After NLP it’s a good text for intermediate, military style training.
Wrapped up lifting before it turned 8:30AM. Out of breath. Sweat all over the mat.
Have time to make scrambled eggs for the wife and lead a morning walk in nature.
Thanks for the hard love, Jocko.
All things through Christ.
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Discussion
You are talking SS NLP? Isn't SS intermediate programming just going up 5 pounds a week with some light days and back off sets?
I am a Jocko junky myself, but if I ever want to squat 500 pounds it won't be burpies and kettle bell tosses that get me there.
Interval training and cardio isn't to lose weight, it's to condition your cardiovascular system so that fatigue doesn't set in as quickly.
You can be strong as a bull but still useless. Don't believe me? Go run a mile. Rest less between sets.
Conditioning feeds into strength training to produce overall athleticim.
Yeah I get it. I haven't ran a mile in a few months. I do a lot of BJJ though, and never sit out a round when sparring.
I used to run like 6 to 10 miles twice a week or more. Had to give that up, can only do much without overtraining. Especially with my lifts being heavy.
Quite the opposite, ergo “Starting” Strength.
Other programs like 5-3-1, Texas Method, Conjugate, Westside, and any program that incorporates sports practice are intermediate.
The intermediate text on the topic is the grey book. Again SS is for people who have never trained at all.
Intermediate defined as the period where adaptations occur about once a week rather than every training session like during NLP(3x) a week. 
Well I was lifting for a good 4 years before I got onto Starting Strength. They put 100 pounds on my squat within 6 months. They have me on an "advanced" program now. My squat goes up once every three weeks.
Wouldn't say SS is only for beginners. The NLP is for beginners.