"How I Made Sure No Woman Ever Friend-Zoned Me Again"

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.

Read more...

Heart rate and cardio exercise

Asteconn

Don Juan
Joined
Nov 7, 2008
Messages
122
Reaction score
4
Location
Worcestershire UK
Yesterday, as part of my Gym-ness, I did 40 minutes of workout on a Crosstrainer (ellipticals I think they're called in the US). I do a randomised resistance program on them, and at 68 strides per minute (or about 134 steps per minute) or faster, which is in time with the music I have on my headphones. At one point I do a 20 second or so long sprint near the end.

I'm 24; my resting heart rate is about 63 and I weigh 15 stone (210lbs).

Now, yesterday I borrowed a heart rate monitor just out of curiosity. On my heart rate monitor, I spent almost all of the time I was on there around the 170 mark. At this level, I was working out hard, but very comfortably. Whilst hammering away during my 20 second sprint, I tipped 191 beats per minute. At this level, I was really hurting at the end of the sprint just before I wound down.

Now my questions.

Is 170 bpm good or bad?

Apparently for someone my age 170 bpm is supposed to be anaerobic, yet I had no issues maintaining such a level for 40 minutes. Would this mean that I have a high lactate threshold? Is such a thing good? Or does it mean I have a high max heart rate?

Would I be better calming down and going slower?

Thanks
 

"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.

Read more...

Caferacer

Don Juan
Joined
Sep 7, 2008
Messages
60
Reaction score
2
A good cardio heart rate is anywhere between 60-85% of your max heart rate. you get your max heart rate by subtracting your age from 220. You get the percentage by finding the range (resting minus max HR), multiplying that by whatever percentage and adding it to your resting.

So yes, 170 is high for cardio. 191 is damn near your max heart rate (which is just a safe zone; being consistantly near that HR or even over is very bad for you and unsafe to train near).

It's not far off target though, and I can only guess at the HR I reach doing interval training. Just keep those numbers in mind. Whether you change will be dependant on what you want. Training for aerobic response is in the upper ranges; 85%-70%. Cardio for fat burning is done in the lower ranges, 60%-70%.
 

Asteconn

Don Juan
Joined
Nov 7, 2008
Messages
122
Reaction score
4
Location
Worcestershire UK
I went to the gym again today. Borrowed a heart rate monitor again to see what was happening. I was in the 160-170 region for the whole 40 minutes. at about 65 RPM, I was around 163; at 70 prm, I was around 168.
 
Top