"She Liked You in March. It's October Now."

Attraction runs on a clock.

She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.

The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."

One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.

Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.

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Cut or bulk?

afc_recovering

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My Stats:

Age: 15
Height: 5'8
Weight: 145 lbs.
15% Body Fat (according to the scale at the gym)

Bulk or cut?
 

“The 22 Rules That Turned Me From Invisible to Irresistible With Women… Starting Tonight”

You can skip the expensive cars, the fancy clothes, and the endless gym selfies. Completely unnecessary.

I used to freeze the second a beautiful woman looked my way. Frustrated. Awkward. Watching other guys walk away with the girl while I stood there tongue-tied.

Then I discovered 22 simple rules that rewired my entire dating life. The anxiety vanished. Conversations flowed effortlessly. Women started chasing me for a change.

These rules trigger a woman's subconscious attraction switches. And you can start using them tonight.

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[S]alvatore

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You can't do both at the same time. What type of scales were they? Using anything other than bodyfat calipers, and they are probably wrong.
 

typical

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Well calipers tell me I'm at 9% body fat and those electronic sensor scales that you stand on naked tell me im at 15%, go figure.
 

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I don't think it matters int he slightest what your bodyfat % is as long as you're happy. Too fat? Cut. Happy? Bulk, or whatever.
 

"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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reyalp

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if you've never lifted before, it's possible for you to add about 5-7lbs of lean muscle mass in your first week without really putting on any fat. you have to eat right and do a lot of core lifts, though. get Mark Rippetoe's book "Starting Strength." Mark's from my hometown in Texas, he takes skinny guys and adds 20lbs of muscle to them in 3-4 months all the time.

and you can cut and bulk at the same time.....i just recently moved down one percentage in body fat while keeping the same weight.
 

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First, get your bodyfat measured for real. The bodyfat scales are not accurate. (They may be good for some purposes, ie. measuring RELATIVE changes, but they are not accurate for purely measuring bodyfat). Go to a gym and have someone there measure you with calipers.

When in doubt, I always advocate cutting. The problem with bulking, imho, is that most guys do not bulk cleanly. They take bulking as meaning they can eat whatever garbage they want and simply get fat. In bulking, you want to add muscle mass and keep the fat as low as possible. When adding muscle mass, you'll necessarily add some fat as well so that is a given, but you're not looking to "get fat" you're looking to get muscular.

If you're truly under 10%, you may want to bulk. If you don't know if you're ripped, however, you probably aren't and should probably cut.

That's just my opinion, though, a lot of guys on here are going for that big look at any cost. Me, I'd rather be ripped.
 

afc_recovering

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Thanks for the replies guys.

The scale I was measured on was one of those electric scales and I found 15% a little high, as I can visibly see my abs. I think I'm going to get my true body fat measured with callipers in PE.

However, I believe I am going to start a clean bulk because I'm not interested in looking any skinnier.
 
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