Run daily, keep the shape

Run every day,
keep the curves.

A 60-week plan built around a short run six days a week — nothing over 3.5 miles — with heavy machine leg work three times a week so your glutes and thighs keep their thickness, plus a quick two-move core block three times a week to keep the waist trim. Monday is completely off. Run and lift by feel, never an exact pace or load. Every 4th week is a deload, and the program runs in five 12-week blocks.

60weeks
6runs / week
3leg days / week
Week by week

Your 60-week schedule

Each week builds on the last. Tap any week to see all six training days plus Monday's rest, with full warm-ups, main sets and cool-downs.

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1
Week
3–2 sets

Block 1 · week 1 — run daily, hold the muscle

Runs 6× · Legs 3× · Core 3×

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2
Week
3–2 sets

Block 1 · week 2 — run daily, hold the muscle

Runs 6× · Legs 3× · Core 3×

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3
Week
3–2 sets

Block 1 · week 3 — run daily, hold the muscle

Runs 6× · Legs 3× · Core 3×

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4
Week
Recovery

Deload — shorter runs, fewer sets, absorb the work

Down week: shorter runs, lighter lifting

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5
Week
3–2 sets

Block 1 · week 5 — run daily, hold the muscle

Runs 6× · Legs 3× · Core 3×

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Week
3–2 sets

Block 1 · week 6 — run daily, hold the muscle

Runs 6× · Legs 3× · Core 3×

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Week
3–2 sets

Block 1 · week 7 — run daily, hold the muscle

Runs 6× · Legs 3× · Core 3×

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8
Week
Recovery

Deload — shorter runs, fewer sets, absorb the work

Down week: shorter runs, lighter lifting

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9
Week
4–2 sets

Block 1 · week 9 — run daily, hold the muscle

Runs 6× · Legs 3× · Core 3×

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Week
4–2 sets

Block 1 · week 10 — run daily, hold the muscle

Runs 6× · Legs 3× · Core 3×

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Week
4–2 sets

Block 1 · week 11 — run daily, hold the muscle

Runs 6× · Legs 3× · Core 3×

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12
Week
Recovery

Deload — shorter runs, fewer sets, absorb the work

Down week: shorter runs, lighter lifting

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13
Week
3–2 sets

Block 2 · week 1 — run daily, hold the muscle

Runs 6× · Legs 3× · Core 3×

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Week
3–2 sets

Block 2 · week 2 — run daily, hold the muscle

Runs 6× · Legs 3× · Core 3×

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Week
3–2 sets

Block 2 · week 3 — run daily, hold the muscle

Runs 6× · Legs 3× · Core 3×

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Week
Recovery

Deload — shorter runs, fewer sets, absorb the work

Down week: shorter runs, lighter lifting

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Week
3–2 sets

Block 2 · week 5 — run daily, hold the muscle

Runs 6× · Legs 3× · Core 3×

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Week
3–2 sets

Block 2 · week 6 — run daily, hold the muscle

Runs 6× · Legs 3× · Core 3×

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Week
3–2 sets

Block 2 · week 7 — run daily, hold the muscle

Runs 6× · Legs 3× · Core 3×

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20
Week
Recovery

Deload — shorter runs, fewer sets, absorb the work

Down week: shorter runs, lighter lifting

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Week
4–2 sets

Block 2 · week 9 — run daily, hold the muscle

Runs 6× · Legs 3× · Core 3×

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Week
4–2 sets

Block 2 · week 10 — run daily, hold the muscle

Runs 6× · Legs 3× · Core 3×

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Week
4–2 sets

Block 2 · week 11 — run daily, hold the muscle

Runs 6× · Legs 3× · Core 3×

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24
Week
Recovery

Deload — shorter runs, fewer sets, absorb the work

Down week: shorter runs, lighter lifting

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Week
3–2 sets

Block 3 · week 1 — run daily, hold the muscle

Runs 6× · Legs 3× · Core 3×

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Week
3–2 sets

Block 3 · week 2 — run daily, hold the muscle

Runs 6× · Legs 3× · Core 3×

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Week
3–2 sets

Block 3 · week 3 — run daily, hold the muscle

Runs 6× · Legs 3× · Core 3×

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Week
Recovery

Deload — shorter runs, fewer sets, absorb the work

Down week: shorter runs, lighter lifting

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Week
3–2 sets

Block 3 · week 5 — run daily, hold the muscle

Runs 6× · Legs 3× · Core 3×

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Week
3–2 sets

Block 3 · week 6 — run daily, hold the muscle

Runs 6× · Legs 3× · Core 3×

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Week
3–2 sets

Block 3 · week 7 — run daily, hold the muscle

Runs 6× · Legs 3× · Core 3×

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Week
Recovery

Deload — shorter runs, fewer sets, absorb the work

Down week: shorter runs, lighter lifting

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Week
4–2 sets

Block 3 · week 9 — run daily, hold the muscle

Runs 6× · Legs 3× · Core 3×

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Week
4–2 sets

Block 3 · week 10 — run daily, hold the muscle

Runs 6× · Legs 3× · Core 3×

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Week
4–2 sets

Block 3 · week 11 — run daily, hold the muscle

Runs 6× · Legs 3× · Core 3×

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Week
Recovery

Deload — shorter runs, fewer sets, absorb the work

Down week: shorter runs, lighter lifting

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Week
3–2 sets

Block 4 · week 1 — run daily, hold the muscle

Runs 6× · Legs 3× · Core 3×

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Week
3–2 sets

Block 4 · week 2 — run daily, hold the muscle

Runs 6× · Legs 3× · Core 3×

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Week
3–2 sets

Block 4 · week 3 — run daily, hold the muscle

Runs 6× · Legs 3× · Core 3×

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Week
Recovery

Deload — shorter runs, fewer sets, absorb the work

Down week: shorter runs, lighter lifting

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Week
3–2 sets

Block 4 · week 5 — run daily, hold the muscle

Runs 6× · Legs 3× · Core 3×

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Week
3–2 sets

Block 4 · week 6 — run daily, hold the muscle

Runs 6× · Legs 3× · Core 3×

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Week
3–2 sets

Block 4 · week 7 — run daily, hold the muscle

Runs 6× · Legs 3× · Core 3×

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Week
Recovery

Deload — shorter runs, fewer sets, absorb the work

Down week: shorter runs, lighter lifting

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Week
4–2 sets

Block 4 · week 9 — run daily, hold the muscle

Runs 6× · Legs 3× · Core 3×

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Week
4–2 sets

Block 4 · week 10 — run daily, hold the muscle

Runs 6× · Legs 3× · Core 3×

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Week
4–2 sets

Block 4 · week 11 — run daily, hold the muscle

Runs 6× · Legs 3× · Core 3×

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48
Week
Recovery

Deload — shorter runs, fewer sets, absorb the work

Down week: shorter runs, lighter lifting

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Week
3–2 sets

Block 5 · week 1 — run daily, hold the muscle

Runs 6× · Legs 3× · Core 3×

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Week
3–2 sets

Block 5 · week 2 — run daily, hold the muscle

Runs 6× · Legs 3× · Core 3×

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Week
3–2 sets

Block 5 · week 3 — run daily, hold the muscle

Runs 6× · Legs 3× · Core 3×

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52
Week
Recovery

Deload — shorter runs, fewer sets, absorb the work

Down week: shorter runs, lighter lifting

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Week
3–2 sets

Block 5 · week 5 — run daily, hold the muscle

Runs 6× · Legs 3× · Core 3×

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Week
3–2 sets

Block 5 · week 6 — run daily, hold the muscle

Runs 6× · Legs 3× · Core 3×

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Week
3–2 sets

Block 5 · week 7 — run daily, hold the muscle

Runs 6× · Legs 3× · Core 3×

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Week
Recovery

Deload — shorter runs, fewer sets, absorb the work

Down week: shorter runs, lighter lifting

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Week
4–2 sets

Block 5 · week 9 — run daily, hold the muscle

Runs 6× · Legs 3× · Core 3×

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Week
4–2 sets

Block 5 · week 10 — run daily, hold the muscle

Runs 6× · Legs 3× · Core 3×

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Week
4–2 sets

Block 5 · week 11 — run daily, hold the muscle

Runs 6× · Legs 3× · Core 3×

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Week
Recovery

Deload — shorter runs, fewer sets, absorb the work

Down week: shorter runs, lighter lifting

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How this works

Training principles

  • A run every day

    Six runs a week, 2–3.5 miles each with one longer day on Sunday. Frequent short runs burn more over a week than one long one — and they're easier to recover from.

  • Core that trims

    Bodyweight-only core three times a week — holds and control, no weighted crunches. It tightens the waist instead of thickening it.

  • Lift by feel (RPE)

    Pick the load that lands each set at the right reps-in-reserve. As you get stronger the same RPE happens at a heavier bar — that's progressive overload, without a calculator.

  • Heavy legs, few sets

    Three short machine leg sessions a week keep the load heavy and the volume low — that's what holds glute and thigh size while you're losing weight.

  • Deload every 4th week

    Every 4th week the runs get shorter and the sets come down so your body absorbs the work and you stay injury-free running six days a week.

  • Monday completely off

    One full rest day a week. Walk if you want, but nothing is scheduled — that day is what makes six days of running sustainable.