: When to do conditioning while on Wendler's full body routine? I'm running Wendler's "doing more with less" set up, as seen here http://www.jimwendler.com/2012/03/doing-more-with-less/ My question is when to fit in conditioning

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Wendler doesn't specify when conditioning should occur, just that it should occur. I don't think he thinks it matters. In fact, he calls you a "vag" if you do think it matters:

From the book 5/3/1:

I don’t care when or how you get this conditioning done, and I don’t
care whether it happens on your off days or not. This only time this
matters is when you live in the Land of the Vag. Do it when you
have time. Make time for it. Just get it done. Nobody ever got strong
or got in shape by thinking about it. They did it.

It's worth noting:

On the deload week, deload! You can still do conditioning work but
keep it limited to non-circuits such as Prowler pushing,
running/sprinting, etc. Let your body rest.

Personally, when I ran 5/3/1 variants I always drove to a hill immediately after leaving the gym to get some conditioning in (I think this makes more since than doing it immediately before). On off days I'd go to the same hill on my lunch hour from work. But, as he says, just get it done. Do it whenever is most convenient for you.

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Matt Carlson's 5/3/1 variant Doing More With Less seems to be structured as

Lifting, 3 days a week

Calisthenics circuit
Strength work
Conditioning or running

Running, 2-3 days a week:

Calisthenics circuit
Running

His non-running, non-calisthenics conditioning work:

the prowler or some of my conditioning circuits inspired by the CPAT (Candidate Physical Ability Test) involving the prowler, sled and farmers walks afterwards

If you want to do hill sprints, I'd swap them out for that conditioning work without any other changes needed. So you'd do your sprints after the calisthenics circuit and lifting.