2026 Foot, Ankle, Knee and Hip Protocol 4.0
Summer awaits
Spring and summer objectives near, and so the strength work must continue to build. We want to make sure we’re staying on top of the upper body work as well as the little, so we’re revisiting a protocol from early last year to reintroduce some upper body work.
The value in the lower body programming for the endurance athlete is fairly obvious. The stronger, more stable and better balanced we are below the belt, the better chance we have for success on long days out while lowering our chances of injury, issue or dysfunction. With that being said, there’s always more pieces to the puzzle and after multiple requests, I’ve decided to build into this months protocol an extremely simple yet effective upper body progression plan to build accessory strength much in the same way as has been done with the lower body.
The objectives around the UBPP is not to replace a traditional pump session in a gym. The endurance athlete has needs and they aren’t just related to the legs. The plan is intended to be simple, progressive in nature and to generally build some upper body and midline strength in ways that can help those who go far, go further.
May is going to be a pretty drastically new set of movement patterns and intentions, so hammer in this month and get ready for a big spring and early summer ramp up.
Do the things you need to do the things you want to do.
Onward, Always.