how to know if you are a beginner or intermediate

Training Q&A [Moderated]
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For years i was doing random “hypertrophy” training but i didnt see alot of results.
The last year i started doing five sets of five in the three lifts in order to get strong and i fell in love with strength training.
I was going for a new five rep PR i in every training session and i stalled pretty quick. I never did a SSLP.
I stared doing more research and i tried to programm for myself but for 3 months i didnt see alot of progress if any at all.
I decided to do the Bridge 1.0 and my lifts went from(all in kg) :
squat 140 → 145
bench 117,5 → 117.5
deadlift 170 → 175
my weight 92kg height 192cm

Does this kind of progress means that i am a beginner tryng to do something that i can’t tolerate or i need to do an intermidiate template ?
Is there a way of telling if somone is beginner or intermidiate?

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Chris,

Thanks for the post. We don’t really use the term “intermediate”, as it doesn’t really help identify unique programming strategies for the individual. I do think that beginner can be useful for denoting someone new to training, but not necessarily their progression rate.

In your case, I think you’re relatively new to strength training and would recommend running our Beginner Template to see how it works for you and build a base that sets you up for long-term success.

-Jordan