"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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Am i in good shape? i wanna set a goal.

Zaraza

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Hey guys, i have been working out for a while now, i believe roughly 2-3 months. Right now i am at 161 pounds, 8.9% body fat, and 5' 8.

im trying to reach 170, so 9 more pounds! you think its reachable in the next 2-3 weeks....? im trying to set a goal for how much to gain each week.
 

"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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Eat a lot, do big compound lifts, etc etc.
Know what I'm sayin'?
If not, search.
 

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You can only gain 2 pounds of muscle a month MAX,the rest if fat. Don't be concerned with how much you weigh.
 

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blinkwatt said:
You can only gain 2 pounds of muscle a month MAX,the rest if fat. Don't be concerned with how much you weigh.
hogwash

too many factors to make this assumption. and yes I've read the article you got that notion from.

OP - that's an ambitious goal. with your stats you have obviously trained before, so you're no longer in the "noob gains" stage. unless you're lying about something. you might be able to do it in 6 weeks or so if you eat like an animal, sleep as much as you can and train balls to the wall. the supersquats/"milk and squats" cycle would actually be perfect for you.

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/irontamer5.htm

you have to be hardcore dedicated to get through that though ...
 

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sorry, 2-3 months is not training for a long time.

if a goal like 9 pounds gained has to be achieved RIGHT NOW, how are you going to hang on to the gains...?

keep doing what you're doing, and strongly consider eating more. you'll get those 9 pounds before you know it, and then some, if you 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.

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Yeah theres no set in stone number about how many pounds of muscle you can gain in a month, and gains aren't linear either

I'd be interested in seeing your diet and routine, its possible that you already got your newbie newbie gains (bascially just moving weights around), but not the newbie gains that come from correct training and nutrition which most people are yet to have and i'm talking people that have been lifting and eating wrong for years that make some impressive gains once they train and eat correct.
 

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Hey guys im liking these replies,

no im not lying, i have lifted before.
heres some of my history.

since 1997 i have been doing taekwondo, i stopped taekwon do in 2005 and began lifting in high school class, but what i meant by 3 months, was, i have been dedicated to lifting once again. I just wanna get more mass, people tell me i am pretty big i want to gain more mass look bigger, my friend weighs around 178-185 or so, so i figured getting to his weight would make me bigger.

I am not a big noob at lifting, but as far as facts go for weight training i always like comments, facts, added opinions, it helps me out as i train.

thanks all.
 

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Again if you post your routine and diet we can help
 

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Well i dont really have a Diet, and a routine,

I just rotate the muslces i work out, on different days ill do biceps triceps chest upper chest and so on.

i do a good job of staying away from fast food, and after everywork out, i eat cottage cheese.


seroiulsy guys, it would be nice if someone linked me to a routine or types of excercises.

mine are working for me well, but i just want to know if a routine will help me more.
 

"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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search for the "idiot's guide", come back and ask more specific questions
 
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