"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"

Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.

You've been "getting ready" for two years.

She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.

Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.

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Deadlift and grip strength

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how are some of you overcoming a failing grip as you go up in weight with your deadlift...my hands/fingers are giving out before my back.
 

"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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Drum&Bass said:
how are some of you overcoming a failing grip as you go up in weight with your deadlift...my hands/fingers are giving out before my back.
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There are a bunch of grip exercises you can find by doing a google search. Or you can get heavy grippers, which are spring grippers like you would find at wal-mart only instead of 50 or 75 pounds they start at 100 and go up to a whopping 500lbs of force needed to close them! I got a set of 5 ranging from 100 - 300lbs for 60 bucks! Farmers walk will also take it's toll on your forearms.
 
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straps or hooks. Hooks won't workout your forearms though. You'll still get a forearm workout with straps.
 
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try a mixed or alternating grip (one hand overhand, the other underhand) when doing deadlifts, and work on your forearms on a day you're not already doing deadlifts. easiest & cheapest way to beat up your forearms is to do farmer's walks (pick up the heaviest pair of dumbbells from a rack, walk away until you can't stand it, pick 'em up again and walk back). straps are fine for very heavy weight, but they work by reducing the load on your forearms, which is a double-edged sword.
 
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you MAY use straps, for the last set only.
otherwise you need to work on your grip.
 

"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"

Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."

You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.

She's been waiting forty minutes.

Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.

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