"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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Derek Poundstone - Winner Strongest Man USA 2007

"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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Half man, half forklift.
 

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This guy is a beast...inspirational video though. It goes to show you what dedication and focus on training can achieve. We should all be training for something!

Thanks for sharing this..
 

"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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blinkwatt said:
I don't know if he does or not,but the formation of his stomach points to steroids. When someone takes roids (alot of them,not just once or twice),your stomach tends to forms out form due to your intestines growing as well,not flat and cut up.

http://www.pro-fit-worldwide.com/images/cutler13.jpg

http://www.bodybuildingpro.com/ronniecoleman.jpg
This is strongman, not bodybuilding. They need to eat. Have you seen his bodyfat?

I think it's subcutaneous fat. Maybe he takes steroids. But he's still repping 280pounds 13 times on the log press. That's an unofficial world record FYI.
 

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They're all on steroids. They don't deny it.

Btw, as far as I'm aware steriods DON'T do that to your stomach. That's growth hormone, which is entirely different.
 

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cuzza said:
They're all on steroids. They don't deny it.

Btw, as far as I'm aware steriods DON'T do that to your stomach. That's growth hormone, which is entirely different.
You want a picture of my stomach before & after a heavy 24h carb loading? It looks exactly like that.
 

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cuzza said:
They're all on steroids. They don't deny it.

Btw, as far as I'm aware steriods DON'T do that to your stomach. That's growth hormone, which is entirely different.
What is the difference between the two?
 

"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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blinkwatt said:
What is the difference between the two?
Nevermind,I did some research and I found out.

HGH makes you GROW,not become stronger. I didn't know that EVERYTHING grows when you take HGH,even your hands,HEART(leads to heart failure) and other body parts,not just muscles.

Steroids are for strength and growth.

http://digg.com/health/What_s_the_Difference_Between_Steroids_and_Human_Growth_Hormone
http://www.slate.com/id/2162473/
http://www.briangreens.com/human-growth-hormone/61/
http://www.drugfreesport.com/insight.asp?VolID=36&TopicID=11

I wouldn't like by the links,but they should give somewhat reliable info.
 

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Of course. I'm talking about Coleman-esque GH supplementation.
 

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stronglifts said:
you do know that growth hormone is naturally present in your body I hope?
Yeah but so is test., but that doesn't turn out too well when you keep supplementing it.
 

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Ok we're on the same line then.

About steroids.

I was smart enough to never take steroids during the last 10 years. However I have many friends who did, still do or stopped (due to health implications).

Their gains were quick. Muscle size & strength added up quickly. I had one friend who could eat junk food all day while being close to 200 pounds ripped. He benched 300 pounds for reps easily.

That's the good side of the story.

The bad side.
-Hearth problems
-Motivation problems (when their cycle is over & it's back to no steroids)
-Mental addiction to steriods, not being able to train without it
-Strength & muscle gains were lost as quickly as gained for the above reasons


Steroids (or any supplement, legal or illegal), don't learn you:
-To train hard
-To check your diet
-To persist
-To believe


To many, steriods are like a get quick rich sheme "I want muscles & strength, and I want it know".


Back to Derek.

Does he take steroids? I don't know.

What I know is what a 280 pounds logs press means. I can't rep that for a single. So when I see that Derek reps it 13 times??

I could start taking steroids tomorrow, but it won't get me to the same weight. There's only one thing that will:

HARD WORK

And that's what the video is about. Recheck the intro & his attitude when he reps the log press. He wanted the prize, he got it.

For your info, Derek injured his back one year before this comp. Doctors said he would never lift again.
 

“The 22 Psychological Triggers That Make Women Chase You… Starting Tonight”

Forget the cash, the cars, and the chiseled jawlines. Female desire operates on a completely different frequency. Primal. Subconscious. Triggers that bypass her logic and hit her on a gut level. Most guys are totally blind to them.

I know because I was one of them. The overthinking. The paralysis. The silent drive home kicking yourself for freezing up. Watching average guys walk away with the girl while you stood there stuck in your own head.

Then I decoded the psychology behind what actually makes women tick. 22 hard rules.  Subtle behavioral shifts that rewired my entire reality. The anxiety evaporated. Women started leaning in. Investing. Chasing.

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woah...totally not the type of body i want but damn that guy is a beast, that was awesome..i mean all that power he had...wow..
 

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Just to clear up, I wasn't posting any judgements on steroids. For someone to achieve that level of strength they must supplement, no doubt of that. It's a damn good achievement.
 
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