"She Wants a Man, Not a Boy"

You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.

Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.

Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.

Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.

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EFFORT

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EFFORT said:
Meal 1-4eggs, 1 table spoon Olive Oil, 5 (1000mg fish oil pills)
Meal 2-5oz of chicken, fish or beef, 1table spoon Olive Oil, 5 Fish Oil, 1/2 cup Broccoli or salad (no carb dressing)
Meal 3-same as 2
Meal 4- same as 2
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"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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^ yes I know

But when you told me to hold off on the weights and do cardio, I told you I couldnt. So do I get back into weights now, am I waiting for something?
 

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Few questions before I start

1. How do I make my fats healthy fats rather than saturated fats?
2. What are some healthy fat foods?
3. What are the low carb veggies I should be eating?
4. Im doing keto and lifting weights, when should I do my carb up and how many carbs?
 

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battle_sheep said:
Did you forget my ankle is broken? I can't just hop on a bike and ride my ass off for 30 minutes, sorry

When your ankle heals up, start riding a bicycle if you have access to one. And like Drum&Bass pointed out, most anything can be considered a cardiovascular exercise if it gets your heart rate up. Sit in a chair and flap your arms as fast and as long as you can stand it. Combining cardio and weight training would go a long way toward helping you lose weight.
 

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Quiksilver said:
chest

incline bench
flat bench
dips

back

deadlift
bb rows
db rows
pull ups
chin ups

shoulders

overhead press
military press

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How long till your ankle is usable again?
Is this all one day?

How many times a week?

Oh and effort how is the diet going to look now?
 

"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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battle_sheep said:
Is this all one day?

How many times a week?

Oh and effort how is the diet going to look now?
How much weight have you lost since starting it?
 

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EFFORT said:
How much weight have you lost since starting it?
I ended up getting my weight wrong when I first posted, I had a stomach bug and went to the hospital for some medicine and the weight in was 337lb, so sorry I cant tell you how much I lost :eek:

Any info about the workout plan?
 

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Use the 337 as a base now and follow the same diet for the next month. Start a journal here to keep track of everything. How you feel, energy levels, how well your following the diet, etc.

In terms of working out. What can you do? Give more info on what it is you can do that doesn't cause your ankle pain. Weights and Cardio.
 

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EFFORT said:
Use the 337 as a base now and follow the same diet for the next month. Start a journal here to keep track of everything. How you feel, energy levels, how well your following the diet, etc.

In terms of working out. What can you do? Give more info on what it is you can do that doesn't cause your ankle pain. Weights and Cardio.
I can do all the above except the deadlifts.

I cant do pullups or chin ups, sorry, I will when I get stronger but for now, I physically cannot do them

I can pretty much do all cardio- the elliptical, bike, etc. Just not the treadmill because its just generally uncomfortable
 

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Again, are those workouts all one day?

How many reps/sets? 5x5, 5x3?

Im doing M,W,F
 

"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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EFFORT said:
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=712752 follow this, just don't do the deadlifts. Do 35min on the elliptical on all non lifting days.
Squats too, im too unstable, the bottom of the cast is round and there will be a difference in height on each foot, i hate to shoot everything down but I cant risk making my injury worse

The workout quicksilver gave me was great, I could do all of them save for the deadlifts
 

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can I get some answers on the workout?

I also cant do any of the bodyweight exercises, i feel like I should just make my own workout with compounds
 

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This is a good morning, can you do it? You don't need to bend your legs quite so much as that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jzWg0zq_vM

If you went over by a few grams that's not a big deal. 10-20g and your starting to change things. If it's mostly from lettuce it shouldn't be an issue though.

If the holidays are going to be a problem for you, as in today, tommorow, get started next week or on the weekend.

Instead of chins, you use a pulldown machine: http://images.teamsugar.com/files/usr/1/12981/lat pulldown.jpg

Btw could you do bodyweight squats without a barbell? That way you can start at bw and start adding resistance by using dumbbells.
 

"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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I advise you to incorporate flies into your chest routine, many seem to talk them down but I have seen big chest gains since I started doing them.

I would also advise not doing anything leg-related while this ankle is broken, don't risk messing it up further or delaying the heal, do your workouts primarily sitting down until the damn thing heals.
 

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Quag, I dont really want to be on my cast with a barbell on my back, it just seems like a bad idea, all the other barbell exercises im doing are relatively easy to get out of in a bad situation, and also what Julius mentioned above.

Ill do the pulldown machine and also chest flies like Julius mentioned

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Another thing, im getting mixed messages, what is my workout plan? How many sets and reps?
 

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Day one

Incline bench 3x6 (Do flat bench if you want, but incline is safer. Use a low incline.)
Db rows/rows 3x6 (Db rows on a bench would put less pressure on your ankle. Generally easier to do as well).
Skullcrushers or other tri exercise 3x10
Ab exercise 3x10

Day two

Seated oh press (standing puts pressure on ankle) 3x6
Pulldowns 3x6
Bi curls 3x10
Ab exercise (different from day one) 3x10

Some ab exercises could be situps, kneeling rollouts, plank variations, leg raises, etc. Situps are probably a good idea if you can because they work the hips a bit.

I would probably do some grip work as well. Holding heavy db's for time, reverse curls 3x10, stuff like that.

Stop 1-2 reps short of failure as well. When will you ankle be back to normal?

I would also try and do some light leg stuff like lying on your side and raising your legs up and down. Just doing this for a bunch of reps (say 100, break it up into sets if you need too) will add some kind of athleticsm and have you better prepared when you can do heavy leg work again.

Start a log.

Quagmire
 

"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.

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