"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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"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.

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Drum&Bass

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Crossfit is awesome but to much volume, I incorporate a few things from their programs for my clients and myself. Crossfit is definitely keeping the world of fitness exciting and fun.
 

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crossfit got me into the oly lifts. so i guess i am a crossfitter.
 
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Bryce,

It's honestly hard for me to explain scientifically.. The best way I can explain it is your body being forced to adapt to insane intensity that is ever changing. CrossFit is circuit training on steroids. The weight loads are not always crazy heavy but the amount of volume you are doing in the amount of time is the sick part. You don't rest either.

One of my favorite Cross Fit workouts is called "Fran".. Its a superset that combines the Thruster (Front squat & shoulder press) with Pullups. The workout is done as prescribed with 95lb barbell for your Thrusters, and bodyweight pullups. It goes 21 reps of each, 15 of each, and 9 of each. This is done back to back, etc.. with no rest. The workout itself takes about 5-8 minutes but the smoke factor is insane..

I have been lifting weights seriously since 2003, and over time, its just hard to keep it fresh, but CrossFit allows me to do that. I still bodybuild, but its more like do 1 or 2 crossfit workouts, then finish off body with light weights. When I returned from Afghanistan I was up to about 220lbs and just was not in good shape (lack of cardio and crappy food).. but now 7 weeks later I have shed 30lbs and am getting back to my normal weight and definition..

Check it out .. www.crossfit.com or search crossfit on youtube..

Don't knock it til you try it
 

"You Can't Argue a Woman Into Liking You"

You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.

She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.

Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.

Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.

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I do it from time to time to mix things up. I do the rosstraining workouts which incorporate the tabata intervals, quite similar in concept. For those that are bodybuilders, shut up.
 

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Kerpal said:
I doubt anyone here is going to try it, most of the guys on here are bodybuilders.
I wouldn't say bodybuilders.. Perhaps a cross between powerlifter/bodybuilder.

The whole purpose of that is to build a decent foundation of strength and stability so you can do whatever it is you'd like to do, without poor conditioning or lack of strength playing a part.

If it were up to me I'd like everybody here interested in athletics to follow a solid strength building routine for 18-24 months before considering what direction to go in, be it bodybuilding, powerlifting, strongman, sports, track, or just for fun.

I'll try a crossfit program next time I decide to shed some lbs, or for a break from the norm.
 
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right on quicksilver.. thats pretty much how I got started with it. It is good for me because I need to be quick and light on feet and at same time have some mass.. so it works for me.

To each their own though. As long as you are moving weight, whether it be your body weight or weights, and eating properly, results will come.
 

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i have been doing crossfit training for the past couple weeks, great workouts!
 
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Yea they are super intense and produce amazing results.. I'm in best shape of my life.. At this time last year I was living on MRE's and hadnt been to a gym in months (not my choice).. But happy to be back in the US and getting in awesome shape
 

"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.

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I like the concept of what crossfit offers...but I modify it to be able to incorporate it into my existing programs. I don't think I have the conditioning or muscular endurance to do a "pure" crossfit type work out.

Example of what I did yesterday:

On my back chest day after, cleans, incline press and dumbell rows, I did a circuit where I tried to get 25 pull ups (only got 23 first go and 18 second), then 20-30 push ups and then 5/side one leg ATG squats w/ bodywt.

Its a good change up from regular training, and I will be doing more stuff like that on conditioning days!
 

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Airborne, check out NavySeals.com for a military based version of the crossfit WOD. It's the same type workout, with a little more focus on endurance. Should be right up your alley, considering your screen name.
 

"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.

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