When do you know you're an "intermediate" lifter?

When you hit intermediate numbers

when you can't add weight every workout anymore

what a dumb question, stop shitting my board. FUCK YOU

When you're edging 1/2/3/4 I guess

>>41051919
1/2/3/4
ohp/bench/squat/dead

/thread

Usually when you walk into the gym and balloons fall from the ceiling and the desk girl congratulates on being an intermediate lifter.

>>41051991
what of there were no balloons, but she sucked my dick in the back?

>>41052197
Don't feel too special, you're probably not the first guy at that gym she blew.

>>41052209
well id assume so since there a lot of big guys

>>41052229
4her

1/2/3/4/ for reps

Mark Rippetoe addressed this in one of his books. A novice lifter can increase the weight every session. An intermediate lifter can increase the weight every week. An advanced lifter can only increase the weight every month. This isn't a perfect rule but serves as a good guideline.

>>41052316
That's not smart. That has more to do with if you lift for strength or aesthetics, how hard you push yourself , by what increments you go up, etc.

I haven't gone up more than once a month since my first year of lifting. I am far from advanced (280/300/400 - max s/b/d)

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>>41051919
Symmetricstrength.com will tell you, though I don't know how accurate it is

When you don't look like Ryan Gosling

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>>41052871
L O N D O N

>>41052807
it's for a dedicated strength trainee obviously

>>41051919

When your gym nemesis looks like he lifts

>>41051983
fatties and manlets can hit that pretty fast so no

I'd say whenever you're never the strongest person in a gym at any given time, but you are given frequent mires of your lift regardless.

>80% of gym squats between 0.5-2pl8
>do sets of 3pl8
>catch mires
>saw a dude do sets of 4pl8 earlier so I can't find it to pride myself in these mires
>feels bad

>>41055046
<gym nemesis

>>41054935
Still, some fool out there who never breaks a sweat will think he's advanced cuz he never goes up. Just my opinion knowing the general mindset of bb.com types

>>41056623
Bitch, this guy was benching over 4pl8 for reps
Step it up faggot

>>41056682
It's not about what you choose it's about what you're capable of.

>>41051919
When you stop browsing /fit/

>>41052871
My dad always told me: ''Son when the time comes for you to pick a woman, pick her based on how fucking swole her lats are''

>>41051919

When you look for a good routine online and get annoyed that every one you find is a shitty basic beginner routine that you'll have to modify to fit your own needs.

At least this is how I feel 10 months into lifting so far.

similarly, how do i know when to transition from unweighted dips and pull/chin etc ups to weighted