"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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Is it possible to gain 22 pounds in 7 weeks?

Pie in the Sky

Don Juan
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You are overtraining big time, especially for someone starting out. I wouldn't workout more than 3 times a week if you want to see the most gains. Working out isn't like practicing a musical instrument or whatever where the more you do it the better you get at it. Your body needs to rest. Your muscles are made outside of the gym, not in it. Your body's job is to keep you alive and healthy by continuously adapting you to your environment. All you are doing in the gym is overstimulating your muscles which triggers a biological response from your body to make you stronger to better deal with the change in your environment.

Also, there is no way in hell you are going to gain 22 pounds of muscle in 7 weeks without outside assistance. 22 pounds of fat/water/glycogen, yes. Muscle, no. Use a cookie-cutter routine. The trail was blazed a long time ago before you came around. You don't know what you are doing. You are trying to build mass yet you are neglecting your back which constitutes 2/3 of all the muscle in your upper body.
 

"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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