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Phase 3 · Shin and anterior chain · Session M

The front
of the shin.
Nobody trains it.

Phase 3 opens on the muscle that lowers your foot on every landing — weak there, and the bone absorbs the shock.

  • Msession
  • P3Shin
  • 12:00on the clock
  • — donecompleted

Tibialis anterior brakes the foot

The muscle on the front of the shin lowers the foot after heel strike. Weak, and the foot slaps down and the bone absorbs it.

Heel walking tests the shin

How far you can walk on the heels with the toes clear tests the front of the shin — the side that fails in runners.

Shin splints are a bone-load problem

Medial tibial stress syndrome is the bone and its lining responding to repeated load, not an inflamed muscle sheath.

Three couplets · two rounds · twelve minutes · legs that take the miles

A

Lift the toes

Wall tibialis + weighted raise
A1

Standing tibialis raises

60 s · slow reps

Back to a wall, feet forward; lift the forefeet as high as they go and lower slowly.

Easier feet closer to the wall  ·  Harder feet further out

R1R2—
A2

Weighted tibialis raise

15 reps · ×2

Bag hooked over the toes; lift the forefoot and lower over three seconds.

Easier no weight  ·  Harder heavier

R1R2
B

Walk on heels

Heel walks + eccentric lowers
B1

Heel walks — barefoot

60 s · steps to beat

Barefoot, toes lifted clear; walk on the heels and count the steps.

Easier shorter distance  ·  Harder backpack on

R1R2—
B2

Tibialis eccentric lowers

12 reps · ×2

Lift the forefoot fast, then lower it to the floor over five slow seconds.

Easier three seconds  ·  Harder weighted

R1R2
C

Resist

Loaded toe raises + towel dorsiflexion
C1

Seated loaded toe raises

60 s · slow reps

Bag over the toes, heels down; raise and lower briskly through full range.

Easier no weight  ·  Harder heavier

R1R2—
C2

Towel-resisted dorsiflexion

15/side · ×2

Towel round the forefoot pulled away; pull the foot up against it and return slowly.

Easier less tension  ·  Harder more tension

R1R2

The clock

Round 1settle in — 70%, perfect tracking
0:00A1 → A2
2:00B1 → B2
4:00C1 → C2
Round 2own it — beat Round 1 by quality
6:00A1 → A2
8:00B1 → B2
10:00C1 → C2

Each couplet: 60 s scored → the loading set → 10 s to move on. Done at 12:00.

How to run it

  1. The shin muscles brake the foot on every landing. Weak there, and the bone takes the shock instead.
  2. Tibialis posterior holds the arch; tibialis anterior lowers the foot. Both get trained here.
  3. A hip that lets the pelvis drop sends more load down the shin — that is why hip work is in this phase.
  4. Burning along the front or inside of the shin during the set is expected. Point tenderness on the bone afterwards is not.

Tick it off

MovementRound 1Round 2Best
A1Standing tibialis raisesslow reps in 60 s —
A2Weighted tibialis raise15 reps
B1Heel walks — barefootsteps in 60 s —
B2Tibialis eccentric lowers12 reps
C1Seated loaded toe raisesslow reps in 60 s —
C2Towel-resisted dorsiflexion15/side
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TE-12-CALFSHIN-M