"She Liked You in March. It's October Now."

Attraction runs on a clock.

She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.

The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."

One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.

Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.

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TheWayOfAllFlesh

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Haven't got a clue to exercise, never done it before (as a rigorous repeated routine), not fat, just developing a slight gut. Starting exercise for lent.

Looking for something free I can do at home to tone stomach and build up arms slowly. Would get gym membership but no job at the moment and when I go to Uni in 6 months the gym will be free there so I'll wait 'til then for a proper one.
 

"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.

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CaptainJ

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Press ups
Squats
Sit ups
Prone bridges
Reverse Crunches
Burpees
Find something heavy and pick it up ;)

Do some running

A healthy diet is the best thing you can have to lose fat though
 

CarlitosWay

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TheWayOfAllFlesh said:
Haven't got a clue to exercise, never done it before (as a rigorous repeated routine), not fat, just developing a slight gut. Starting exercise for lent.

Looking for something free I can do at home to tone stomach and build up arms slowly. Would get gym membership but no job at the moment and when I go to Uni in 6 months the gym will be free there so I'll wait 'til then for a proper one.
Some gyms allow guests for free on certain days. Plus you can get free week passes at times and just not sign up after they expire. You could walk into other gyms and just ask for a trial day or some ****.

Anyways it would be a good idea to at least invest in a bench/adjustable dumbbells. I say adjustable cause as you get stronger you want to buy more weights to keep your body always challenged. Thus keeping strength/growth going.

Fill buckets full of rocks do curls....duck tape gallons of water together and do tricep extensions/curls/shoulder presses. Hold them and do squats with them until you puke. lunges whatever. Get creative!!!

You could even lay on the floor and do chest presses with something heavy as long as it's challenging. http://www.rosstraining.com has lots of articles on bodyweight stuff .

Guys in prison do the stuff I mentioned and they build decent physiques with what they hae.
 

Cure

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Why the focus on your gut and your arms?

If you want to build decent, functional strenght, and lose weight, get a bag, fill it with sand till it weighs 40kg odd, put it on your shoulders and squat down with a straight back, as many times as you can, two or three times a week, that will provide a good workout for 2/3s of your muscles and you will lose weight as well if you eat right.

Read all the articles in the "where to start" thread, there is loads of amazing info there.

cure.
 

"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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