Difference between intermediate and advanced?

I read some time ago that you're considered beginner until you've been exercising regularly for 3 months. Then intermediate until 6 months. After 6 months of regular exercise, you're advanced. I believe that was the guidelines that The Firm gave oh...about...7 years ago.
 
Along those lines also, what if you stopped and then started again. do you ever stop being a beginner:) LOL.. I think I must have read that also where you obtained that answer and felt I fall in this category. I belive now to call myself intermediate because I did switch from gym to home and it has been since October when the gym opened up. I could be an intermediate but I put myself as beginner with Cathe programs. By MAY, I'll be a full intermediate*cause ain't no stoping me now, I'm on the move. :) LOL
 
I also think that it is not just a matter of time alone. If you continued to do the same type of workouts from 3 months to 6 months...I don't believe you would ever be an advanced exerciser. I think you must continually challenge yourself aerobically and strength wise and continue to up the intensity of your cardio, adding intervals etc and upping your weights as soon as you are able. I could do the firm cardios exclusively from now till Kingdom come and never be an advanced exerciser. Cathe makes progression happen.
 
I have to agree with Cathy. Not only is it the duraton of how long you are an exerciser. It is what kind of workouts that you do to push yourself to the next level. now my mom has been working out for many year. She does mostly Denise Austin. I would consider her beginning to inter for the fact that what she does is heathful to her body and age but at this point I would never say advanced for the reason that she could never completele a Cathe anything. IMO advance exercisers are people who chose different workout that will continualy up the anti. Meaning get harder for them each time until it is mastered. Cathe does that for me and if it becomes to easy then I up the weights. I have been exercising for about six years now and I would only consider myslef an advanced exerciser over the past year. It was a gradual progression over time. Harder workouts longer duration that type of thing. That is just what I think. Karen
 
I think that's because Cathe has so many varieties of programs. She knows that it's not a one for all and all for life that makes the changes.

I'm glad to know this mind set. Another reason why I was not a good BFL candidate. I couldn't stand the monotony. They never even would suggest a change in hand grip for more definition or to work the muscle in a different way. Just plane ol heave-hoe


~~TyTbody~~
Working towards Perpetual Motion
 
Yes, I actually read somethere just a few weeks ago that Advanced is considered athlete range, so if you are like a fitness trainer or an athlete then you are considered Advanced, and I am not there... I am in the intermediate range......... Rhonda
 
I used to think you made "advanced" if you didn't have to dial 911 during Bootcamp!

The intensity question is interesting. I have been a home workout girl for 10 years. I went to a gym with another woman (they had a rock gym) and I was shocked at the variety of intensity I saw in the step classes. Some people barely lifted their arms and barely kicked their legs and looked like they were either trying to catch on or just going through the motions. They barely broke a sweat. Other people were in a full out launch on everything - and loving it. It really made me look at how I work out and make sure that I do every kick or arm movement as well as I can to get the full benefit. I only have an hour and it has got to be GOOD. I think that is where you start to move into "advanced" - I'm hoping to get there one of these days!
melissa
 
Whether you are Intermediate and Advanced also varies from one type of exercise to another. I consider myself advanced in weight training and kickboxing, intermediate in step (I think, I don't know: I've been doing it for about 13 years, but I now use a 6" step--used to use 8"--and I don't do the high impact stuff, BUT I can "get" all of Cathe's choreography...but I tried Cristi Taylor once and couldn't/didn't want to get hers), low-intermediate (?) in yoga, beginner in pilates. Who know?

Collage video links these levels to amount of time one has been exercising, but as other posters have mentioned, you can exercise for a long time and never get into advanced workouts. Or maybe you are genetically gifted and CAN do advanced stuff pretty early on.

It's pretty easy to figure out what "beginner" is, because it's a workout that anyone could do with no background. But I think the other levels are sometimes very subjective.
 
Thanks everyone! What am awesome response to my question. I guess then that I am an itermediate. Been working out 3 times a week for a little over a year now...but Cathe still kicks my butt sometimes }(

Paige
 
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