"The Kiss of Death Mistake"

You replay the conversation at 2 a.m. She texted back fast yesterday. Today, nothing. Was that smile friendly or flirty? What did the shoulder touch mean?

Every hour you spend decoding her signals drains your confidence and hands her the controls. Women can sense that insecurity from across the room — and it repels them.

One of the "22 Rules" kills the obsession on the spot: assume she likes you, and act accordingly. Sounds too simple. Works anyway.

Her interest tends to rise to meet your expectations. Psychologists call it a self-fulfilling prophecy.

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How big is everyone? How big/small do you want to be?

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180lbs - wouldn't mind staying this weight so long as I can convert these 10lbs of fat into muscle..
 

"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.

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jakethasnake

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Originally posted by playher
:( man can i grow or is it just because im asian and my genes...i feel so short and low now :(


Wait - how tall are you, and how much do you weigh?
 

playher

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like 5'6 if even and 110 or something ...not fat not skinny not tall
 

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Dude, you're skinny. If you're 5'6" you should weigh at least 140 in lean muscle, even if you're an ectomorph (which you sound like you are... do some internet research on bodytypes, i.e "ectomorph"..."meso/endomorph". Ideally, you should weigh a solid 150-155 in ripped muscle. I'm 5'9" or so and I'm shooting for about 165-170 in lean muscle. I want that shredded Bruce Lee look, but with about 10 pounds more bulk.
 

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im short it depresses me and makes me feel uncomfortable.
 

"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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Runna13=)

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5'9'', 140 pounds, 7% body fat. I run so I don't feel the need to bulk up too much. At most, I would like to add 5 lbs of muscle to my upper body.
 

jakethasnake

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Originally posted by playher
im short it depresses me and makes me feel uncomfortable.
I know ain't of much comfort, but you just need to 'grow into' your skin. Sure your slightly under-average height isn't something GREAT - but it's not the worst trait that you can have. You could have had a harelip or a deformed foot. I know some people who have deformities, but they put on a brave face. I respect them for that, and most importantly - HOW can they live the rest of their lives if they trip over something they can't change? It's a dead-end street, so don't go there.


The best you can hope for is to seriously improve yourself in other areas - most importantly a manly personality, a health-self image, and perhaps a special talent that you're passionate about and REALLY good at. ;)
 

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5'11"

172 lbs, some muscle but not ripped or anything. I'd like to see what my body fat % is now but I haven't seen it since about a year ago when I was 220 lbs, 25% (I started cutting from this in the summer). I have a little bit of a gut still. I think I should lose another 10 lbs or so and then start bulking.
 

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*old thread, but want to comment*

you all sound enormous and huge... maybe those are american standards, or gym standard, but where i live i'm perceived as more muscular than average and everybody compliments on my body, even though i'm just 140lbs at 5'9.
maybe we have lower standards, since yesterday a friend of mine said that brad pitt is "huge" in fight club, while everybody in here seems to refer to him as skinny but ripped:)

anyway, i want to cut a bit for the summer, in order to make my 8-pack more visible. in september, i'll get back to bulking until next june, and i want to get to 155-165 lbs very ripped and cut, not more than that
 

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5 ft 7"

165 pounds

goal - 145 - 155

I prefer a lean slender build, not interested in bulking up, I already have a natural stocky build and broad chest.

I need to lose a few more pounds
 

"She's Out of Your League"

You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.

Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.

She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.

Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.

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im 5'7" at 140 or so, but im a boxer and im going to be fighting in september so i need to get down to 130... i probably just need to drop like 5 lbs of fat i still have and the other 5 lbs can just be dropped by water weight dehydrating myself.
 

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im 5'11" and weigh around the 150lb mark, which im pretty comfortable with
 

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6'
150lbs 6% bf

by the end of the year i'm looking to be 160 again, only instead of 8-10% bf like before, i'll be 5-7%.

i've had a bit of a problem for the past 2 months or so, cuz every week i get myself back up to 153-154, then after every weekend it's back down to 149-150. i really will need to put more energy into eating on the weekends, especially friday, saturday nights when i just nod off instead of doing one fvckin situp to get some supper. i'll learn
later guys
 

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5'6" and 150 @ 25%

I'd like to be at least 6' and as big as a professional bodybuilder, but it ain't gonna happen :mad:

Truth be told, I'd be happy just to enjoy working out, like a normal guy.
 

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6'2, 214lbs at the moment, and still gaining.

I don't make goals based on body weight tho. Usually when I make goals, they're either strength oriented (i.e. I wanna add 50 lbs to my military press), or appearance oriented (I want thicker traps, or better obliques).

Mostly tho, I just keep track of my lifts, and try to improve them. As long as I keep gaining strength in my lifts, I don't care whether or not I keep getting bigger, I'm pretty happy with my size/the way I look now.
 

"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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Currently
5'10 220, bodyfat %= 22%

First started lifting
5'9 208, bodyfat %+ guess 25-28

Heavyiest
5'10 247, bodyfat %= guess at 28-30

Goal
5'10 195, bodyfat %= 10-13

Then I will start bulking again to hopefully
5'10 210, bodyfat %=10 by 12/31/05
 
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