I was doing rack deadlifts for a while (which = more weight) with straps. Now that i'm back to deadlifts and lowered the weight, i don't even need the straps even though i did before. It was at the point where i couldn't budge the weight without straps. Now i haven't even been doing alternating grip. People act like straps are doing 100% of the work.
"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.
Critique my routine.
- Thread starter Flyer
- Start date
"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.
Quagmire911
Master Don Juan
I'd like to re-iterate going ass to grass with squats rather than to parallel. Much better all round in terms of joints, muscular development, impressiveness etc. Here is a great article :
http://www.ironaddicts.com/Benifits of deep squatting on knees.html
I actually printed that out and put it on the wall of my gym but sadly some morons took it down. Probably the same guys that don't squat and told me not to go below parallel and that I should use the smyth machine at all times.
Also, much like you in March I think it was I was having trouble with 125kgx5 (deadlifts) as my forearms were giving out. I didn't want to use straps as I wanted my forearms to develop as well. Warboss told me that straps would help rather than hinder and me being the beginner I shut up and listened. Now I have done 162.5kgx3 rack deads without straps, so yeh use the straps.
Quagmire
http://www.ironaddicts.com/Benifits of deep squatting on knees.html
I actually printed that out and put it on the wall of my gym but sadly some morons took it down. Probably the same guys that don't squat and told me not to go below parallel and that I should use the smyth machine at all times.
Also, much like you in March I think it was I was having trouble with 125kgx5 (deadlifts) as my forearms were giving out. I didn't want to use straps as I wanted my forearms to develop as well. Warboss told me that straps would help rather than hinder and me being the beginner I shut up and listened. Now I have done 162.5kgx3 rack deads without straps, so yeh use the straps.
Quagmire
"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.