"She Laughed All Night. Then She Ghosted You. Here's Why."

Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.

Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?

You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.

Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.

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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;
 

"Nervous Around Beautiful Women? There's a Rule for That"

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.

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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:)
 

"I just moved here from Florida."

That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?

She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."

She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.

I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.

Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.

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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.
 

"She Wants a Man, Not a Boy"

You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.

Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.

Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.

Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.

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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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“The 22 Psychological Triggers That Make Women Chase You… Starting Tonight”

Forget the cash, the cars, and the chiseled jawlines. Female desire operates on a completely different frequency. Primal. Subconscious. Triggers that bypass her logic and hit her on a gut level. Most guys are totally blind to them.

I know because I was one of them. The overthinking. The paralysis. The silent drive home kicking yourself for freezing up. Watching average guys walk away with the girl while you stood there stuck in your own head.

Then I decoded the psychology behind what actually makes women tick. 22 hard rules.  Subtle behavioral shifts that rewired my entire reality. The anxiety evaporated. Women started leaning in. Investing. Chasing.

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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.
 

"She's Out of Your League"

You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.

Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.

She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.

Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.

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