Quagmire911
Master Don Juan
What do you for legs/back?
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.
Most guys accidentally kill attraction before they even speak. They assume they need a bigger bank account, a better physique, or smoother lines. They miss the point.
Female desire operates on a specific set of psychological triggers. Break them, and you're invisible. Follow them, and you become magnetic.
I learned this the hard way. Years of freezing up. Getting friend-zoned. Watching other guys walk away with the girl I wanted. Then I discovered a set of 22 simple rules that rewired my entire approach.
Legs-Squats/Stiff legged deadsQuagmire911 said:What do you for legs/back?
Sounds decent.J89 said:Legs-Squats/Stiff legged deads
Back-Deadliftss, chin up variations & row variations.
Right now im doing wide grip chins & dumbell rows with deadlifts of course
Quagmire911 said:What are your numbers on the big three???
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.
Oh HELL YEA !! It was like a totally different feeling for my chest than benching which usually hits outside of my chest pretty good but Dips had everything solid inside ! it was amazing! the center of my chest was doing some crazy stuff I've never noticed before. I'm a believer !! dips are definitely the way to go !!shaunuk said:Hey D&B man, right after you've done dips, does your chest and sternum area feel kinda tight and really well worked?
damn..looks like i've got a lot of catching up to do !Espi said:I've been doing dipsthe past year just like your friend recommended, and my lower chest formed quickly, much more quickly than doing 2 years' worth decline DB or BB press.
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.
I like dips, they're good for my chest and triceps. I don't distinguish them in my journal but I actually use two styles: torso upright and leaning forward. Some workouts I do two leaning forward and one with torso upright, and on other days I do it the opposite way. I've noticed that torso upright is slightly more difficult as it places more work on my triceps and shoulders, when I'm leaning forward I feel it slightly more in my chest.The Bat said:I gotta agree with D&B about substituting dips for decline. Just think about your body's orientation in space when doing these exercises. They definitely hit different aspects of chest/triceps with different degree. How much and how little all depends on one thing: form.
Throw in some dumbbell flyes in there. It will make a world of difference.
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.
I've been doing it for two weeks, and my lower/inner chest have started to form.BustedKnucks said:You won't notice the decline until you've built up your chest significantly.
bench 4x6emelec said:so wouldnt a great chest workout be
flat barbell 2x5
incline dumbell press 2x8
dips 2x 10 or till failure?
Where can I find this information from? I haven't heard it before so point me in the right direction.Quiksilver said:Working out for two weeks and having your chest start to grow means you've started to have a glycogen pump where your muscle cells are expanded. You'll start to notice true growth after 8-12 weeks.