"You Can't Argue a Woman Into Liking You"

You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.

She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.

Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.

Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.

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awesome squat variation using a smith machine

"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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Luckily for him that was a smith machine,WHEW!
 

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Another reason why you shouldn't do squats in the coat rack..... er..ah... I mean smith machine.
 

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See, that's what happens when you go beyond parallel. :D
 

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See, that's what happens when you go beyond parallel.
even WORSE many in-experienced lifters don't realize your hamstrings pull on your glutes when you go to far below parallel and DAMAGE your lowerback. If your lower back feels like its getting punished from squatting your doing them wrong.
 

"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.

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Also known in many weight-lifting circles as the pretzel-maker.
 

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Drum&Bass said:
even WORSE many in-experienced lifters don't realize your hamstrings pull on your glutes when you go to far below parallel and DAMAGE your lowerback. If your lower back feels like its getting punished from squatting your doing them wrong.
I was joking. Deep squatting is where its at.
 

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What's wrong with a Smith machine?

How about that one othermachine, the V Squat machine?
 
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