I’ve been a member here for almost 2 years now. I’ve never bothered with a log, as I’ve always just kept track of things at home in my notebook. My goals have changed a lot over the last few months. So I figured, new goals, new tracking method.
I’m putting this in the Strongman/OL/PL forum because my main goal right now is to gain strength. I’m sure at some point in the future I’ll try to lose fat again. But for right now, I just want to add weight to the bar. I’m hoping some of you can help me out with that. I think a lot of the time I get too caught up in where I should be and don’t pay attention to where I actually am.
I started out last year at 245 lbs, 6’-2”, and nothing stellar in terms of PRs. In November I had managed to drop to 212 lbs, still 6’-2” (damn those generic brand heightening pills!!). At that point, I decided I want to start lifting heavier. So I began trying to gain weight (ha, it wasn’t very hard for me).
PR and get some good new PR lifts.
In particular, I want to see my squat go up. It really should be up around 5x250 right now I think, but my max when I finished Starting Strength the first time was about 5x190. I’m also very focused on my Deadlift going up. It’s got to be my favorite lift.
I'm gonna do SS for about 4-6 weeks until I start to plateau again. Then I'll switch back to MHPT for the next 6 weeks of the Hypertrophy program.
I know I'm going to gain weight on this. I know some of it will be fat. But I really want to put on some muscle. I've already proven to myself that I can lose fat. Let’s see if I can accomplish a different goal.
If I continue to gain 2 lbs per week, I'll be at around 245 lbs on March 23. At that point, if I want to, I can start cutting to shed some of the fat and have plenty of time to get my RIPT BEACH BOD in shape. 
I've never tried to gain weight before. This is weird for me and something that I'm just going to have to figure out along the way. I would like to have a more reliable way to measure my progress. The little handheld BF tester I have is pretty crappy. Hopefully I'll see big progress on my lift numbers and it will encourage me to keep going. If my lifts don't go up, but the scale does, I'm gonna lose my motivation.
My current PR (best guesses on some, as I’ve not ever really tested a 1RM).
Squat – 5x190
Deadlift – 2x310 or 5x285
Bench – 5x190
Pullups - 3xBW
Chinups – 5xBW
Press – 5x110