"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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Ok yeah, I know what you mean now. We've got one of those. I would leave that for shrugs. Deadlifts are better done with a regular bar. I'm not sure if the Diamond bar would screw up your form or not, but I wouldn't run the risk if I were you. The deadlift is one exercise you do NOT want to slip up on, techinique wise. Could result in some disc slippage.
 

"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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I actually went to the diamond/shrug bar to better my form. It keeps your back straighter 'cause you can bend down and not over. But that is just what I was taught, doesnt mean I was taught right!
 

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Deadlifts work tons of muscles. that's why they are called deadlifts, I do feel it in my lower back and hamstrings, do not round your back. Use one hand over and the other with an underhand grip.
 

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zerocelcius said:
I actually went to the diamond/shrug bar to better my form. It keeps your back straighter 'cause you can bend down and not over. But that is just what I was taught, doesnt mean I was taught right!
The problem with this is that now you're doing more of a dumbell squat than you are a deadlift. If the weight is put at your sides than your back will remain closer to vertical which will negate the full body benefits of the deadlift.

If any of you are having grip problems, than go buy some heavy grippers. They're pretty cheap and you can make progress pretty quickly with them. Plus it's a great party trick to be able to crush an apple.
 

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Plus, the staggered grip helps, and maybe you might need straps if your grip is failing.

Horrible Form.

Good Form.

As you can see, your shoulders are pretty much over the bar. Your back isn't straight up and down.
 
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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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Skilla_Staz said:
Plus, the staggered grip helps, and maybe you might need straps if your grip is failing.

Horrible Form.

Good Form.

As you can see, your shoulders are pretty much over the bar. Your back isn't straight up and down.
both links go to the same video lol every time i see that guy i want to slap him so hard for being such retarded turdbag
 

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Oops, I'll have to fix that...

Fixed. I might just make a thread here about form
 

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Skilla_Staz said:
Plus, the staggered grip helps, and maybe you might need straps if your grip is failing.

Horrible Form.

Good Form.

As you can see, your shoulders are pretty much over the bar. Your back isn't straight up and down.
HOLY **** :eek: . I was just waiting for his back to snap in half.


Anyway, deadlifts are relatively easy. The absolute most important thing is to a) keep your back straight (not curved, and not hyperflexed) and b) pull back and THEN up, doing it the other way around will destroy your back. Keep the bar close to your body and don't look up, look straight ahead. The weight should be on your heels at all times, and be sure to keep your shoulders back and your chest out--if you start slumping (especially at the top), you can hurt yourself.

Your grip will come along. Don't use straps, they just put a bandaid over a bigger problem--lack of grip strength. It's a fact that deadlifters have MASSIVE forearms, and that's why. Don't use gloves either, that'll actually make it harder to grip the bar by increasing its diameter. Gloves should only be used if you tore a callous or something. Chalk up your hands and that won't happen though. So yeah, your first week or two might just be forearm workouts, but that's part of getting a balanced physique. Doing deadlifts with straps is basically cheating, b/c it's probably THE best forearm exercise too.
 

"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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Yes, I make that sound on a regular basis when getting toward the end of a low rep set. By forcing the air out in any kind of manner whether its yelling or tsssssssss ing or grunting, it helps the lift a lot.
 
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