intermediate or tweak?

[Hwach]

Dear Mark,

Two questions:

a) I have stalled and resetted the squat 4 times, always reaching 130kg or thereabouts. The thing is, I have not inserted front squats/lighter back squats at all, and have been going heavy 3x/week all along. Should I insert the "light" squat day or move on to another program?

b) What is the longest time you have ever had a trainee on the beginner routine (ignoring quitters, pussies etc.)

Muchos gracias.

[Mark Rippetoe]

a.) I'd go ahead and change to intermediate if you've reset 4 times already.

b.) Probably about 7 months with very careful control of incremental increase, diet, sleep, and party.

[Hwach]

Looks like a purchase of Practical Programming is necessary. Thanks coach.