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Originally Posted by LaraT
me too. I definitely consider myself more than novice yet not even hitting those weights!
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There may be a terminology mismatch here.
According to MissJane's link, Kilgore and Rippetoe consider a characteristic of an intermediate to be success at the recreational level in sports.
In Practical Programming for Strength Training, where the tables were first printed an intermediate is further defined as a trainee who has exhausted gains from linear programming and requires weekly periodization (ie, a trainee who can no longer get stronger each workout since the stress required to cause adaptation can not be recovered from in the time between two workouts).
By their definitions only barbell athletes, strongman athletes, heavy field event athletes and highland games athletes are likely to ever be advanced or elite, the relative importance of sport specific practice vs strength training precluding the need for advanced (monthly) or elite (annual) periodization for other athletes.
Someone interested primarily in fitness and not in strength may never require intermediate programming, according to these definitions (where the different classifications refer to the training model required for further advancement, not the time spent training).
Deads vs Squats vs Press Ratios
Linear Mode
