"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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Great chest workout that has worked for me

“The 22 Psychological Triggers That Make Women Chase You… Starting Tonight”

Forget the cash, the cars, and the chiseled jawlines. Female desire operates on a completely different frequency. Primal. Subconscious. Triggers that bypass her logic and hit her on a gut level. Most guys are totally blind to them.

I know because I was one of them. The overthinking. The paralysis. The silent drive home kicking yourself for freezing up. Watching average guys walk away with the girl while you stood there stuck in your own head.

Then I decoded the psychology behind what actually makes women tick. 22 hard rules.  Subtle behavioral shifts that rewired my entire reality. The anxiety evaporated. Women started leaning in. Investing. Chasing.

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Quagmire911 said:
What do you for legs/back?
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
 

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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
Sounds decent.
 

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Quagmire911 said:
What are your numbers on the big three???

no clue, but will calculate this coming week

on wednesday i done 80kg x 2 on the dumbbell press

im 60kg btw
 

"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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Did weighted wide grip dips today while tilting down, Tri-Ceps wrecked !!
and Chest WRECKED..I'm starting to see why just doing dips and inclines are a good way to go.

I'm still gonna do declines to keep variety but wide dips tilting down had my whole chest rock solid.
 

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Yeah, told you dips tear your chest up. Hey D&B man, right after you've done dips, does your chest and sternum area feel kinda tight and really well worked? Just something I've noticed after dips, it's like I could feel all the fibres working their arses off or something..Whatever, I don't know how to phrase it in technical language :p
 

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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?
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 !!

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.
damn..looks like i've got a lot of catching up to do !
 

"She Wants a Man, Not a Boy"

You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.

Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.

Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.

Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.

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Dips are the sh** like I said. Maybe one day I can add the weight-vest. But until then I've been making good progress ever since I healed from the broken sternum.
 

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so wouldnt a great chest workout be

flat barbell 2x5
incline dumbell press 2x8
dips 2x 10 or till failure?
 

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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.
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 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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BustedKnucks said:
You won't notice the decline until you've built up your chest significantly.
I've been doing it for two weeks, and my lower/inner chest have started to form.

I do two heavy sets of 6-8 reps
 

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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.
 

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emelec said:
so wouldnt a great chest workout be

flat barbell 2x5
incline dumbell press 2x8
dips 2x 10 or till failure?
bench 4x6
incline bench4x6
dips/decline 2 x 6-10

plus one isolation movement, vary from flyes, crossovers etc.
 

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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.
Where can I find this information from? I haven't heard it before so point me in the right direction.
 
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