"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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Designing A Workout Routine

[S]alvatore

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My god, I hate people that say their legs are already big enough so they don't need to train them. There's this asian guy at my gym i'd say about 30 years old, absolute massive upperbody, but his fu<king quads are as big as my calves. Keep at it with the squats, if your lower body is out of proportion with your upperbody then maybe train a bit harder. What does your routine look like?
 

"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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djtdot

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My upperbody isn't that big :(.


I use the routine from IA.

Day One:

Dips or Bench Press 3 x 8-10

Incline Press, or incline Fly 2 x 8-10

Military Press, Or Hammer Shoulder Press 2 x 6-8

Tricep (skull crushers) Extensions or Tricep Pushdowns 3 x 6-10

Heavy Abs 3 x 10

Day Two:

Lats pulldown/ pullups 3 x 8-10

Barbell Row 2 x 8

EZ-Bar Or Dumbell Curl 1 x 10

Squats 3/4 x 10-12

Deadlifts, or Stiff-Legged Deadlift 2 x 10
 

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guys this thread helped me a lot. MODS I am motioning for this thread to be stickied as well as the post about creating a workout journal :D
 

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sticky this yoohoo oh where oh where have diablo and sammo gone oh where oh where could they be?
 

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I agree sticky this. Im starting to see where ive been going wrong, im sticking together a workout now.
 

"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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A high-rep set of squats after your usual low-volume worksets. So you might do 2 sets of 5-8, followed by a set of 20.

Try them sometime, and you'll figure out quick why they're called widowmakers.
 

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Good post I am going to try adopt more compound exercises.. Never done a deadlift in my life.. I do bench and recently started squats.
 

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If you've never done it, MAKE SURE YOU GET THE FORM DOWN BEFORE YOU GO HEAVY.

Don't want to slip a disc now do you.
 
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