"She Wants a Man, Not a Boy"

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.

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Just Dumbbells?

elmnick

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Is it possible to do effective workouts with only dumbbell's and a bench (and no roof space to lift above the head)?
What exercises would be the best to do?
 

"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"

She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.

Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.

The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.

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lots of things:
-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.
 

Slone

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I love doing bulgarian/split squats with dumbells.
 

elmnick

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that's good then
unfortunately I can't lift anything above my head standing up :(, as I'm using a small area of loft space, oh well
 

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That's no excuse. You can still do bent over rows, dumbell bench, split squats, etc. Also, why can't you just take your weights outside? Don't think of reasons why you can't lift, think of ways you can.
 

"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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elmnick

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I know it's no excuse, I'll just need to use a little imagination, no problem
 

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Yeah, there's dumbbell exercises for a lot of things, as long as you have dumbbells heavy enough. For example, you could even do a 3day split with just dumbbells.

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
 
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