"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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Do belly belts work?

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Aside from making you sweat more overall, do they actually help target the gut?
 

"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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You can't spot reduce. So the answer is no.

You must lose overall bodyfat to get rid of the gut
 

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I-tallionStallion said:
You can't spot reduce. So the answer is no.

You must lose overall bodyfat to get rid of the gut
Yea. What I've been doing is cardio to lose the overall bodyfat and an ab wheel which you should be able to pickup for $5. I'm currently doing 5 sets of 15 but now I'm gonna start adding weight. It works the core hard, and my tris, lats, pecs.
 

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Or save yourself $5 and just eat right, morning cardio (light intensity fo 45 minutes), and do heavy decline situps and other weighted varieties. screw the wheel, no offense bmxcetera ;)
 

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The wheel-of-death is pretty intense man, I have read documentation on it's goodness on T-nation and it rips my abs apart. But only do it if you are already doing an extensive weight training program, IT WILL NOT TRIM YOUR WAIST LINE.

If you have a big gut, I have no idea why you would want to make the muscles in it bigger. Cut the fat with diet, metabolic resistance training, interval training, and steady-state cardio
 

"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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wolf116 said:
The wheel-of-death is pretty intense man, I have read documentation on it's goodness on T-nation and it rips my abs apart. But only do it if you are already doing an extensive weight training program, IT WILL NOT TRIM YOUR WAIST LINE.

If you have a big gut, I have no idea why you would want to make the muscles in it bigger. Cut the fat with diet, metabolic resistance training, interval training, and steady-state cardio
http://www.rosstraining.com/articles/wheel.html Not for those who suggest walking and situps that work you lower back :rock:
 
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I-tallionStallion said:
Or save yourself $5 and just eat right, morning cardio (light intensity fo 45 minutes)
Damn that's a lot of cardio. Not to rip on you, but I've heard 20 min max/high intensity works best.
 
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