"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.

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Do you guys wear knee support when you are squatting or going for a jog?

I've had a slight pain in my knee when I go running & when I do a lot of walking.
 

"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"

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.

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No, if you are having knee pain, I'd strongly recommend against doing back squats
 

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Knee pain just about always comes from inadequate flexibility. Basically your hip flexors are too tight and your knees collapsing inwards. I play heaps of racquet sports and have had niggles for knee support is an excellent idea. with NY problems reverse lunges are an excellent exercise because they don't put too much pressure on the knee. Do them wearing your knee supports and try and get your body weight over the middle toe of each foot. And Google some hip flexor stretches because that's probably the root cause. If the pain is on the side it's probably hip flexors. If the pain is underneath your knee cap towards your s*** you need hamstring stretches.
 

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This site has some reasonable stretches
http://greatist.com/move/knee-pain-relief

If you have joint issues I'd also suggest supplementing with glucosamine with MSM, animal gelatin you can just dissolving in liquid food and fish oil. This will give your body the nutrients it needs to repair cartilage. BTW if you have Vietnamese restaurants nearby an easy and delicious way to get your gelatin is to order the beef pho with tendon couple of times a week
 

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Strongly suggest you see a Dr. to get muscles, bone structure, and ligaments checked out. Twisted a knee 7 years ago and bowled leagues two times a week during that time. Took 2+ years using Aleve on bowling nights for it to get well again. Prescription meds if needed will help it get better sooner. See a professional if you need to.
 

"I'm Not Looking for Anything Serious Right Now"

When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.

Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.

Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.

The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.

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Thanks for the replys :) I've always been active. I played football from age 10 til 17. I've also done circuit training, & bodybuilding. I go running & ride my mountain bike.
First time I felt the knee pain was a few years ago when I started running on the treadmill. I never used a treadmill prior to that. So I stopped using the treadmill because I thought it was to hard a surface to be running on, causing to much pain to my knee. I started running on grass instead & had no problems with my knee.

My knees get a burning sensation & also a little pain. It happens after I've been training my legs with squats or a long run or even a long walk nowadays. So it's not just due to squatting as I've had pain in my knee before I started doing squats as an exercise.

Any advice on my how to move forward?
 

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Thanks for the replys :) I've always been active. I played football from age 10 til 17. I've also done circuit training, & bodybuilding. I go running & ride my mountain bike.
First time I felt the knee pain was a few years ago when I started running on the treadmill. I never used a treadmill prior to that. So I stopped using the treadmill because I thought it was to hard a surface to be running on, causing to much pain to my knee. I started running on grass instead & had no problems with my knee.

My knees get a burning sensation & also a little pain. It happens after I've been training my legs with squats or a long run or even a long walk nowadays. So it's not just due to squatting as I've had pain in my knee before I started doing squats as an exercise.

Any advice on my how to move forward?
Stop doing backsquats. You don't need to do them to get good legs. My legs have not lost any size or muscle since I stopped doing backsquats, they are still jacked. and when I say jacked, mean bigger and more muscular than 99% of the posters on this site and 95% of people in the world.

Do hacksquats, Lunges, Split Squats, Jump squats(with and without weight), leg presses, etc...band squats are very effective as well
 

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Can you be a bit more precise on the location and nature of the pain
 

"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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Treat your body well now so you don't regret not doing so later in your life…
 
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Our body is the machine that gets us through life, so it is of upmost importance to me. I eat the right foods, exercise & try not to worry.

I think I will make an appointment to see the doctor about my knees.
 

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Yeah good call you shouldn't be having that kind of pain at your age
 

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And in the mean time for exercise I'd suggest hit the swimming pool. It's a full body workout and I've never heard of anyone f****** themself up in the pool
 

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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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