Maintaining Conditioning During Hypertrophy Focus

Hello BBM Team,

As a follow up to a recent post; do you have any guidance for maintaining conditioning levels during a hypertrophy focused training phase?

For the last 6 months I have been running ~4 days a week averaging 15-17 miles while also strength training. During this time I significantly improved my 5k time. I’d like to maintain the improvements I made (or at least not regress too much) during the 8-10 weeks I focus on hypertrophy. To do this, I plan on running 2-3 days a week 10-12 miles. The run workouts would vary (sprints, long distance, easy 5k) but I would try to keep it an lower RPE during these workouts.

Is there anything else I should consider?

Thanks for your help, I’ve learned a lot from the materials you publish.

I don’t think you’ll lose much conditioning provided you’re still training it so I don’t think there’s much to add here. Carry on!