Why "Whatever You Want" Keeps You Single

She says the movie looks dumb; you suddenly agree. She tests you with a little attitude; you apologize for nothing.

You think you're being easy to get along with. She reads something else entirely: a man with no edges. Nothing to hold on to. No friction, no tension, no reason to wonder what he really thinks.

The "22 Rules" taught me to push back — playfully, calmly, without needing her approval. Strange things happened after that.

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I have cancer

"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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Warboss Alex said:
we're behind ya Wolfy. you'll be back under the bar in no time. :)
Thanks, I did a nice squat session today actually. I decided not to stop squatting even if I have to go as low as bodyweight squats. It took me almost a year to get the flexibility and I don't want to start over.

I was powercleaning 60kgs up to front squats for reps of 7 for a nice stretch. I'm also now personally training a close friend in my garage so I will still be around the iron :)
 

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wolf116 said:
Thanks, I did a nice squat session today actually. I decided not to stop squatting even if I have to go as low as bodyweight squats. It took me almost a year to get the flexibility and I don't want to start over.

I was powercleaning 60kgs up to front squats for reps of 7 for a nice stretch. I'm also now personally training a close friend in my garage so I will still be around the iron :)
Great to hear man! Can't keep a good man down. :D
 

“The 22 Psychological Triggers That Make Women Chase You… Starting Tonight”

Forget the cash, the cars, and the chiseled jawlines. Female desire operates on a completely different frequency. Primal. Subconscious. Triggers that bypass her logic and hit her on a gut level. Most guys are totally blind to them.

I know because I was one of them. The overthinking. The paralysis. The silent drive home kicking yourself for freezing up. Watching average guys walk away with the girl while you stood there stuck in your own head.

Then I decoded the psychology behind what actually makes women tick. 22 hard rules.  Subtle behavioral shifts that rewired my entire reality. The anxiety evaporated. Women started leaning in. Investing. Chasing.

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I'm responding extremely well to treatment and the cancer on my neck has noticeably shrunk in just two weeks! I'm also experiencing less side effects then expected and I'm actually feeling great right now. My chemo is in two week intervals so I have time to recover from the side effects and they say I've already been through the worst of it. They predict that I will finish treatment in January.

I'm pretty excited right now knowing that I responded better then expected.
 

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Sounds great Wolf..and really inspiring to hear your progress against this terrible disease. It will be nice to put on your CV that you beat Cancer :D
 

"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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wolf116 said:
I'm responding extremely well to treatment and the cancer on my neck has noticeably shrunk in just two weeks! I'm also experiencing less side effects then expected and I'm actually feeling great right now. My chemo is in two week intervals so I have time to recover from the side effects and they say I've already been through the worst of it. They predict that I will finish treatment in January.

I'm pretty excited right now knowing that I responded better then expected.
Of course, you're at the top of the population in terms of fitness and nutrition.
 

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Hey wolf, how is your health lately?
 

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I'm doing OK guys.
With chemo, as time goes on, the worse I feel and the weaker I get, but the cancer is getting smaller all the time.
I'm just over the predicted halfway mark. So I have 3 months left.

I wish I knew why this sh!t would happen to a fitness fanatic.
 

"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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wolf116 said:
I wish I knew why this sh!t would happen to a fitness fanatic.
it has nothing to do with your fitness or dietary regime mate.. not your fault. for it to happen to someone so young it's more genetics than anything else. it hasn't come as a result of you abusing your body for years and years.

but what's important is that you've caught it early and it's being treated.. in a year's time you'll be back to your best and you'll just look at this as a minor pothole. :)
 

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wolf116 said:
I'm doing OK guys.
With chemo, as time goes on, the worse I feel and the weaker I get, but the cancer is getting smaller all the time.
I'm just over the predicted halfway mark. So I have 3 months left.

I wish I knew why this sh!t would happen to a fitness fanatic.
You have 3 months left to what? Until you complete the chemo treatment?

And hey dude, I feel for you about getting cancer at this young age to a healthy guy. Not saying that I've been in your shoes, but I've had other chronic disease when I was much, much younger. I felt like it completely ruined my childhood because I couldn't do lot of things that normal children could do.

Anyway, it's perfectly understandable to feel like you were cheated and given a bad hand to play with when you have been doing everything else perfect and played all of the hands perfectly (i.e. fitness fanaticism). The only thing I'll tell you is that the sooner and more readily you accept the fact that sometimes problems/causes are out of your control, the more peaceful your state of mind will become.

Like Alex said, it has a lot to do with your genetics than anything else...that I'm sure you already know by now though. And I believe you are making the best of this situation. So keep it up. :up:
 

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fuzzx: fortunately, Wolf is on the road to recovery :) he'll be back throwing about the iron like a good 'un before you know it.
 

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Yeah guys, 3 months left of chemo and maybe some radio, not my life!!! lol.

They can't even find any cancer left in my lung. They were going to put me on 8 months of the stuff until me and the chemo obliterated the sh!t. I could actually be cancer free ATM but they can't tell with a blood test with my type of cancer. I just have to go through another 3 months for safety.

I stay sane by planning my new life after chemo and lots of fishing. I'm going to travel the world after treatment and just have as much fun as possible. Because know one ever knows how long you have left.
 

"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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