You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.
Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.
Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.
Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.
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.
agreed...ebracer05 said:
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.
One of Pook's low moments, in that blog and his What every skinny guy should know post, he was obviously plugging in Anthony Ellis' workout program which happens to cost money.Solomon said:agreed...
Or maybe Pook is discplined enough were he was taking exact amount of calories and doing all the right routines, perfectly
Not sure if srsbullethead said:
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.
I think it is def possible, not entirely of muscle of course, but still i think gaining 35 lbs of fat, muscle, and water looks better than just gaining 10 lbs of pure muscle in itself. It should be easier for super skinny guys to gain a lot of weight and a lot of muscle in a short amount of time, even if they are hard gainers. Pook was 6'2 160 lbs when he started. That is super skinny for his height. Gaining 35 lbs doesn't surprise me at all. But, in Pook's post what the biggest take away message that many people miss is the reason why women like guys with a lot of muscle mass is because they are highly testosteronized. As long as you keep on increasing the weight you lift in the gym your testosterone will increase, and people will find you more attractive.AAAgent said:
im super serious. It has been working for me. Check out this post on how boxers do it.Solomon said:
No just no. Even when you take Designer Steroids/ Prohormones that are very "wet" and add a lot of both dry mass and water weight, you still won't get 35 pounds in that time frame.bullethead said:
watch me do it!ArcBound said:
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.
So why not just lean bulk in those 3 months and get around 6-8 pounds of muscle and avoid putting on all that fat and water weight? You are going to have to cut anyways if you bulk, so why not just slowly add on muscle without adding on too much fat?Krueg said:
You make a point.ArcBound said:
You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.
She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.
Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.
Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.
