Fitness thread

The thing that bugs me about doing bodyweight work is that it's harder to quantify progress. I know I've added a few reps to knee push-ups, but I can still only do like... 2 normal pushups. I can hold myself up against the wall at ~45 degrees for 40-45 seconds, but push it to 60 degrees and that time cuts in half. And moving my hands to a position once I'm up is totally out of the question still.

Have you considered doing something like Convict Conditioning? That is, if you're looking into doing calisthenics type work. I did it for awhile before I started doing weights, and it's definitely a challenge with some good workout progressions.

I still can't do one of these, haha.

My fitness goals are somewhat conflicted. I know that I have a good strength base, but I'm not the most athletic person--by that I don't mean I'm a lard, but sometimes I end up slightly (slightly) winded walking up three flights of stairs, and I'm not the best runner. I'm also not great at bodyweight related things--still can't do a muscle-up.

I've said before that I want to cut, and I'm still working on that and working on speeding up. My strength is somehow still going up. But now I'm trying to pick between advancing my strength throughout this whole semester to "ideal" levels, or going ahead with my end goal and doing a hypertrophy program.

Besides that, I'm starting to sprint 2x a week because screw distance running and I want to cut faster. Also heart health.

Recently I've also wanted to start playing a sport...

Okay, maybe I just want to do everything. What the hell am I becoming?

tl;dr Hypertrophy now or wait 3-4 months?

Squat: 315x5
Deadlift: 370x5
Bench: 175x5

I'd opt to cut now if I were you. There's no reason you can't switch back to a strength oriented routine later if you want. I think it varies for person to person, though. As much as I'm impressed with my lifts, I'm more impressed with, say, being able to walk on my hands. As far as aesthetics go, I think looking nice adds another element to your lifting since half of working out is wanting to be able to see the visible gains as well.