octane_orphan
Don Juan
.... does anyone have any?
"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.
Buling before and after pics..
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"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.
Keeper
Master Don Juan
I will... soon.
Gimme a few months.
Gimme a few months.
diablo
Master Don Juan
If you want to see an amazing transformation, check out this guy's thread... both the first and fifth posts' pictures.
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=266963
Here's the forum that most of the guys on there post their before & after pictures on:
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/forumdisplay.php?f=29
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=266963
Here's the forum that most of the guys on there post their before & after pictures on:
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/forumdisplay.php?f=29
I do. Not for bulking, but I had a picture taken last april (before exercising), then again in september (after biking about three times a week and pushups/pullups). So that's about what . . . 6 months maybe? It wasn't a HUGE change since I didn't diet correctly nor did I use weights, solely calisthenics and cardio, but you can definitely tell that it made a difference.
Tell me how to put them up here and I will.
Alexi
Tell me how to put them up here and I will.
Alexi
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=401211
Here's mine from a while back. I'm down to 165 now and bulking again.
Here's mine from a while back. I'm down to 165 now and bulking again.
"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.
octane_orphan
Don Juan
Cheers fella, you seam to have hit a bit of a wall after three months (
I plan to bulk up for the next three and see what happens. Problem is work. Eating 5-6 meals a day while i want to will be diffiucult... any ideas?
(I plan to bulk up for the next three and see what happens. Problem is work. Eating 5-6 meals a day while i want to will be diffiucult... any ideas?
Jippii
Don Juan
Shakes.
silverwex
Master Don Juan
Try not to rely on shakes too much though.
Tuna, salmon, steak, chicken, turkey, pasta, eggs, milk etc are all good sources of protein.
after about 2 weeks youll be used to eating 6 meals a day. trust me.
Im changing my routine tomorrow as ive been on the same one for 6 months, thats why i stopped growing after 3 months. dont make that mistake.
Tuna, salmon, steak, chicken, turkey, pasta, eggs, milk etc are all good sources of protein.
after about 2 weeks youll be used to eating 6 meals a day. trust me.
Im changing my routine tomorrow as ive been on the same one for 6 months, thats why i stopped growing after 3 months. dont make that mistake.
octane_orphan
Don Juan
Why are you changing? Does your body adapt to the old routine and stop growing?
I start up again tommorrow .... will buy myself a new track suit as the old one is nackered and start with a 15 minute runn, then do weights ... luckerly I have have a bench. Use it last year but was doing way too much aerobic exerise. This year I will cutt for about a month (15 min run, weights, low fat foods) just to loose the little tyre and then start bulking (no run, weights, high protien foods)
I start up again tommorrow .... will buy myself a new track suit as the old one is nackered and start with a 15 minute runn, then do weights ... luckerly I have have a bench. Use it last year but was doing way too much aerobic exerise. This year I will cutt for about a month (15 min run, weights, low fat foods) just to loose the little tyre and then start bulking (no run, weights, high protien foods)
"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.
Here we go.
22 April 2004 (before working out)
16 September 2004 (5 months later, after pushups/pullups three days a week for 20 minutes and a lot of riding a bike instead of driving to get places)
And lastly, me about three weeks ago (which will be the bext "before" picture as I get back into working out for THIS summer)
Alexi
22 April 2004 (before working out)
16 September 2004 (5 months later, after pushups/pullups three days a week for 20 minutes and a lot of riding a bike instead of driving to get places)
And lastly, me about three weeks ago (which will be the bext "before" picture as I get back into working out for THIS summer)
Alexi
octane_orphan
Don Juan
OK I am no where near your first pic lol
Last summer I lost 2 stone and was a skinny little f**ker ... over winter and christmas I have put a bit of podge on
http://us.share.geocities.com/octane_orphan/P3140005.JPG
Do I diet and lose the little podge? ... plan is to start running and do weights and eat low cal foods for about 2 months .... that should do it ... then start bulking eating high protien foods to gain muscle mass ....
or do I just start bulking now?
Any advice greatfully recieved!!!
lolLast summer I lost 2 stone and was a skinny little f**ker ... over winter and christmas I have put a bit of podge on
http://us.share.geocities.com/octane_orphan/P3140005.JPG
Do I diet and lose the little podge? ... plan is to start running and do weights and eat low cal foods for about 2 months .... that should do it ... then start bulking eating high protien foods to gain muscle mass ....
or do I just start bulking now?
Any advice greatfully recieved!!!
your body never stops growing when you're doing heavy compound exercises with increasing weight. the only thing is that your progress will be slower with time and finally you will reach your natural limit. but if your work out routine isn't the best then feel free to change =]
sfalexi: looking good, how is your diet like?? man in such short time such a body, makes me jealous. only thing that seems to lack is your back. good luck on the lifting for summertime