"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.
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"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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Purefilth
Master Don Juan
I pull them in on leg day - I use DB for lunges - which puts the traps under strain, If theres any juice left in them, Ill do shrugs to burn out.switch said:
(I know you didnt ask me, but thought I'd hijack anyway
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Krueg
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Shrugs are fine, you could do UpRight Rows as well. And like Purefilth said you can do them on leg day, help build up your traps so the bar has more of a foundation to sit on when squating. You could do Shrugs on bench day to build your upper back for the bench as well, Or throw them in on Deadlift day ect. Just know why you are doing it.switch said:
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"You Can't Argue a Woman Into Liking You"
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.
Purefilth
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keep thiss shizz up
I used to do shrugs a lot, but I've heard there's nothing better for trap work than farmer's walks...just grab the heaviest dumbbells you can hold, and walk the length of the gym and back with them in your hands, I'm lucky enough to have a gym with a track around the outside so it works out pretty well lol. We used to do em in football along with relays of flipping tractor tires across a fieldKrueg said:
"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.
"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.
Krueg
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Sunday, March 24th. 2013
Deadlift
115x5
145x5
175x3
220x5
250x1
265x1
280x1
Accessory:
Good Mornings - 3x5
GHR's - 3x8,6,6
Weighted Sit-Ups x 3x15
Rows - 3x8
Krueg
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Deadlift
120x5
150x5
180x3
210x3
245x3
275x1
Assistance:
Cambered Bar Good Mornings off Pins: 3x5
Glute/Ham Raises: 4 sets 8,8,8,6
Weighted Sit-Ups: 3x15
Chest Supported Rows: 3 sets of 8,8,6
"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.