"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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How important are these?

I know that they do more muscular damage than concentric contractions (which leads to muscular hypertrophy) but wouldn't it logically make sense that you can easily overtrain while doing extended eccentric contractions? You know...where you lower that bar to chest for 3 seconds slowly...

Are these recommended for ALL muscle groups? How beneficial and effective are they to larger (pectoralis, quadriceps, latissmus) compared to smaller (biceps, teres, triceps) muscle groups?

Do you do them?

To answer my own question, I do it when training large muscle groups since my goal is mass increase. I figure if I can get bigger chest/back then everything else will follow. But now I suspect that I need to be doing this for smaller muscles also.
 

"She Wants a Man, Not a Boy"

You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.

Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.

Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.

Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.

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Nobody?
 
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I haven't been lifting the big three for awhile. So these numbers are not my best right now.

Deadlift - 200 X 4
Bench - 155 x 3 (Pretty terrible, I know)
Squat - 195 x 4

If it makes any difference, this is all at 140 bodyweight.
 
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I wouldn't worry about time under tension or the eccentric portion of the lift. Just focus on lowering the bar as quickly as you can UNDER CONTROL (increases stretch reflex) and pressing/pulling it as fast as possible.

You need to get your numbers higher before you consider stuff like the above.

Good luck.
 

"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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Thanks man.

Any advice for getting my bench numbers close to squats/deadlifts? If I understood correctly, all three should be very similar.

I have been doing dips, triceps pushdown, skull crushers, and flyes. I plan on start doing close grip bench at some point.

My major problem with bench is stabilizing that bar. I have very skinny and very long arms which puts me at both power and mechanical disadvantages. Build up forearms, maybe?
 
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