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 Intermediate03:37 Start with the basics - only make changes when needed06:22 Technique/form09:23 Adding a light day11:59 Changes are individual dependent13:51 Go up on the first set of five15:33 Anything that's not adding five pounds to a workout isn't NLP16:54 40-year-old/last steps for progression/decide which day is the heavy day19:19 Triples21:44 Considerations on program changes at this level24:00 Women will move to threes pretty early25:42 Programming issues - determining what change to make26:36 Too much stress or not enough?30:16 Not enough stress31:49 If you make a change, make a small change37:48 Standard progression on the deadlift41:15 Simplifying things44:37 Alternating the deadlift with another pulling movement52:19 Making 10-pound jumps on the deadlift55:09 Bench progression57:30 Press progression1:03:10 Nick's clients grinding through reps1:04:39 Post novice - continue increasing stress Discuss in Forums