"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.
Gav's Max-OT Journal
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"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.
weight: 70kg at 9.30am
legs and calves
45' leg press (maybe more like 90') - 45' is broken
182kg * 5
182kg * 5
182kg * 4
Squats
80kg * 6
80kg * 6
Leg curls
77kg * 6
77kg * 6
Stiff leg deads
65kg * 6
65kg * 6
Standing calf raises
105kg * 8
105kg * 8
Seated calf raises
50kg * 6
50kg * 6
weight = 69.5kg
incline bench
60kg * 4
60kg * 4
60kg * 3
db bench
22kg * 6
22kg * 6
22kg * 5
decline bench
50kg * 6
cable leg raises
32kg * 15
36kg * 12
32kg * 13
crunch machine
57kg * 8
57kg * 8
+ 1 set of incline situps to failure (with obliques)
"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.
weight: 68.5kg lowest possible (**** all water, **** all food)
straight bar curls
36kg * 6
43kg * 6
43kg * 6
hammer curls
20kg * 6
20kg * 6
curl bar curls
35kg * 6
35kg * 6
i am absolutely fvcked just now; can't eat, can't drink mostly because my abs are absolutely killing me. i've had stomach cramps since 4 today
weight: 69kg after a long weekend of cardio
45' leg press
190kg * 6
190kg * 6
190kg * 6
squats
85kg * 6
85kg * 6
leg curls
seated: 91kg * 6
prone: 57kg * 6
stiff leg deads
70kg * 6
(knee caps are sore)
standing calf raises
70kg * 8
70kg * 8
seated calf raises
60kg * 8
60kg * 8
WesCottII
Master Don Juan
How's your eating been? Two weeks now and you're weighing in less than when you started. I thought you're goal was to bulk?
As for stomach cramps, been going regularly? I know if I was consuming 300g+ protein/day I'd be having some intestinal troubles, and I'm 25kg heavier than you.
"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.
my goal was to bulk initially, but at the moment it is just to maintain my weight, while putting on extra muscle. since i'm getting so much cardio just now, those initial bulking goals are gone.
this morning on the scales without clothes i was 67kg. that is just fvcking unnacceptable.
back and traps
bent over bb rows
70kg * 6
70kg * 6
close grip pull downs
25kg * 6
25kg * 6
pull ups
0 * 4
0 * 4
deads
90kg * 6
90kg * 6
bb shrugs
110kg * 6
Your bent over rows look really good, 70 kg is a lot man.
Who's the girl you have training sessions with? =)
weight: 69.5kg
db shoulder press
20kg * 6
20kg * 6
20kg * 6
shoulder press machine
61kg * 4
59kg * 6
59kg * 5
db lateral raises
standing: 10kg * 8
seated: 8kg * 8
close grip pushdowns
17.5kg * 8
20kg * 8
skullcrushers
24kg * 6
20kg * 6
light cable golf swings - 1 handed
40lbs *20
heavy cable golf swings - 2handed
100lbs * 8
100lbs * 8
db one arm raise
10kg *6
45'leg press
190kg * 6
190kg * 6
190kg * 6
squats
90kg * 6
90kg * 6
110kg * 6
(sissy squats mainly)
straight leg deads
70kg * 6
70kg * 6
leg press seated
84kg * 8
84kg * 8
standing calf raises
110kg * 8
110kg * 8
seated calf raises
65kg * 10
65kg * 10
"I just moved here from Florida."
That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?
She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."
She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.
I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.
Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.
Left Forearm: 11inches (28cm)
Right Forearm: 11inches (28cm)
Right arm: 12.8inches (32.5cm) +1.5cm
Left arm: 11.8 inches (30cm) -1cm wtf?
Chest: 36.8inches (93.5cm) +0.5cm
Waist: 29.1inches (74cm) +1cm
Left Thigh: 19.7inches (50cm) -1cm
Right Thigh: 19.7inches (50cm) -1cm
Left Calf: 15inches (38cm) +1cm
Right Calf: 15inches (38cm) +1cm
a lot of minuses there. don't know what the fvck happened to my legs. i worked on them today at the gym; maybe they're just recovering
right arm has shot up. i have been using it a lot though - fingering my bytch, before you say anything
Lost
Master Don Juan
chest and abs today
weight: 70kg
incline db bench
22kg * 6
22kg * 6
22kg * 6
flat bb bench
60kg * 4
60kg * 3
55kg * 5
decline db bench
22kg * 6
cable leg raises
12.5kg * 15
15kg * 12
ab crunch machine
60kg * 10
60kg * 10
incline side situps with 12kg db
1set to failure
"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"
She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.
Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.
The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.