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.