octane_orphan
Don Juan
.... does anyone have any?
"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.
Buling before and after pics..
- Thread starter octane_orphan
- Start date
"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"
You paid for dinner. You drove. You said "whatever you want is fine" every single time. All the effort, no expectations.
And she left anyway — probably for a guy who makes her pick up the pizza.
Painful. Also predictable. Her mind quietly concludes that anything requiring zero effort from her is worth exactly zero. You became a free sample, and free samples get taken for granted.
The 22 Rules flip the dynamic. Small shifts that get her investing effort, money, and time in you — until SHE'S the one afraid of losing YOU.
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)
"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"
Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."
You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.
She's been waiting forty minutes.
Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.
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