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How to Become an Intermediate with Nick D | Starting Strength Gyms Podcast #59

Ray Gillenwater, SSC | September 11, 2023

Ray and Nick review the steps in the NLP and go through progressions to intermediate programming for each lift and examples of common issues with making changes.

  • 01:47 Squat progression - Novice to Intermediate
  • 03:37 Start with the basics - only make changes when needed
  • 06:22 Technique/form
  • 09:23 Adding a light day
  • 11:59 Changes are individual dependent
  • 13:51 Go up on the first set of five
  • 15:33 Anything that's not adding five pounds to a workout isn't NLP
  • 16:54 40-year-old/last steps for progression/decide which day is the heavy day
  • 19:19 Triples
  • 21:44 Considerations on program changes at this level
  • 24:00 Women will move to threes pretty early
  • 25:42 Programming issues - determining what change to make
  • 26:36 Too much stress or not enough?
  • 30:16 Not enough stress
  • 31:49 If you make a change, make a small change
  • 37:48 Standard progression on the deadlift
  • 41:15 Simplifying things
  • 44:37 Alternating the deadlift with another pulling movement
  • 52:19 Making 10-pound jumps on the deadlift
  • 55:09 Bench progression
  • 57:30 Press progression
  • 1:03:10 Nick's clients grinding through reps
  • 1:04:39 Post novice - continue increasing stress

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