Why "Whatever You Want" Keeps You Single

She says the movie looks dumb; you suddenly agree. She tests you with a little attitude; you apologize for nothing.

You think you're being easy to get along with. She reads something else entirely: a man with no edges. Nothing to hold on to. No friction, no tension, no reason to wonder what he really thinks.

The "22 Rules" taught me to push back — playfully, calmly, without needing her approval. Strange things happened after that.

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powpow

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is the sh!t!!!!

I just did my first crossfit workout of the day, found at www.crossfit.com
and my back is like... over.

anyone trying to get spartan warrior diesel check it out.

ps it's free, and Im not getting money from it
 

"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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In my opinion, Crossfit is a great "First six weeks" program.

Personally I find it hard to successfully jump into a strength training / powerbuilding program from Day 1 (coming off a hiatus) when my work capacity and conditioning is low.
 

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I did these exercises back-to-back with a 90 second rest between sets, During my rest period between the 2nd and 3rd circuit, I started the 3rd set at the 60 second mark and successfully completed the circuit, Next time I attempt this I am either going to add more weight/reps to the lifts, decrease my rest time during the whole thing, or attempt the circuit four times....
 

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I trained in mma with a guy who was university professor. He was a fairly small guy and not very athletic. He got in much better shape with us, trained for about a year and a half, and ended up fighting one time at 135 pounds. He did great for one round, until he separated his shoulder. The doctors told him it was likely to keep popping out if he kept fighting, so he quit mma. That was about two years ago. Then he started doing crossfit.

I saw him last summer, and now he's huge. He looks like a little He-man, probably 185 pounds of muscle. He just got certified to teach Cross-fit.
 

"She Made Her Decision Before You Finished Your Sentence"

Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.

She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.

Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.

So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.

The words come later. The impression comes first.

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Tonight's session: 100 burpees, 160 single-arm kettlebell swings, 80 reps-ab wheel, 90 unweighted jumping lunges, 35 flutter kicks (4-count cadence) and 100 pushups. All exercises broken into sets/supersets.

Crossfit conditioning been a solid part of my routines for the past 7ish years. It helped me prepare and to do my job in law enforcement. Helps me for military fitness and helped my brother for firefighting and strongman events too. It can help regulars become more in shape if they stick with it and build up their mental and physical capacities. I however, still recommend you stick with your weightlifting regimen on top of it. I've never been the person to rely on crossfit for my weightlifting needs since I usually do calisthenics WOD's.

Basically, it's as if my high school wrestling conditioning went mainstream, without the whole concept of wrestling other people following suit.
 

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Bible_Belt said:
I trained in mma with a guy who was university professor. He was a fairly small guy and not very athletic. He got in much better shape with us, trained for about a year and a half, and ended up fighting one time at 135 pounds. He did great for one round, until he separated his shoulder. The doctors told him it was likely to keep popping out if he kept fighting, so he quit mma. That was about two years ago. Then he started doing crossfit.

I saw him last summer, and now he's huge. He looks like a little He-man, probably 185 pounds of muscle. He just got certified to teach Cross-fit.
A normal person does not gain 50lb of muscle in a year, not a chance with crossfit
 

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To fight at 135 is to walk in the low 140's. So it's an estimated 40 pounds of muscle over two years. And truthfully, it might be closer to three years, now that I think about it. But crossfit seems to have him in a physique that would make me think he was really into traditional weightlifting, which is what was so surprising to me.
 

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Adrien123 said:
I did these exercises back-to-back with a 90 second rest between sets, During my rest period between the 2nd and 3rd circuit, I started the 3rd set at the 60 second mark and successfully completed the circuit, Next time I attempt this I am either going to add more weight/reps to the lifts, decrease my rest time during the whole thing, or attempt the circuit four times....
Dublin Gym
 
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