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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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squelchy451

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Hi.

I am currently a junior at high school

I have 10 pound dumbbells in my house and i've been working out (not intensively though).

Sometimes I would lift them and my muscles would be sore the next morning.

Is it better to exercise moderately regularly or to have a huge workout? If I weigh 130 pounds, how much protein / anything else should I eat to get muscle growth?

Thanks
 

"You Can't Argue a Woman Into Liking You"

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She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.

Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.

Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.

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To add on, you're 130 pounds. That means 130 x 1.5g of protein; 195g of protein everyday.
 

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10 pound dumbbells are not going to cut it. Honest advice: invest the money in a gym membership. There are some good deals out there. I negotiated my 24 hour fitness membership down to $30 per month and got the initiation fees waived (usually $50/month + some initiation fee). To tie you over until then, pushups, burpees, pullups, and lots of food. It is possible to get in shape doing entirely calisthenics, like what the military does, but if you are trying to gain mass which I am assuming you are, you will get results much faster with weight training.
 

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What exercises work best to build up biceps triceps and pecs if I only have dumbells?
 

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I'd do chin-ups and dips for bis and tris. They helped me tremendously in high school, and remain my strongest body parts. And you don't need weights. Do negatives if you can't get 10 reps each set.

To really get buff, you'll see some form of weights. Do military presses, 3 sets of 10 reps, 3 times a week to add some width and development to your shoulders. You have to find some weight.

Do as many pushups and crunches as you can, 3 times a week, also.
 

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Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.

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Bad wording.

I've had the most success developing bis and pulling strength with chinups and tris and pushing with dips.

They are my "strongest" as in my most successful, quickest progress.
 

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squelchy451 said:
What exercises work best to build up biceps triceps and pecs if I only have dumbells?
You have 10lb dumbells. 10lb dumbells. 10lbs.

Are you serious? :confused:
 

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I know that you pretty much stop growing after college.

Is it possible to get buff during college if I work out hard?
 

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You are very clueless. Educate yourself a little first. Put some time into it. Read the vault (top of last page), search the interwebs there is loads of info on exercises and diet.
 

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squelchy451 said:
I know that you pretty much stop growing after college.

Is it possible to get buff during college if I work out hard?
Ok. Please stop. You're embarrassing yourself.

1. 10lbs is nothing. You want to know why big guys are big? Because they lift heavy stuff. All the time. In the gym.

2. You don't 'stop growing after college'. Your body does not have a pre-college, during college, or post-college state.


Educate yourself.


How old are you?
 

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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.

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This guy is a troll. Don't reply to him, read his previous posts.

Either that or he's a d@mned moron.
 
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