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

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.
How to do the NLP: • How to do the Starting...
NLP for Women: • Novice Linear Progress...
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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