"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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How accurate is www.mybodycomp.com???

"She Made Her Decision Before You Finished Your Sentence"

Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.

She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.

Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.

So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.

The words come later. The impression comes first.

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chim_chim

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For me, I believe it was fairly accurate.

I'm 5'10" 185lbs and it had me at 8.9% bodyfat. I have a 6 pack but I'm not supercut. I've read that abs become visible at around 10%, so I figure 9% is about right for me.
 

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Wow.

I added 2 inches to my abdomen and waist and subtracted 2 from my shoulders and chest, in order to estimate where I was before summer started, and it gave me 17.98 - I guess it IS accurate! My coach estimated me at 18% just before school got out. And 2 inches added to my chest is conservative - ever since working KB presses, chins, bent rows and full dips my back and especally my lats have jacked up.

Even I am finding it hard to believe that I did this with only a kettlebell, chins and dips, no dieting, and achilles tendon bursitis(which meant less kettlebell work for almost 2 weeks). At this rate 12 hours of baseball a week for college (starting a week from tomorrow) will wipe my bodyfat off the map!
 

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I got an 8.57%..always get 7-8% with calipers or other forms..so it's accuracte. This chart thing tells me that I need to add more muscle to my wrists, ankles and abdomen and my arms are out of proportion. Anyone regularly chart themselves on this site? I think I'm going to start.
 

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Actually metaphor, it's good if it says your ankles, wrists, and abdomen are small. It basically means you have big forearms and calves for your bone structure, and that you have a good v-taper.

Abdomen and hips are primary fat indicators and should be at or below the +1.5% for optimum health. Shoulders, bicep, arm, and calf are the primary muscle indicators and should be at or above the -1.5% for optimum health.
For me it says I need to work on my upper arms. I have 17" calves but only 15" arms.:( I can't really complain though since all I do is compound exercises, I haven't done curls in a year.
 

"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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Metaphor

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Yea I know it's good..I was just pointing out that it suggests for me to add mass to my wrists and ankles..but to my knowledge it's impossible to do so. Sorry for the confusion.
 

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You're not supposed to be flexed when you take your measurements. Also you're not supposed to suck in your stomach. Did you do either of those?
 

"She Made Her Decision Before You Finished Your Sentence"

Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.

She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.

Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.

So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.

The words come later. The impression comes first.

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I'm sorry but that site isn't accurate at all.

I'm 6'9" tall and 194lbs and it seems to think i'm at 25.6% body fat.

Even the terrible accuracy of my scale seems to be more realistic at 12.7%
 
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