"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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Increase Verticle jump how!?

CCKazi007

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Hi guys I've been playing basketball for 5 years now I'm currently 6'1 180 lbs I'm pretty small so I usually play small foward or shooting guard. I really would like to increase my verticle so I can actually dunk for my senior season. So what any ideas how I can add a lot to my verticle? right now my verticle is about 28-30 in so I can grab rim but I still can't dunk with one arm. I follow a 3 day weight training routine any suggestions would be great!
 

"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"

Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."

You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.

She's been waiting forty minutes.

Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.

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I highjumped and pole vaulted in high school.

We used to do jumpsquats, power cleans, deadlifts, squats, leg presses, and hang cleans. I stayed away from the clean & jerk because my shoulders were never strong enough to keep up with my legs in high school.


Jump squats are the easiest out of the rest. Simply grab a pair of dumbells. Stand in one place, lower yourself as if you were going to squat the weight, and then explode and try to jump as high as you can. Do 12-20 reps per set and you'll be dunking in no time.

Power cleas worked great too. If you've never done it before, don't only get your technique from advice on forums and videos. Make sure you do those, deadlifts, and squats with a spotter who has personally performed those movements before and knows them well enough to explain and spot. Power clean can really mess up your back if you don't do it properly, not to mention if you overload the weight without a spotter and get it to your chest you could end up falling backwards and that will be embarassing and dangerous if you don't have a spotter present.
 

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Olympic Lifts, Plyometrices, Explosive squats (Jump Squats), Work on your core...etc.
 

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Mix creatine with apple cider, and 2/3 a cup of bud light. Do this everyday for 1 month, you will gain approx. 5 inches on your jump.

Love,
smoothie
 

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Smoothie, are you suggesting that taking creatine without exercise will make a person's jump 5 inches higher? If that was the case, why isn't every basketabll player everywhere downing creatine like it's steroids? And seriously... you recommend beer in that mix?
 

"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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Smooth Player 056 said:
Mix creatine with apple cider, and 2/3 a cup of bud light. Do this everyday for 1 month, you will gain approx. 5 inches on your jump.

Love,
smoothie
He asked a serious question, that's uncalled for.
 

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Deadly_Ripped said:
Smoothie, are you suggesting that taking creatine without exercise will make a person's jump 5 inches higher? If that was the case, why isn't every basketabll player everywhere downing creatine like it's steroids? And seriously... you recommend beer in that mix?

I'm pretty sure he was joking...:up:
 
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