for that area.

Daily at-home strength prescription was upped this week to resistance banded side-steps (don't know the real name) and bird dogs. Plus the back stretches. I asked if I could add in an arm day, and they said Yes, but I haven't done it yet. Need to get back at that.

 

[Dopey 2020]

Checking in with a light Monday workout, core and arms, skipped the legs except for mobility and stretching to get moving again and maintain the habit

 

[avondale]

Checking in weekly to say I've been doing all my PT exercises the past week! Still running 4-5 times a week, and on more than half the runs it feels like this PT is working like magic! My "dead" leg doesn't feel dead anymore pretty much at all, and now I'm just feeling tightness in my upper/outer glutes on that side. I'm told this is progress, and I can move to more strength for that area.

Daily at-home strength prescription was upped this week to resistance banded side-steps (don't know the real name) and bird dogs. Plus the back stretches. I asked if I could add in an arm day, and they said Yes, but I haven't done it yet. Need to get back at that.

So fantastic you're making such great progress!

 

[SarahDisney]

Popping in here to share some interesting (to me at least) news: If you have Spotify Premium, there are now Peloton workouts available in the Spotify App!

I tend to like Peloton strength workouts but don't feel a need to pay for membership so maybe this will get me to actually commit to strength training more often...

 

[The Expert]

I went to my now-usual Monday morning intermediate Pilates class this morning. Funny story -- I drove my husband's EV and forgot to turn it off when I parked! I wondered why it didn't automatically lock, but I rarely drive it so I hit the keyfob as I walked in to the building. My (thankfully muted) phone kept blowing up my watch during the workout. I peeked during a position change and sure enough, the car app was screaming at me to shut the car off! LOL! Of all the things you can do on the app, shutting it off is NOT an option, So I had to sneak out mid class and turn off the stupid car. D'oh!

 

[marty3d]

drive my husband's EV and forgot to turn it off when I parked

It doesn't shut off automatically??

 

[The Expert]

It doesn't shut off automatically??

I kinda thought it might, but apparently NO! We used to have a Tesla years ago that DID shut off after a certain amount of time (or at least you could set it to do so), but this Hyundai doesn't.

 

[marty3d]

I kinda thought it might, but apparently NO! We used to have a Tesla years ago that DID shut off after a certain amount of time (or at least you could set it to do so), but this Hyundai doesn't.

Interesting - I didn't know that there were any EVs that forced you to turn them off. My car doesn't care but I will have to be careful with rental cars! (That being said I may be guilty of leaving gas cars running by mistake.....)

 

[The Expert]

(That being said I may be guilty of leaving gas cars running by mistake.....)

I AM THE ONE who is constantly reminding DH to turn off the car when we go to Disney and drive a non-EV. This irony was NOT lost on him when I told him what happened. Thankfully I'm back in my good ol' honk-at-you-if-you-leave-it-running-and-take-the-key Bronco tomorrow!

 

[KCO5988]

Did lower body strength this morning. Proud that I got my butt out of bed at 5am to do so. Banded side steps, calf raises, squats, step-ups, RDLs, weighted glute bridge and finished with 5 minutes of abs.

Does anyone have any suggestions for online pilates programs for runners? I've searched youtube but its too chaotic. I don't mind paying for a subscription either. But classes near me are $25 per class and I can't justify $100/month just for once a week pilates class.

 

[The Expert]

But classes near me are $25 per class and I can't justify $100/month just for once a week pilates class.

I don't have suggestions on virtual classes, but I can give some advice on getting a deal on IRL ones.

Get on their contact list and wait for a promotion, then ask them for a better deal that suits what you need. I go to Club Pilates and the owners have a lot of freedom to get new clients. I was on a contact list for about two months when they offered 25% off an 8-class monthly subscription. Before I signed up for the free class, I emailed and asked some questions to show interest, then asked for the same deal on a 4-class package. They said if I came to the free class that week, they'd do it. I said I will, if I can get that same rate upon renewal for at least a year, and they did it.

 

[KCO5988]

I don't have suggestions on virtual classes, but I can give some advice on getting a deal on IRL ones.

Get on their contact list and wait for a promotion, then ask them for a better deal that suits what you need. I go to Club Pilates and the owners have a lot of freedom to get new clients. I was on a contact list for about two months when they offered 25% off an 8-class monthly subscription. Before I signed up for the free class, I emailed and asked some questions to show interest, then asked for the same deal on a 4-class package. They said if I came to the free class that week, they'd do it. I said I will, if I can get that same rate upon renewal for at least a year, and they did it.

I'll give it a try, but from the girls I know who do go to the classes, they are already very well attended. But I guess it can't hurt to see.