Step one to balancing your running and lifting is understanding you don’t need to be in the weight room 5 to 6 days per week to make strength progress. Most guys are used to bodybuilding style programs that are built around hypertrophy, where all the focus is on lifting. Then when they start running, they try to keep that same lifting schedule and just stack volume on top of volume. If you want steady progress in both strength and running, aim for 2 to 3 strength sessions, 3 to 4 runs and at lea