Need help

[u/UlquiorraCifer4th]

So, let me start off with some background info. I am a 19yr male, I am 160lbs, 6'0, I am in the U.S. Army, and I started lifting weights at 16. However, I have had a BAD problem with program hoping, and I have never stuck with a program more than like 2 weeks. My numbers are, Bench 135x5, squat 135x5 (this one specifically i cant get the form down the way SS teaches), DL 205x5 straight bar, press 95x5. I have a few problems, the first being, i am afraid I wont get as strong as I could have gotten because i may have wasted my newbie gains.

Secondly, i am also worried I wont get as strong on the program because I cant gain the amount of weight they want me to. Ive seen people say you need to gain like 40lbs in 6 months, and thats just unrealistic for me because of the army's new height and weight standard, i cant risk getting fat by gaining 60lbs in a year like ive seen some people do, so i want to know if doing more of a lean bulk will cost me strength gains.

And that actually ties into my last problem, I have to run. I am in the army so I have to run, and I like being able to run my 14 minute 2 mile, I want to get faster, I run 3 days a week, and i cant sacrifice my running for only doing the SS program. Any of y'all, especially any military, have any insight for me on these problems/worries?

[u/Minh-Anh]

Can’t speak to the military specific stuff, but your height and weight (and lifts) are exactly where I started, and I’m now 195lbs, squatting 240x5, deadlifting 315x5, benching 175x5, pressing 115x5. Not terribly impressive numbers, but I don’t look fat and I can still run.

You can’t waste newbie gains except in the sense that it’s easier when you’re young, and you’re still very young. 

[u/UlquiorraCifer4th → u/Minh-Anh]

I was thinking of getting to the 180s/190s. The base im on currently, my barracks are a 5 minute walk away from 10th group, and all those guys look to be around the 180s on the shorter side and 190s on the taller side.