Maximus Optimus
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Is it a myth that lifting weights can make you look younger to women?
Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.
You've been "getting ready" for two years.
She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.
Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.
I could talk to any woman I wasn't attracted to. Charming, funny, relaxed. Then a gorgeous woman looked my way and I'd become a sweating, babbling mess.
The fix took me years to find and ten minutes to learn. Nervousness and excitement are the same physical state — pounding heart, adrenaline, flushed face. Your brain just picks the label. And you can pick a better one.
Rule 16 shows you how. You feel the nerves, relabel them as excitement, and let that energy pour out as enthusiasm. Women notice the guy radiating it. They always do.
No. For whatever reason heavy weight training rejuvenate the skin. And everyone knows it cranks up your hormones levels.Is it a myth that lifting weights can make you look younger to women?
She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.
Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.
The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.
Yes, also remaining lean helps with that. Most men over 40 are going to be late teens bf % at best by the time they reach early 40's.Absolutely - up to a certain age.
Guys will hit 2-3 walls generally as they age.
Once they hit that last wall though, they'll still be attractive to women close to their age but no longer be attractive to the really young ones.
Lifting, more so keeps the the skin tight, which tends to loosen the older you get. So besides a good body, it naturally tightens up your face and makes you look younger as a result.
I agree with you but I've seen the "skinny fat" body types all too often amongst the older crowd to know that you MUST stay lean AND lift weights to appear attractive. Guys that only diet still has loose flabby skin most noticeable at the pools/beaches.Yes, also remaining lean helps with that. Most men over 40 are going to be late teens bf % at best by the time they reach early 40's.
goes without saying, massive advocate of weight training for health and looks.I agree with you but I've seen the "skinny fat" body types all too often amongst the older crowd to know that you MUST stay lean AND lift weights to appear attractive. Guys that only diet still has loose flabby skin most noticeable at the pools/beaches.
She calls you when her car breaks down. When she needs help moving. When some guy she's actually dating treats her badly.
You're the listener. The reliable one. The guy who would treat her so much better, if she'd just open her eyes.
She won't. You trained her to see you as the low-effort option — the friend who requires zero risk and zero investment. Every favor dug the hole deeper.
The "22 Rules" break the pattern. You'll stop auditioning for a role she already cast and become the man she chases instead. It starts with Rule 1.
Weights? Not necessarily but being healthy does. Most guys are soft and soy. being fit is usually a sign of YOUTH AND VITALITY.Is it a myth that lifting weights can make you look younger to women?