"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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Best way to lower body fat %

jogel13

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I work out several times a week, and am steadily losing body fat but was wondering if there is any special activity to help, other than eating healthy of course.
 

"She Made Her Decision Before You Finished Your Sentence"

Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.

She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.

Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.

So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.

The words come later. The impression comes first.

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interval cardio, 1:30 minute steady pace, 30 second sprint, 1:30 minute steady pace, 30 second sprint. Start at 20 minutes and work your way up. Do this 4-5 times a week in the morning. It keeps your metabolism running high the entire day. You'll notice you'll sweat slightly bit more through out the day, it's because of your body's increased metabolic rate.

Carb cycle. Cut out white carbs get all your simple carbs from fruits. Eat complex carbs instead in moderation. Eat a healthy amount of complex carbs for 3-4 days then completely cut carbs out for 1 day. Continue this cycle through out the week. Eat 5-7 small meals a day, high protein, high good fats, try to eat your complex carbs in the morning and directly post work out. The point is to never stabilize always keep the body guessing and in a constant state out of equilibrium. The human body was programmed to go into starvation mode at the slightest sign of starvation, if you starve yourself your body will lower your metabolism.
 

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Great advice, HIT training is amazing. I workout with a group of 3/4 people and we always do indian runs. Its so much easier to push yourself when you see others doing it along side of u.
 

"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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I was wondering something....can you do HIT while on a bike? I go to the gym Mon,Wed,Fri and before I work out I stretch and have progressed from 10mins to 16 mins on the bike, I go 45 seconds regular speed and the last 15 seconds I sprint pedal.

Does this do the same thing or am I just looking like an idiot?
 

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Running is supposed to work your entire body (more or less). Interval training with running is utterly intense. If I'm not mistaken, if you trained to sprint, you will produce a sprinter's body. If you do marathon type running you'll get a marathon runner's body (whatever that is -- I really can't tell)

I am trying to lose body fat as well. I'd like to trim 5-10 lbs without losing muscle mass. Cutting red meat, increasing vegetable intake, and eating healthier while working out isn't producing the results I want. I may take up interval training (running / eliptical) and see if I can keep it up this time.
 

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Or cut like 250-500 calories/day under maintenance. This is even easier as no work is involved (well other then some math). :D
 

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PeeGee said:
Running is supposed to work your entire body (more or less). Interval training with running is utterly intense. If I'm not mistaken, if you trained to sprint, you will produce a sprinter's body. If you do marathon type running you'll get a marathon runner's body (whatever that is -- I really can't tell)

I am trying to lose body fat as well. I'd like to trim 5-10 lbs without losing muscle mass. Cutting red meat, increasing vegetable intake, and eating healthier while working out isn't producing the results I want. I may take up interval training (running / eliptical) and see if I can keep it up this time.
This type of thinking is the same as "I don't want to work out too much or I'll look like the hulk." Interval training will not make you look like a skinny marathon runner. It will take weeks of solid conditioning and dedication to see results. Once you start to shed body fat lower the intensity and amount of your interval training to get the desired results. Follow my carb cycling diet that I laid out above with the interval training and get back to me in a few weeks. Carb cycling will retain your muscle mass, interval training will burn excess calories. Shoot for 40% carbs / 40% Protein / 20% GOOD mono/polyunsaturated fats.
 

"She's Out of Your League"

You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.

Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.

She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.

Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.

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JohnnyIrish said:
Or cut like 250-500 calories/day under maintenance. This is even easier as no work is involved (well other then some math). :D
This is true but the body will eventually plateau and pick up on the deficit and correct your metabolism accordingly.
 

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Why would cutting out red meat help you lose bodyfat?
 
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