"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.
Just Dumbbells?
- Thread starter elmnick
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"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"
You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.
For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.
Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.
The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.
stronglifts
Master Don Juan
-Overhead Squats
-Dumbbell snatches
-Dumbbell swings
-Dumbbell presses
-Dumbbell rows
-Dumbbell Bench Press
etc...
Use your imagination. You can do any exercise one handed. It will be tougher, but when you come back to a barbell, you'll be much stronger.
, as I'm using a small area of loft space, oh well"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.
monday - legs
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goblet squats/dumbbell squats
dumbbell stiff-leg deadlift
calf raises (on raised edge)
wednesday - back+biceps
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dumbbell deadlifts
dumbbell rows
dumbbell pullovers
curls
friday - chest+shoulders
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incline dumbbell press
flat dumbbell press
db shoulder press
db skullcrushers
see..
obviously it'd be better if you had barbells, a pullup bar and a few machines (for pulldowns, calf raises et al). And you also need DB's heavy enough, which will be quite heavy eventually if you get pretty strong.
Any reason you can't get a barbell and some plates (and a power/squat rack), or join a gym?
-shaun