"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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I think I'll be the strong fat guy

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So much talking about being ripped or get close to a perfect esthetic and honestly I would like to have the body of those top athlete like greg plitt or zyzz but I simply cant grow in size and strenght unless I eat a sh1tload of food and loads of carbs.

When I tried to keep a clean diet despite eating enough proteins (1.5/2g x kg) I didnt get many gains in terms of strengh and weight.
In the last month Im litterally eating anytime Im hungry no matter which time of the day or the night and in 3 weeks already got 3kgs more on the weight scale, all main lifts went up, I feel more energic, in a good mood and aggressive/relaxed at the same time, even libido increased.

Surely part of that weight is the fat which is going straight around my belly but I kinda enjoy this new phase of growth and improvement.

I just wonder if at some point my body will realize that so much fat is not the norm for him and will boost muscle production the same way when someone lose too much fat the body tries to restablish a particular ratio by limiting muscle growth.

I even considered the light use of an aromatase inhibitor to balance the effect of the increase in fat to my hormonal balance.
 

"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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Do as you wish man, you wanna be fat and strong, do it!

I wouldn't take an AI unless you're pinning test though. Your body needs the estrogen it produces. AI is for when you're pinning test and don't want it to aromatise and convert to estrogen.

In a normal hormone balanced body like yours, it cant do any help.
 

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Purefilth said:
Do as you wish man, you wanna be fat and strong, do it!

I wouldn't take an AI unless you're pinning test though. Your body needs the estrogen it produces. AI is for when you're pinning test and don't want it to aromatise and convert to estrogen.

In a normal hormone balanced body like yours, it cant do any help.
What you said is totally correct, I considered it at low doses due to the fact that fat increase is related to the aromatase production increase, simply for that, still researching anyway since I dont know yet in which amount it happens.
 

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I belong to one of the most hardcore gyms in the country. Vast majority of members aren't bodybuilders, those that are into BB, are old, sketchy men. We have a big powerlifting and strongman community but most of us aren't using it as an excuse to be obese. Works fine for me!
 

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^ is that westside or elitefts? i really wanna go and train there beforee i hit the bucket to see odin.lol.

whodares do what you like, you can always cut back down.
 

"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"

You paid for dinner. You drove. You said "whatever you want is fine" every single time. All the effort, no expectations.

And she left anyway — probably for a guy who makes her pick up the pizza.

Painful. Also predictable. Her mind quietly concludes that anything requiring zero effort from her is worth exactly zero. You became a free sample, and free samples get taken for granted.

The 22 Rules flip the dynamic. Small shifts that get her investing effort, money, and time in you — until SHE'S the one afraid of losing YOU.

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Not all powerlifters are fat, look at Dan Green for example...

And those powerlifters who are "fat" have more muscle underneath than you think. They just gotta eat alot to keep their strength up. They also do alot of conditioning, you cant be out of shape break records in a competition...

Anyways, I prefer the rugged/bulky look, I could care less about my abs and BF :D

Like Purefilth said, do what makes you happy!
 

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Carb cycling will fix most of these issues...allows you to gain size and strength while getting leaner. Also, lifting heavy is key when cutting to prevent loss of mass...
 

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If ever there was a reason not to bulk up it would have to be Mark Wahlberg, he is rumoured to have juiced fairly heavily for his part in "Pain and Glory", had he continued and cycled like co star Dwayne Johnson I am whttp://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=145435081ondering if he could have been big and shredded like him or not. He definelty in my view and I am sure many others will agree looked a lot better when he was modelling for Calvin Klein and in the movie "The Fighter".
 

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switch said:
^ is that westside or elitefts? i really wanna go and train there beforee i hit the bucket to see odin.lol.

whodares do what you like, you can always cut back down.
Brute Strength Gym, Norfolk, Va. It was awesome, but my membership expired yesterday :down: Moving across the country anyway.

Another bada$$ gym I trained at a few times was Carolina Barbell, under the tutelage of Marc Bartley.
 
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