"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.

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Going from 14% to 10% body fat

"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.

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Throttle

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Okay, HT, hit the vault, do some reading, and prepare to "pay your dues" as the man said.

I did what you did for years and never got anywhere. As long as you focus on your max bench, you're going to stall.
 

HardTimes

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Throttle said:
Okay, HT, hit the vault, do some reading, and prepare to "pay your dues" as the man said.

I did what you did for years and never got anywhere. As long as you focus on your max bench, you're going to stall.
What the? I do WAY more than bench press. I work out pretty much every part of my body.
 

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Who cares about bench pressing. How much do you squat (without wearing a heavy coat I mean)?
 

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145 is a tiny guy.

I was 140 once upon a time.

It's puny.
 

"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.

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Quagmire911

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mrRuckus said:
145 is a tiny guy.

I was 140 once upon a time.

It's puny.
I bet Bruce Lee could still kick your ass though ;) , well, assuming he wasn't dead.
 

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i would suggest some hiit sprinting to go along with the exercise regime

i had used a similar diet to cut my way to 10% bf.
when you get sushi, try sashimi if you can stomach the taste. it is much healthier.. if you get sushi, get nigiri. do not get the rolls, that's like eating mcdonalds.

take carbs after workouts. limit sugar and go for high fiber carbs like wheat bread.
 

HardTimes

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pokerstud said:
i would suggest some hiit sprinting to go along with the exercise regime

i had used a similar diet to cut my way to 10% bf.
when you get sushi, try sashimi if you can stomach the taste. it is much healthier.. if you get sushi, get nigiri. do not get the rolls, that's like eating mcdonalds.

take carbs after workouts. limit sugar and go for high fiber carbs like wheat bread.
When I eat sushi I only get nigiri or sashimi, I actually prefer it over rolls (I hate rolls). For now I'm going to stick to only sashimi. Eating sashimi often is very expensive though.
 

"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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WC2

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Captain Harlock said:
How are sushi rolls the same as mcdonalds?
It's not the same, but the macronutrients aren't all that much different. You'd be better off eating a cheeseburger from McDs than a bunch of sushi rolls - all those carbs surely won't get you down to 10% bodyfat.
 

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HardTimes said:
Actually I have been working out for a long time, just never got super ripped like I want to get now. I'm 5'8 and at 145 I have a decent amount of muscle mass. I can max 190. Not incredible but pretty good for my body weight. Why do you think the 14% is "way off"?
5ft8 and 145 at 14% bf is ****ing puny.


I would go on a bulk and lift as heavy as possible to gain mass. When You reach about 170, then worry about cutting.
 

Captain Harlock

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WC2 said:
It's not the same, but the macronutrients aren't all that much different. You'd be better off eating a cheeseburger from McDs than a bunch of sushi rolls - all those carbs surely won't get you down to 10% bodyfat.
yeah, because stuffing yourself with trans fats and other chemical junk is obviously much better than some rice (which is about the only source of carbs in sushi rolls).
 

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yeah, because stuffing yourself with trans fats and other chemical junk is obviously much better than some rice (which is about the only source of carbs in sushi rolls).
He's not talking about whether its healthy or not. It's not at all! Just about the major nutrients.
 

"I'm Not Looking for Anything Serious Right Now"

When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.

Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.

Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.

The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.

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If you ate MaccyD's cheese burgers without the bread bun, they'll be good for losing fat. It's just fat and protein.

Whether MaccyD's burgers are "healthy" or not is a different question.
 

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Captain Harlock said:
Notice the similar calories for both, and the fact that the McDs burger has protein where the sushi does not.

Assuming a completely healthy diet, the burger would be a better choice over the sushi.

If the dude's diet it sh*t, then the burger makes it worse because its loaded with all sorts of flavorings and preservatives... etc.
 

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Depends on the sushi. The roll I picked doesn't have any fish I believe, unlike for example the salmon sushi which has more protein than the cheeseburger.
 

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Your going to lose water-weight not real weight, I used to do this to make weight for matches. No point putting all that stuff on you, let your body breath.
 

"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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