Your reply suggests you're genuinely interested in learning, which is a nice break from the entitled masses who post questions here that we've answered hundreds of times before and get mad when we refer them to those sources instead of wasting our time spoonfeeding them material that we've already spent countless hours making available.Originally Posted by KrnxMan86
So that's good.
Here's a start: Read this article by Rip, that's now over 7 years old: Who Wants to Be a Novice? You Do. | T Nation
Here's the money quote, for you:
Think about that for a moment, and how it applies to your question. There is no "weight" that transitions you from phases within the Novice LP, or from Novice to Intermediate to Advanced phases of your training career. It is a function of how quick you can apply a stress, then recover and adapt to that stress to get stronger. A D1 lineman might deadlift 575x5 on Monday and be able to do 580x5 by Wednesday or Thursday. An average guy might do 265x5 Monday and 270x5 by Weds. A 61 year old woman who's never trained until a month ago might do 85x5 on Monday and 90x5 on Wednesday. The point is, it has nothing to do with how much weight is on the bar: genetic potential, age, weight, and myriad other factors will dictate the weight on the bar. It's how quickly you go through this Stress -> Recovery -> Adaptation cycle.
There is some variation within Novice, too, and that's why there are different phases. The phases aren't meant to be exact prescriptions, only someone who already has the experience and knows what they're doing can say with high confidence when you should move from one stage to the next but common sense helps a lot. The phases are general average recommendations, but they can vary a lot person to person - some people can DL every session, adding 10 lbs, for 4 weeks. This is rare, but not absolutely unheard of. Most people DL every session for 1-2 weeks, add 10 lbs for a week, and then switch to 5. The point is, the rate of adaptation varies significantly person to person so you need to learn the principles behind the general recs if you're going to apply this at all.
That article I linked above is a good start. I suspect you haven't read the actual books: SSBBT3 and PPST3. You will be doing yourself a massive favor if you do so - and also, that's all I'm going to do here, to spell out the concepts for you that are discussed there at great length and detail.
Another thing for you to read: The sticky at the top of this board. This is a moderated board, your posts all need to be approved by a mod before posting, so don't appear instantly. Read the sticky.
