"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.
Anyone here getting shorter with age?
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"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.
SargeMaximus
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Yes I’ve noticed this
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Scaramouche
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All part of the aging process...I have dropped more than an inch over the Years...And Back in The Game is right...Years ago a mate was rejected from joining the Police as he was 1/2inch short,they
told him to hang from bars and it worked he was only 19 though.
Giovanni SouthSide
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I got some wood rings evenly hanged at about 8 feet in my back yard. Every morning I do 2 minute dead hangs with a thumbless grip like clock work. Sometimes I do 2-3 sets.
That decompression and first grasp of breath after hanging off is something else.
my hand grip has gotten stronger asf
"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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Nice! Yeah it definitely feels good when you are hanging there, almost like you are taking tension off your body in those areas.
Gedmun
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Now I'm 42 this year and 6,5 with a bad lower back lol
EyeBRollin
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"People typically lose almost one-half inch (about 1 centimeter) every 10 years after age 40. Height loss is even more rapid after age 70. You may lose a total of 1 to 3 inches (2.5 to 7.5 centimeters) in height as you age"
Its about posture also. Less sitting on chairs, sit crossed legged, sleep without pillows, stretch out the spine rather than compression from seating on chairs and pillows. I notice sleeping without a pillow I can really feel it in my lower back seems to be stretching out all the way to the neck area.
"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.
Murk
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I hang off my bar after each workout, I've been bang on 6'2 for over 10 years of measuring. I hang each day when I remember too (prob 3 times a week).
Especially leg and push day, so much relief hanging off the bar. I'm up to 2.5 minutes as a maximum before grip gives out, same length of time I can hold my breath underwater. Dead hangs are essential for health. Get a pullup bar for home and do it daily.