"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.
HandyAndy's progress journal
- Thread starter HandyAndy
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"You Can't Argue a Woman Into Liking You"
You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.
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.
Quagmire911
Master Don Juan
4/9/08
Bench
5x1 175
5x1 175
5x1 175
Squat
5x1 135
5x1 135
5x1 135
Deadlift
5x1 185
Meal 1
Yogurt and water
Meal 2
Beef and beans
Meal 3
Chicken and veggies
Meal 4
Spaghetti and meatballs with salad, water and yogurt(post-workout)
Meal 5
Will be a few eggs
Meal 6
Most likely tuna.
"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.
Bench
175x5
180x5
180x5 - Piece of cake!!!!!! HELL YEAH
210x2 - Just for the hell of it.
Last year it was my goal to max out at 180, Im now repping it, awesome..!
I outbench my 19 year old brother and his friend....sweet
Quagmire911
Master Don Juan
"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.
Bench
180x5
180x5
180x5 :rockon: :rockon: :rockon:
Squat
135x5
135x5
135x5 - Form looks better, inches away from parallel, my back still rounds just a little
Deadlift
185x5
Dips
8x1
8x1
16 mins on elliptical
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"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.
Military Press
5x3 - 45lb dumbells, ill raise soon
Squats
5x3 135lb, im getting very confident doing these now, im parallel and my back is rounding less.
Bent-over Rows
5x3 60lb dumbells
16 mins cardio
not much to say here, I like my Mon and Fri workouts the best
"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.