"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"

You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.

For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.

Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.

The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.

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How Much do you Exercise?

"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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Blistex

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I go somewhere between 3-5 times a week, usually spending an hour or two.
 

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I go 4 times a week, twice thaiboxing, twice strength training.
 

wifehunter

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I work delivery every day...Plenty of walking carrying food, up and down stairs, etc.
 

"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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Weights & kickboxing 4x/week. Going well so far this summer. Trimming up... staying and feeling fit.
 

IKO69

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MWF I will do one hour of cardio and then 1 hour of weight training. TT I just do cardio for one hour. On weekends I don't go to the gym but try to walk everyday for about 2 hours.

It's not difficult to do this. The hardest part is simply getting into the habit. Once you get into the routine it feels weird NOT to go to the gym.
 

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I can't imagine hitting any gyms when I'm an old man...all that bulk the 'do you even lift' guys are putting on, will likely end up as flab.
 

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I can't imagine hitting any gyms when I'm an old man...all that bulk the 'do you even lift' guys are putting on, will likely end up as flab.
Try some kind of high intensity interval training.

I’m focusing less on bulking and more on toning. In my line of work it doesn’t make sense to be mega ripped.

Having energy though for long shifts in the medical field is more important when I will have to be on my A game and sharp. With kickboxing, I feel an endorphin spike immediately following a work out and I have energy to study after that.
 

"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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wifehunter

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Try some kind of high intensity interval training.

I’m focusing less on bulking and more on toning. In my line of work it doesn’t make sense to be mega ripped.

Having energy though for long shifts in the medical field is more important when I will have to be on my A game and sharp. With kickboxing, I feel an endorphin spike immediately following a work out and I have energy to study after that.
Toning makes more sense...

Imagine 'the rock' (Dwayne Johnson) as an old man....

...more like 'the blob'
 

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6 days and one day off...2 hour heavy weights...all mass building. Deadlifts, bench press, squats and shoulder press plus other ****...but the 250 ml of test e is the key...i look jack as hell.
 

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For the past year I've worked out a lot. I work out almost every single day.. Maybe one day off every couple weeks. Mostly weights with the odd day jogging a few miles.
 

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Every day. I'm skinny, I'm trying to gain some weight/muscle.
Day 1: Push ups, chin ups, pull ups, preacher curl, bicep curls, bench press (25mins)
Day 2: In place jogging or bicycling (12 mins jog or 35 mins bike run)
 

ImTheDoubleGreatest!

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I work out when I feel like it. There’s no set schedule. There was a period of time where I was overtraining to such an extent to where I was only able to handle it because I invoked a ‘do or die’ mentality, but that was super hard to do. It was about 2.5 years ago and I’m only now starting to recover really. My CNS was fried. I don’t think I had adrenal fatigue though, I had that one from overtraining when I was 14.

But yeah, right now I exercise whenever I feel like it. I just listen to my body because that will help me recover. Sometimes I’ll be active for almost 5 hours, other days I don’t do jack ****. I’m active at my job too, so there’s also that. But for the most part, when it comes to formal training, I’m very fluid. I don’t have any specific exercises that I do in a specific way with a certain number of reps or sets (though I do typically keep it more formalized when I do actually do them). I stopped training like that now.
I’m only like this right now because I’m only trying to maintain right now, not necessarily get a whole lot better in particular. When it comes to improving and getting in better shape though, I exercise like a nut. At the end of August, the season will start back up again for me. For the 3 months after that, I will be exercising anywhere from 27-33 hours a week. The 3 months after that will only have to be more than 20 hours (although the vast majority of those days will likely be over 25 hours a week). It’s gonna be very rough for me. But hopefully I can get in ridiculously great shape and do better than I could have imagined. Through God’s will.
 

"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"

You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.

For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.

Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.

The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.

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kbbroiler1971

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Here is my workout schedule I work out six days a week and on the seventh day I focus on abs but I do abs every workout but the seventh day is more of a focus.

Monday:

Chest
Triceps
Abs
Cardio for an hour

Tuesday:

Legs
Abs
Cardio for an hour

Wednesday:

Shoulders
Abs
Cardio for an hour

Thursdays:

Pull ups
Dips
Bicep pull ups
Abs
Cardio for an hour

Friday:

Back
Forearms
Abs
Cardio

Saturday:

Biceps
Abs
Cardio

Sunday:

Total Abs workout
Cardio


Also I do battle rope exercises usually about 5 days a week for 4 sets. Also, I’m recovering from a total knee replacement which I had November of 2017 so I do certain knee bending exercises at the gym Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday. This takes me usually 2 hours. I started working out in 1992 so I’m 47 now and I’m 5’11 and 200 lbs and I’m between 15% to 20% body fat I was the last time checked.
 

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Have a solid breakfast, on the off chance that you practice toward the beginning of the day, rise sufficiently early to complete breakfast somewhere around one hour before your exercise, estimate matters, be mindful so as not to try too hard with regards to the amount you eat before work out, nibble well, Smoothie, eat after you exercise, yogurt and organic product, drink up, Water...








Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans
 

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Why are ya'll feeding this troll?
 

"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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