"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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i got a compliment at the gym, big motivator

BluEyes

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Word.

Just curious for some of you guys who've gotten compliments...How much focus do you put on cardio?

I do 30 minutes of intervals(2minutes fast walk, 1 minute run) seven days a week. Just wondering if it'd be worth ramping that to 45 minutes or sticking with 30.

I also lift 4 days a week. How many times a week do you guys work the "beach muscles"?(biceps, shoulders, pecs)
 

"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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I don't even know or really care anymore what they compliment. I am working the lower V right now cause I guess that is the "in" thing, but I've always worked everything, especially legs
 

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BluEyes said:
Word.

Just curious for some of you guys who've gotten compliments...How much focus do you put on cardio?

I do 30 minutes of intervals(2minutes fast walk, 1 minute run) seven days a week. Just wondering if it'd be worth ramping that to 45 minutes or sticking with 30.

I also lift 4 days a week. How many times a week do you guys work the "beach muscles"?(biceps, shoulders, pecs)

40-50 min of treadmill walking in the morning. 2.7-3.2 mph at 6-8% incline.

Don't worry about beach muscles. Get giant legs and a strong back and the beach muscles will be huge.

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i had a friend at work the other day walk up to me and touch his finger to my traps. He wasn't sure if it was muscle and he thought he was going to push a puff in my shirt down but when he pushed hardness he was like "whoa." :)
 

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hahahah mrRuckus, thats funny, your friend wanted to make fun of you but it backfired. haha.
 

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a lot of chicks who rejected to me are now on my **** when they are drunk after i lifted and got big and lost a lot of weight. jealous fag guys make all sorts comments about why or how i got big, **** them they just jealous. I do it for myself and recommend you all do too! :D
 

"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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Zaraza

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funny how that is dipset dont u think
 

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I've had girls on dates ask "Why do you workout so much?" and been on same dates where when I wasn't drinking as much as them they got insecure about it. "How come you dont drink more beer with me?" - "Because I dont want a beer gut and water retention." Needless to say they usually feel pretty fat when I say that so I have been trying to be more tactful lately :) We'll see how it goes.
 

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I like my women sober...
 

Skilla_Staz

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Charm said:
I've had girls on dates ask "Why do you workout so much?" and been on same dates where when I wasn't drinking as much as them they got insecure about it. "How come you dont drink more beer with me?" - "Because I dont want a beer gut and water retention." Needless to say they usually feel pretty fat when I say that so I have been trying to be more tactful lately :) We'll see how it goes.

lol a better way to put that "i'm just not a heavy drinker...i can party sober babe"
 

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Amen Skilla_Staz you don't need to drink to have a damn good time :woo:. I used to do some drinking but it never really caught on to me, I do take a occasional beer in the summer time but other then that pretty sober.

Short Thread Jack.

-I will begin using Mark Rippetoe's program starting Tuesday. I said I was going to start Sunday but that day am just going to go in and check my limits at the weights so I know them and don't waste time when I start lifting. Will be making a journal Monday or Tuesday. Hope to hear from all of you there.

Thread Jack done heh.

-Best compliments so far are how cute I am or my green eyes... hope to change that after I start lifting. (Not doing the lifting for girls but more like time for a change in my life)
 

"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.

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Not bad, keep up the good stuff you guys. I've been doing German Volume Training for the last four weeks, and it's been good to me. I'm up about 8 pounds in the past month, of which I will estimate that 5-6 pounds of that is muscle (all I know is I haven't had to get larger-waist jeans). I'm 219 now, at 6'1. I've been getting comments from guys that I'm getting buff and asking me what I do to get that way, and women don't directly compliment the muscles, but they compliment my shirts, and my shirts are athletic cut to be more form-fitting, we all know what they really mean.
 

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girl goes.. 'hey dude. you're pretty ripped. (pause) are you on steroids?"

:crackup:

FYI I'm 60kgs at 168cm, benchin 65, pulling 75, squat 110, deads 70.

and for the record. no :)
 

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are you all in highschool or something what kiddies girl would grap your muscles for no reason?.
i dont do weights only pushups and i lift boxes with rocks in them. i meade them into weights. and i bet i got better arms than some of you boys.

for me the comliment i got was a women about 40ish staring at my arms and chest for 4minutes glancing and looking away. maybe she wanted a mental picture she could use when she had sex with her boyfriend lol. mind you i was only 2 weeks into training then. when i was one week into training these teenage girls were all commenting on how broad my shoulders were.
 

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skeeloo why don't you lift weights? Lifting boxes with rocks in them just sounds silly. Do you go out and search for rocks and then carry them home? Where do you keep them?
the house im currently staying at is a house with the back was full of bricks and other stuff being used to build a garden house but they never finished it. so i couldnt afford the weights.

i pilled six burnt bricks each on top of each other. one for one arm and the other for another arm and i tied them up in a bag to give them an easy grip. basically i lift them one after the other. they made my shoulders so broad in two weeks i couldnt believe it. i combine them with push-ups. im kinda preparing my self for the gym.

last year i went to a gym. i was the skinniest guy there so i felt kinda shy. now i can walk into any gym with confidence. the turth is i might eventually not even sign up for a gym. i mean i know 2 guys who got so big doing push-ups everyday other day twice a day 800 sets morning and evening for 8months. and you'd think theyv gone to the gym but they never have seen the inside a gym before.
 

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Exp, you've gained 20lbs in 3 months?

What does your diet/routine look like, and how much sleep are you getting.
 

"She Wants a Man, Not a Boy"

You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.

Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.

Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.

Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.

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