Quote: (05-24-2018 10:56 AM)sterling_archer Wrote:
Ok, that makes sense. That being said, how one should know that he entered into intermediate phase and should be changing program accordingly to his goals? Asking for future.
Sorry but I dont think the previous answer is accurate.
The only metric to tell whether you're novice/intermediate is based on whether you are able to add weight to the bar each session you have at the gym.
>put weight on the bar each session = novice
>put weight on the bar each week/2 week/etc = intermediate
usually advanced is where you need month(s)-long cycles before hitting a new PR.
Source: Starting Strength.