"The Kiss of Death Mistake"

You replay the conversation at 2 a.m. She texted back fast yesterday. Today, nothing. Was that smile friendly or flirty? What did the shoulder touch mean?

Every hour you spend decoding her signals drains your confidence and hands her the controls. Women can sense that insecurity from across the room — and it repels them.

One of the "22 Rules" kills the obsession on the spot: assume she likes you, and act accordingly. Sounds too simple. Works anyway.

Her interest tends to rise to meet your expectations. Psychologists call it a self-fulfilling prophecy.

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"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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I could easily squat like that with no weight but I just need to know, how many lb. is that kettlebell?
 

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I have a question too. How does flinging weight around like that translate functionally? There's no definite contraction and release. I understand it's cool Russian heritage, but really, wtf? I'm sure there are better alternatives.
 

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Originally posted by Saine
I could easily squat like that with no weight but I just need to know, how many lb. is that kettlebell?
I'm guessing the ones they use for the video are the 54 pounders. They don't look small enough to be 36 pounds or big enough to be 72 (or 88 for that matter) pounds. One guy at DragonDoor can do pistols with two 72 pounders at his shoulders.
 

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Originally posted by Soshyopathe
I have a question too. How does flinging weight around like that translate functionally? There's no definite contraction and release. I understand it's cool Russian heritage, but really, wtf? I'm sure there are better alternatives.
Aside from entertaining the fans, flipping and catching the weight is great for grip strength and ballistic shock as well as hand/eye coordination. My coach does stuff like that (as well as more normal-looking stuff) with the 36 pound bell for high reps, and at age 57 he dropped his bodyfat percentage from 20-22 to 12 percent in a few months. Didn't really diet either, and over the summer he dropped even further down to 10%.

An old friend of mine can flip the 88 pound kettlebell around like that. That's strength for ya ...
 
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"Nervous Around Beautiful Women? There's a Rule for That"

I could talk to any woman I wasn't attracted to. Charming, funny, relaxed. Then a gorgeous woman looked my way and I'd become a sweating, babbling mess.

The fix took me years to find and ten minutes to learn. Nervousness and excitement are the same physical state — pounding heart, adrenaline, flushed face. Your brain just picks the label. And you can pick a better one.

Rule 16 shows you how. You feel the nerves, relabel them as excitement, and let that energy pour out as enthusiasm. Women notice the guy radiating it. They always do.

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Quite a feat. -_- I don't like these guys. :p :eek:
 

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I'll agree that hand and grip strength are the best kind to have, but there's got to be more. Do these same guys do squats or snatches or deadlift?
 

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Originally posted by Soshyopathe
I'll agree that hand and grip strength are the best kind to have, but there's got to be more. Do these same guys do squats or snatches or deadlift?
Yeah, Pavel's book/video Power to the People is about deadlifting and how to use it, and almost all of the guys there deadlift.. Not many do BB snatches but they all do KB snatches. Almost as many of them squat as deadlift.
 
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Soshyopathe, aren't you the kid who advocate Shaolin? Just wondering.:)
 

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one-handed snatches and lumberjack swings (between the legs, over the head) seem to be the only worthwhile motions with these things.
 

"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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Originally posted by Soshyopathe
one-handed snatches and lumberjack swings (between the legs, over the head) seem to be the only worthwhile motions with these things.
They're certainly not the only worthwhile ones, but they probably are the best ones. One-handed snatches are usually all I do with my KB at home.
 

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I do two-handed snatch and clean & jerk. That's about it.
And "that's about it" can kill me!
 

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I never heard of lumberjack swing, got anything on it?

Other than that, kettlebell seems to own so far. When I first heard of it, I saw the weights. I thought 33 lb. was nothing, 60 lb. was nothing, then I went to the gym to test out 80 lb. I couldn't budge anything. -_- Quite a humiliation eh? The kid you saw trying to swing the 80 lb. was me. :D :) Lol.

What's the difference between swinging dumbbell and kettlebell?
It just seem to feel different but not much different.
 

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How so? How is snatch not swinging? You pull your back up and throw as fast as you can your arms up with the kb as if you were pulling the lawn mowner.
 

"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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