The key concept to remember is that one is complementing the other. Your progress in lifting is not going to be as dramatic or obvious as if you were doing it on its own, that doesn't mean that it's a waste of time. Consider the alternatives. You could either A: Drop one or the other (that'll certainly not be conductive to improvement) or B: increase frequency (doable but it increases the odds of something suffering in the long run). IMO finding a happy little medium and making small steps of progressing is almost certainly the smartest option of the three.
On the advice scale I'd lean towards a program similar to Jim Wendler's 5/3/1 or anything else that is\can be low in volume and big on meaningful, measurable improvement over time. It's not free but it's reasonably priced and an excellent foundation to all things strength related.
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