"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"

You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.

For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.

Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.

The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.

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ATPs lifting journal or "Where did my phosphate group go?"

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Did two max attempts last week

Squats 1x155 kg lost a bit of strength
Deadlift 1x160 kg PB 352 lbs (

Max lifts are now: Squat 374 lbs, deadlift 352 lbs and bench 242 lbs = 968 lbs, close to 1000 :D

Todays workout, done with exams and all that **** so I can focus on training again.


Deadlifts 5x145 kg
Deadlifts 5x145 kg

Db bench 8x33 kg
Db bench 8x36 kg
Db bench 4x39 kg

Biceps curls 8x35 kg
Biceps curls 6x35 kg
Concentration curl, one set

Short but sweet workout. Next time is legs and back width/upper back
 

"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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CarlitosWay

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oooo 352?

I just cleared 365X1 for a real nice clean rep. Getting me some ammonia caps as moving up in weight right now is more mental than anything. Form is improving, got a pler giving me tips and was telling me 365 isn't **** for me and I should be doing a lot more right now. :) hoping training goes good. Race to 4 pps? haha:)
 
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