"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"

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.

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May 1st Workout

Barbell Deadlifts: 110lbs x 6; 110lbs x 6;
Barbell Bent-Over Rows: 110lbs x 8; 110lbs x 8;
Barbell Bicep Curls: 68lbs x 8;
 

“The 22 Rules That Flip the Script With Women… And How You Can Use Them Tonight”

Most guys accidentally kill attraction before they even speak. They assume they need a bigger bank account, a better physique, or smoother lines. They miss the point.

Female desire operates on a specific set of psychological triggers.  Break them, and you're invisible. Follow them, and you become magnetic.

I learned this the hard way. Years of freezing up. Getting friend-zoned. Watching other guys walk away with the girl I wanted. Then I discovered a set of 22 simple rules that rewired my entire approach.

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Barbell Flat Bench Press: 130lbs x 6; 130lbs x 6;
Dumbell Incline Bench Press: 51lbs x 6; 51lbs x 6;
Military Press: 92lbs x 8;
 

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May 7th Workout

Barbell Flat Bench Press: 134lbs x 6; 134lbs x 6; 134lbs x 6;


I spent the night out at a party and I drank a bit too much yesterday, so I don't feel like doing squats and I rather do some benching. I'll squat tomorrow if I feel alright.
 

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May 8th Workout

Squats: 130lbs x 6; 143lbs x 6;
 

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May 9th Workout

Barbell Deadlifts: 112lbs x 6; 122lbs x 6;
Barbell Bent-Over Rows: 112lbs x 8; 112lbs x 8;


I can't do the bicep curls because it's raining a lot outside. Nevermind, my arms are almost as big as my torso:)
 

“The 22 Rules That Flip the Script With Women… And How You Can Use Them Tonight”

Most guys accidentally kill attraction before they even speak. They assume they need a bigger bank account, a better physique, or smoother lines. They miss the point.

Female desire operates on a specific set of psychological triggers.  Break them, and you're invisible. Follow them, and you become magnetic.

I learned this the hard way. Years of freezing up. Getting friend-zoned. Watching other guys walk away with the girl I wanted. Then I discovered a set of 22 simple rules that rewired my entire approach.

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May 10th Workout

Barbell Flat Bench Press: 139lbs x 6; 139lbs x 6;
Dumbell Incline Bench Press: 53lbs x 6; 53lbs x 6;
Military Press: 92lbs x 10; 92lbs x 10;


Really strange thing: I had already finished my workout since 20 minutes or so, when a friend asked me how many times could I Military Press those 92lbs that still were in my backyard. I said "Let's see" and I started lifting them and guess what, I got to 10 without too much effort (meaning that I could have thrown in another couple of reps), while I was almost breathless the first time I did them 20 minutes earlier.
 

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Adone said:
Barbell Flat Bench Press: 139lbs x 6; 139lbs x 6;
Dumbell Incline Bench Press: 53lbs x 6; 53lbs x 6;
Military Press: 92lbs x 10; 92lbs x 10;


Really strange thing: I had already finished my workout since 20 minutes or so, when a friend asked me how many times could I Military Press those 92lbs that still were in my backyard. I said "Let's see" and I started lifting them and guess what, I got to 10 without too much effort (meaning that I could have thrown in another couple of reps), while I was almost breathless the first time I did them 20 minutes earlier.

Whattya know your body really does do something while you rest =p
 

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May 11th Workout

Squats: 139lbs x 6; 152lbs x 6;
 

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May 12th Workout

Barbell Deadlifts: 114lbs x 6; 114lbs x 6;
Barbell Bent-Over Rows: 114lbs x 8; 114lbs x 8;
 

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May 14th Workout

Barbell Flat Bench Press: 143lbs x 6; 143lbs x 3;
Dumbell Incline Bench Press: 55lbs x 6; 55lbs x 6;
Military Press: 92lbs x 10;


The first Bench Press was done with poor form (meaning that the barbell didn't touch my chest), so I'll have to stick to the 143lbs for the next workout.
Millies had me going to failure on the tenth rep.
 

"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"

Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."

You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.

She's been waiting forty minutes.

Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.

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Damn! Good increase in your lifts you have! Especially the bench is just flying up in the numbers. But what's up with the deadlifts and the squats? You shouldn't be able to do rowing for more reps than you can deadlift a weight! Fact is your rows should be weaker than your deads.
 

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Lifeforce said:
Damn! Good increase in your lifts you have! Especially the bench is just flying up in the numbers. But what's up with the deadlifts and the squats? You shouldn't be able to do rowing for more reps than you can deadlift a weight! Fact is your rows should be weaker than your deads.
You're damn right, man. Unluckily, I started Deadlifting just a month ago, while I've been rowing for some time now... My bench is flying up, hopefully squats and deads will do the same...

A question for all you guys out there, expecially the experienced ones like Warboss, Mind-Over-Matter & Lifeforce: my calves are ridicolously slim (less than 16"), so they look like shìt, since I have pretty muscular arms and torso.
Should I start training them directly or it wouldn't help anyway?
 

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Okey.. so that's the reason. Haven't been here for a while to read through the journals. Deads and squats usually go up very fast when you start with them.

My calves grew insanly when I incorporated rest pause sets of calves raises. A rest pause set is when you do as many reps you can until failure, take 15 breaths and then do as many as you can again until failure and then repeated once more. I'm sure you knew this because warboss used to talk about it all the time.

Do 1 rest pause set of standing calves raises where you aim for around 16-20 reps. For example 12+6+3 = 19 reps. Make sure you do FULL RANGE of motion and go until you can do no more. The last rep of every set should go up very slowly, one cm at a time. Worked very well for me, you can try it and see if it works for you. If you do it right your calves should be screaming at the end of every set.

Otherwise I am sure your calves will grow when you do some deep squatting.
 

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May 15th Workout

Warboss made me notice that I've been ditching some parts of his routine recently, so I decided to follow a new one, who I can get with easily. When my daily routine is less busy, I'll get back to Alex's.


Monday - Deadlifts
Tuesday - Military Presses
Wednesday - Barbell Rows
Thursday - Squats
Friday - Bench Presses

Every exercise is 5-6 reps X 3 sets (or more, if my muscles permit).


Deadlifts: 117lbs x 6; 117lbs x 6; 117lbs x 6; 117lbs x 6; 117lbs x 6;
 
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May 16th 2006

Military Presses: 95lbs x 10; 99lbs x 7; 99lbs x 6; 99lbs x 7;
 
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"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"

You paid for dinner. You drove. You said "whatever you want is fine" every single time. All the effort, no expectations.

And she left anyway — probably for a guy who makes her pick up the pizza.

Painful. Also predictable. Her mind quietly concludes that anything requiring zero effort from her is worth exactly zero. You became a free sample, and free samples get taken for granted.

The 22 Rules flip the dynamic. Small shifts that get her investing effort, money, and time in you — until SHE'S the one afraid of losing YOU.

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May 17th Workout

Barbell Rows: 117lbs x 6; 117lbs x 6; 117lbs x 6; 125lbs x 6; 125lbs x 6; 125lbs x 6; 130lbs x 6; 130lbs x 6;
 
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May 18th Workout

Bench Press: 139lbs x 6; 139lbs x 6; 139lbs x 5;

Reached failure, I was pressed under the barbell (without a spotter:)) and I had to do some strange moves to avoid... death
 

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Haha glad you avoided death. Believe it or not, people have seriously injured themselves doing bench w/o spot to the point of paralysis. Be very careful going too large w/o a spotter.
 

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And secondly, according to your schedule, you're supposed to do bench on fridays. Why did you do it on May 18th!?!
 

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Thanks for the comment, charm! To answer your question: I was supposed to do squats on thursday, but my calves were pretty sore and I thought it could lead me to bad form. Plus, tomorrow I have an important soccer match and I don't want my legs to get too tired as it happened last week.
 

"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"

Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."

You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.

She's been waiting forty minutes.

Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.

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