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@karalea11 Most people need to gain fat concurrently with muscle. I suspect that OP just has a higher fat to muscle ratio than most. He probably has to gain a lot of weight to gain relatively little muscle and strength. But if he gains enough weight while on any good program, he will certainly...

@allysmiles3 Most people gain fat when they gain muscle. I'm suggesting that it's hard for most people, and likely impossible for you, to get stronger while staying thin. It hasn't worked for you to gain some fat and some muscle. So, try going all in. If you want to set an arbitrary weight to...

@allysmiles3 I'd suggest that you not set a goal weight. Get as big as you need to be, to be as strong as you want to be. In my example above you would keep growing until you can squat 350. Thinking about more than one thing at once can work sometimes, for some people. It's not working for you...

@allysmiles3 Frankly, you're small. You're trying to be both small and strong and it's not working for you. I suggest that you try to get big and strong. If you want to be smaller once you're there, that may work better. My experience: I have been at this for about 20 years. Most of that has...

@allysmiles3 You are talking in terms of strength, hypertrophy, and leanness. Pick one to focus on. I would suggest it be strength. Forget everything else, it can wait. Decide that you are going to do everything in your power to get stronger. Make the goal something like "I will squat 350...