"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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Fedor: Q. How should I do chin ups? A. Very fast, to train your speed and power.

"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"

You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.

For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.

Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.

The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.

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spesmilitis

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Espi said:
Clearly an anomaly when it comes to chins...I don't understand how performing chins fast leads to increased speed and power...makes no sense to me. I have always read it's best to perform exercises slowly...and I agree that slower is better in order to maintain peffect form and fully contract the muscles

Maybe thats for pure strength. In MMA, speed and power are more important.
 

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How about you just do them at a comfortable pace? Easy down, and on the contaction, just pull your ass up and squeeze. Sort of like you would when doing a squat. Ease yourself down, and bust your ass to get back up.
 

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Espi said:
Clearly an anomaly when it comes to chins...I don't understand how performing chins fast leads to increased speed and power...slower is better in order to maintain peffect form and fully contract the muscles
Why wouldn't using your muscles quickly increase your muscle's ability to do more work in less time (power)? Do you learn to tie your shoe laces by putting on your pants?

Mark Rippetoe's strength book repeatedly recommends doing movements explosively on the positive. The negative is the part done more controlled and slowly.
 

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Its true. Doing that will get you so ****in ripped.
 

"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"

You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.

For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.

Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.

The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.

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Espi said:
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The key to back exercise is SQUEEZING and HOLDING. Otherwise, you'll end up working your arms.

As long as you go through the full range of motion and correct techniqe, why would you only workout your arms unless you squezze and hold?
 

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When doing pull ups, stick your chest up and squeese your muscils near your sholder blades(I think there called lats) together. try lifting your self with your lats. I just founout I was always doing them wrong. Doing this fast is good.
 

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From that interview, he also does his cardio like this:
Q. can you specify your running (cardio) training?
A. Sure. I like to do 34 minutes -about 8 kilometers

5 miles, average mile 6min50sec.
 

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"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"

Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.

You've been "getting ready" for two years.

She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.

Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.

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yeah fedor is awesome, a freak of nature, though i prefer Cro cop, im a UFC nuthugger!!!! anyone else follow MMA??
 

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TheHoff said:
yeah fedor is awesome, a freak of nature, though i prefer Cro cop, im a UFC nuthugger!!!! anyone else follow MMA??
hell yeah
 

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anyone else follow MMA??

**hiding under table**
uhhhhhhhhhhhh, ring of honor,memphis wrestling and noah.strong style forever.

sometimes i watch pride.

p'mp me some ufc.

'''''''joe is gonna kill ya''''''''' :)
 

"Nervous Around Beautiful Women? There's a Rule for That"

I could talk to any woman I wasn't attracted to. Charming, funny, relaxed. Then a gorgeous woman looked my way and I'd become a sweating, babbling mess.

The fix took me years to find and ten minutes to learn. Nervousness and excitement are the same physical state — pounding heart, adrenaline, flushed face. Your brain just picks the label. And you can pick a better one.

Rule 16 shows you how. You feel the nerves, relabel them as excitement, and let that energy pour out as enthusiasm. Women notice the guy radiating it. They always do.

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mrRuckus said:
Yeah, thats what I'm thinking. I can do 6 pull ups with 60 extra pounds on weight on me and I don't squeeze, so I must be doing something right.

I think squeezing and holding just contributes to the pump and d.o.m.s
 

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Guys,

Fast and expolsive for athletes

Slow and controlled for bodybuilders
 
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