"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'm a bit chubby, want to start Bodybuilding..

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Hi, I'm not very FAT but just a bit chubby you know love handles and "soft" looking body. Since Its not possible to lose fat and gain muscle at the same time ,I wish to lose the fat bad However I don't want to cut down to find myself just a skinny guy with viewable rib cage...so I say to myself Bulk first then cut anywat since you are not too fat...However my friend who has been lifting for awhile suggests that its better to cut first then bulk...anyone was in the same boat? what did you do first?
 

"I'm Not Looking for Anything Serious Right Now"

When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.

Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.

Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.

The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.

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Originally posted by Deciever
Its not possible to lose fat and gain muscle at the same time
Yes it is.
 

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Re: Re: I'm a bit chubby, want to start Bodybuilding..

Originally posted by Cheiradawg
Yes it is.
I know but the results will be **** compared to concentrating on either bulking or losing fat.
 

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Originally posted by Deciever
Hi, I'm not very FAT but just a bit chubby you know love handles and "soft" looking body. Since Its not possible to lose fat and gain muscle at the same time ,I wish to lose the fat bad However I don't want to cut down to find myself just a skinny guy with viewable rib cage...so I say to myself Bulk first then cut anywat since you are not too fat...However my friend who has been lifting for awhile suggests that its better to cut first then bulk...anyone was in the same boat? what did you do first?
Stop thinking so much. Eat right, exercise. You know what you have to do but don't have the courage to do it. Good luck.
 

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If you're new to lifting then you will gain no matter what you do. Start cutting, you'll get some muscle too if eat your proteins.
 

"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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stop worrying about doing things exact... yes there are a MILLION different ways to train.. and everyone will tell you a different way..

the best thing to do is start training NOW! dont put it off until you have the perfect training regime and the perfect diet... in 3 months time you will look SOOOO different..

join a gym...go 3-5 times a week split routine...eat good...and as you get stronger and more used to train mix your routine up and play around with your nutrition..
 

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Join a gym ASAP and start doing 2 full body workouts for a month. Then start a 3-4 day split.

Good excersizes:

Bench
Deadlift
Tbar Row
Barbell Curl
Skullcrushers
Dips
Pullups
Shrugs
Squats
Lat Pulldowns
Bent Over Rows
 

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I started bulking nearly 2 months ago from being under my recommended weight. I have made some impressive gains, but I also gained some bodyfat in the process.

For the last 2 weeks I have started cutting calories, but have been maintaining my protein (via whey supplement) intake and have been eating a healthy amount of fruit and vegetables. I am losing bodyfat and so far have maintained the muscle mass and gained more definition.

I'm no expert in this field and if I'm wrong feel free to correct me, but from what I can gather, if your protein intake is high enough to counterbalance the cutting, your body won't feed on your muscle tissue.
 

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Right... three things can happen when you consume protein. It can be used as a building block for muscle, you can crap it out, or you can begin to break it down for energy. The latter is what happens when cutting. It doesnt matter if you only eat into 10g or 100g, because the worst that can happen is you crap the excess out. You wont be keeping it as fat, like you would be with carbs.

Thats not EXACTLY how it happens, but thats a general lay-mans overview. If you want more detail, go research :p
 

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Originally posted by DJBen
Join a gym ASAP and start doing 2 full body workouts for a month. Then start a 3-4 day split.

Good excersizes:

Bench
Deadlift
Tbar Row
Barbell Curl
Skullcrushers
Dips
Pullups
Shrugs
Squats
Lat Pulldowns
Bent Over Rows
Damn you, you never include stiff leg deadlifts... I declare vendetta ! ! ! :mad:
 

"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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Yeah, cause they're pretty stressful on your lower back, and if you have a back like mine, you're better off preserving it ;)

That, and in order to use a full+deep range of motion, you cant really use that much weight.
 

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Yeah that's probably true ben, noticed my back didn't like when I put 80 kg on the stiff leg deads. :/
 

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I like stiff leg deads (RDL's) last in the workout, semi light, as a cooldown/stretch exercise on leg day. It's awesome for that.
 
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