"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 to work out on back muscles..

arcilitei34

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With only a set of free weights?
I've only got a bench press, bench bar, and dumbell's, was wondering how I could possibly work on my back muscles with those only.
 

"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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Cheiradawg

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barbell row, dumbell row, good mournings, deadlift, reverse pushup.

Doorway pullup bars sell for $10-15 on ebay if you are interested in pullups.
 

Duke Togo

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your back has 3 areas

upper back/neck, trapezius
middle back, lats
lower back

deadlifts will cover lower back primarily, and to a second degree upper
rowing movements will cover lat thickness
pullups, or lat pulldowns will cover lat width
shrugs, rack deads will cover traps

begin with deads, move on to rows, then follow with pullups and finally shrugs, 3 sets each exercise, 8-12 reps.
 

"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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