DanZy
Master Don Juan
Um yeah mate you do have to lift big to get big...within reason of course
"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.
AH909s Stronglifts 5x5 journal
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"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.
AH909
Don Juan
What I meant is I used to always try to do as much weight as I could even if that meant I only could only get two or three reps. I would also try to lift for like 2 hours a day 5 days a week. Both of those will do nothing but overwork your muscles and they wont grow.DanZy said:
AH909
Don Juan
Week 4, Workout 2, A day
Squat - 165
Bench - 110
Rows - 90
Squat - 165
Bench - 110
Rows - 90
AH909
Don Juan
Week 4, Workout 3, B day
Squat - 170
Press - 80
Deads - 185
Squat - 170
Press - 80
Deads - 185
AH909
Don Juan
Week 5, Workout 1, A day
Squat - 175
Bench - 115
Rows - 95
Squat - 175
Bench - 115
Rows - 95
"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.
JohnChops
Master Don Juan
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Interesting. Your doing just 3 hard compound exercises per day 5x5. How's your progress I'm curious , body composition wise
AH909
Don Juan
Week 5, Workout 2, B day
Squat - 180
Press - 85
Dead - 195
Ive gained like 5 pounds or so since I started but im not sure how much of it is fat or muscle cause I started eating like a plow. Im starting to get in the higher weights now so I should start seeing more progress.
Squat - 180
Press - 85
Dead - 195
Ive gained like 5 pounds or so since I started but im not sure how much of it is fat or muscle cause I started eating like a plow. Im starting to get in the higher weights now so I should start seeing more progress.
AH909
Don Juan
Week 5, Workout 2, A day
Squat - 185
Bench - 120
Rows - 100
Squat - 185
Bench - 120
Rows - 100
AH909
Don Juan
Week 6, Workout 1, B day
Squat - 190
Overhead - 90
Dead - 205
Squat - 190
Overhead - 90
Dead - 205
apocolipto
Senior Don Juan
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Your well on your way dude 
"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.
AH909
Don Juan
Week 6, Workout 2, A day
Squat - 195
Bench - 125 (accidentally did 115)
Rows - 105
I forget to put the extra fives on the end of the bar when I was benching so i accidentally did 115 instead of 125. I do 125 my next bench day.
Squat - 195
Bench - 125 (accidentally did 115)
Rows - 105
I forget to put the extra fives on the end of the bar when I was benching so i accidentally did 115 instead of 125. I do 125 my next bench day.
AH909
Don Juan
Week 6, Workout 3, B day
Squat - 200
Overhead - 95
Dead - 215
Pull ups - 3 x max
Gonna start adding pull ups to my workout because when football gets done in a couple weeks im gonna start working out with my recruiter for the Marines. I can do 12 when I do palms facing in but i could only do like 5 or 6 wide grip and palms facing out. My upper body is probably my weakest spot. I also started using a mixed grip on deads instead of regular.
Squat - 200
Overhead - 95
Dead - 215
Pull ups - 3 x max
Gonna start adding pull ups to my workout because when football gets done in a couple weeks im gonna start working out with my recruiter for the Marines. I can do 12 when I do palms facing in but i could only do like 5 or 6 wide grip and palms facing out. My upper body is probably my weakest spot. I also started using a mixed grip on deads instead of regular.
AH909
Don Juan
Week 7, Workout 1, A day
Squat - 205
Bench - 125
Rows - 110
Squat - 205
Bench - 125
Rows - 110
AH909
Don Juan
I've come down with a pretty bad cold these last couple of days so I'm gonna get some rest instead of working out. Hopefully will get back in it on Friday.
Quiksilver
Master Don Juan
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good stuff keep it up
“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.
AH909
Don Juan
Didnt go yesterday because I was still feeling a little groggy from my cold. Feeling better today tho and will get back going on monday.
AH909
Don Juan
Week 8, Workout 1, B day
Squat - 210
Press - 100
Dead - 225
Pull Ups
Felt good to get back in there after being sick last week. Squats were a b*tch because i went right after school and my legs were still sore from my swimming class where we did a lot of kicking exercises.
Squat - 210
Press - 100
Dead - 225
Pull Ups
Felt good to get back in there after being sick last week. Squats were a b*tch because i went right after school and my legs were still sore from my swimming class where we did a lot of kicking exercises.
AH909
Don Juan
Havent been on in a while so im updating two days
Week 8, Workout 2, A day
Squat - 215
Bench - 130
Rows - 115
Week 8, Workout 3, A day
Squat - 215
Press - 105
Dead- 235
Week 8, Workout 2, A day
Squat - 215
Bench - 130
Rows - 115
Week 8, Workout 3, A day
Squat - 215
Press - 105
Dead- 235
AH909
Don Juan
Took two weeks off to help my body get used to the workouts I do with my recruiter for the Marines. Maxed out last night and i got 185x2 on bench and 225x8 on squat. Felt good knowing my weights have been going up. Im gonna start up again tommorow except im gonna do 3x5 on squat as the program recommends. Ill still do 5x5 on everything else and ill lower the weights and work back up.
"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"
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.