"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.

Read more...

dumbell curls and pushups

1-2-3

Don Juan
Joined
Sep 5, 2002
Messages
109
Reaction score
0
right now i'm away from home and don't have access to a gym or anything. all i have are some dumbells. what are the best things to do to try and ger bigger arms with just the dumbells and maybe some pushups?
 

"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.

Read more...

Eternal

Master Don Juan
Joined
Dec 7, 2001
Messages
5,511
Reaction score
10
Dumbbell curls, tricep extension, and diamond pushups.
 

1-2-3

Don Juan
Joined
Sep 5, 2002
Messages
109
Reaction score
0
any suggestion on # of reps and stuuf like that?
 

Eternal

Master Don Juan
Joined
Dec 7, 2001
Messages
5,511
Reaction score
10
4-6 reps at 3 sets. But if the weight is too light, it won't do anything.
 

bman

Senior Don Juan
Joined
Nov 8, 2002
Messages
442
Reaction score
1
depends on how old you are. if you're too young then you dont want to hit anything too heavy. if you do pushups you should do them until you cant do them anymore.
 

"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.

Read more...

Turalyon999

Don Juan
Joined
Mar 26, 2003
Messages
153
Reaction score
0
Location
VA
Just having dumbells doing 4-6 reps isn't going to help much, unless there pretty hefty. What you need to do, is figure out how many reps you normally do in the gym with those exercises that crazy kid suggested. Then what you need to do is see how the two weights compare (the dumbells you have and what you normally do in the gym) example: if you normally curl 200 and do 4 reps, and the dumbells you have are each 50, for a total weight of 100, you could do 8 reps and get the same benefit.

This is for working in exacts, I usually just try to go until failure each set. So do that if you can.

Turalyon
 

Templeton

Master Don Juan
Joined
Mar 7, 2003
Messages
516
Reaction score
0
Location
England
Are you able to do pull-ups and dips? Shouldnt be too much of a prob - couple of chairs back to back for the dips and you can usually find something to do pull ups on. Dont worry whether the DBs are too light just use your imagination - or borrow mine - take less rest between sets, perform movements in a VERY slow and controlled manner with isometric holds if you like, do supersets, tri-sets and giant sets, perform a circuit of a number of exercises for different bodyparts. There are plenty of ways you can keep your training going with limited equipment.
 

Eternal

Master Don Juan
Joined
Dec 7, 2001
Messages
5,511
Reaction score
10
Originally posted by Turalyon999
Just having dumbells doing 4-6 reps isn't going to help much, unless there pretty hefty.
Ok, same thing I said.

Originally posted by Turalyon999
What you need to do, is figure out how many reps you normally do in the gym with those exercises that crazy kid suggested.
If he doesn't have access to a gym, how is he supposed to do that? Cool, my name was typed...

Originally posted by Turalyon999
Then what you need to do is see how the two weights compare (the dumbells you have and what you normally do in the gym) example: if you normally curl 200 and do 4 reps, and the dumbells you have are each 50, for a total weight of 100, you could do 8 reps and get the same benefit.

This is for working in exacts, I usually just try to go until failure each set. So do that if you can.

Turalyon
NO! NO! NO! You can NOT cut the weight in half, do double the reps, and expect the same results. Thats the same thing as saying "run a quarter of a mile and check your time. Multiply that by four and you have your mile time." There is a much different feeling between 4 reps on a heavy weight versus 8 simple reps on half that weight.
 

Turalyon999

Don Juan
Joined
Mar 26, 2003
Messages
153
Reaction score
0
Location
VA
I never said the result would be the same, I said the same amount of Work would be done. I used the wrong word, when I said benefit, I meant Work.
 
Top