"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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Benched 155 for reps today!

hardrock1

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Got it for 8 reps. not bad considering last year I couldn't even put up 135.

How much can you guys bench?
 

"How I Made Sure No Woman Ever Friend-Zoned Me Again"

She calls you when her car breaks down. When she needs help moving. When some guy she's actually dating treats her badly.

You're the listener. The reliable one. The guy who would treat her so much better, if she'd just open her eyes.

She won't. You trained her to see you as the low-effort option — the friend who requires zero risk and zero investment. Every favor dug the hole deeper.

The "22 Rules" break the pattern. You'll stop auditioning for a role she already cast and become the man she chases instead. It starts with Rule 1.

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Originally posted by hardrock1
Got it for 8 reps. not bad considering last year I couldn't even put up 135.

How much can you guys bench?
Are you on roids ? You can bench more than I weigh.
 

"She Laughed All Night. Then She Ghosted You. Here's Why."

Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.

Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?

You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.

Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.

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Originally posted by hardrock1
Got it for 8 reps. not bad considering last year I couldn't even put up 135.

How much can you guys bench?

Thats about what I bench. What do you weigh, and how tall are you? I'm about 5'11" 160 lbs.
 

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I'm 14, and I bench 145lbs for 8 reps, at 160lbs (11% bf). That' sme though, and I'm strong. Who really gives a **** how much you bench, other then yourself. Obviously this guy has something that he's proud of, so leave him alone, jeeze. I'm proud of what I bench, and so shoudl he.

So, congrads man. You'll be getting 220+ in no time if you keep at it :)
 

“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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You guys shoudnt be haters. If you know what the weights weigh youd know that 155 is the bar plus 2 45 pound plates PLUS 2 10 pound weights and thats more than most guys can do at my high school.

hardrock1 I can do mre like almost 400 pounds when I try hard but Ive been working out for a long time now. Keep working hard bor and youll be benching big numbers like its your job or something.

Good work I think we shodnt put eachother down.
 

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Rock on guy.

Whenever you can lift it 8 times you are ready to add another 10 pounds. Just keeping lifting, eating, and resting. You'll get there.
 

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Sorry if I came off pompous. I was saying that's a good job. I remember how excitited I was to put that weight up.

Can't show emotion through internet :(
 

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Good Job!

I remember when I was in high school. It took me forever to bench my own body weight.

Don't laugh, at 16 I weighed 115 lbs !!!! (now I'm 5'6" and 160 lbs, 10% bf)
 

"She Liked You in March. It's October Now."

Attraction runs on a clock.

She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.

The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."

One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.

Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.

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watery feces

What in the world made you think of that name? Its the funnyest thing ever. Thats me every morning, lol.
 

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Good for you.. Keep at it and don't become discouraged by people blasting you. ANd dont' become discouraged, as most of us have, when at a point it seems like you've been stuck benching, curling, squating the same wieght, etc. Just spice up your workouts, take a week off or change some things.. Good luck.

And dont become one or listen to one of those guys who always brag about how much they can bench. You'll see many guys in the gym who come in, walk around, brag, talk, walk over to the flat bench, put on this incredible amount of weight, have their friend spot them, and lift the bar one or two times making all these grunting noises.

Then they walk around some more, talk some more, hang out at the juice bar, maybe come back do another few reps, then go home.

Many of us have done that when we were younger. Impressing people with our bench press. But in reality, get a strong workout in for yourself, dont' become one of those guys I mentioned above.
 
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