"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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Espi said:
That guy's a freak.. my hat's off to him...rarely do you see a man of his size doing pulls...
Espi ;)

Jesse Marunde is one of the strongest people around. Check his site for more of his lifts.
 

"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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Espi said:
I've read that IFBB elite bodybuilder Victor Martinez (270 lbs. in the offseason) performs dozens of pulls...slow pulls, too.
When he's not leading all catchers in HRs, that is... :p
 

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Here is a new pic.

I'm pretty tan,haven't lifted since Noon,it's now 9p.m. I'm trying HARD to develop my outer chest.

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l13/blinkwatt/PICT0914.jpg

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Sorry about the lighting,a darn light bulb was out in my room,here is a revision.

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l13/blinkwatt/CopyofPICT0920.jpg

The lady at the gym who checked my bodyfat said the calipers read 7.5-8%(they have a 1-2% margin of error) but she thinks it's wrong. The calipers don't take into account height,which she thinks if it did I would be in the 6% but none-the-less I'm gonna stay on track.

I decided that I'm losing bodyfat too fast,even without cardio. To slow down how fast I'm losing bodyfat I started putting my tuna into 2 small corn tortillas for lunch at work.

Feel free to critique.
 
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The after pic is me about a year ago. I am 5'9, 175 lbs ish.BF is my biggest concern. I can't stop myself from eating cookies and cakes and chocolates etc. But ofcourse I must add that my goal was just strength and to get big, not ripped , so I wasn't too concerned about BF. If there was a magic pill to reduce it sure why the heck not! But there isn't so its ok.

Before:
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/7307/dsc00671fc0.jpg

After 1.5ish months:

http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/2939/dsc00859gp3.jpg

After 2.5-3ish months:
http://img267.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00896ih3.jpg

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/9895/dsc00897zd6.jpg

And now I stopped working out.
 

"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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blinkwatt said:
Here is a new pic.

I'm pretty tan,haven't lifted since Noon,it's now 9p.m. I'm trying HARD to develop my outer chest.

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l13/blinkwatt/PICT0914.jpg

*Edit
Sorry about the lighting,a darn light bulb was out in my room,here is a revision.

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l13/blinkwatt/CopyofPICT0920.jpg

The lady at the gym who checked my bodyfat said the calipers read 7.5-8%(they have a 1-2% margin of error) but she thinks it's wrong. The calipers don't take into account height,which she thinks if it did I would be in the 6% but none-the-less I'm gonna stay on track.

I decided that I'm losing bodyfat too fast,even without cardio. To slow down how fast I'm losing bodyfat I started putting my tuna into 2 small corn tortillas for lunch at work.

Feel free to critique.

Bump,please critique,I need to know what's lacking.
 

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it depends what you're looking for, no one can tell you that.
If it was my body id just keep trying to get bigger, maybe i'd focus a bit on the forearms.
But u already know you look good.
 

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Good stuff fellas. I see what your saying about the outside chest region. I've been working on that alot,flys of all sorts and I started doing dips. Yes Espi,I start with 35lb. dumbbells and work up to 45lbs.,but I'm not too big of a fan on dumbbell flys and do them once a month at most now. I prefer to stick to cable or machine flys. It's slowly but surely paying off.

The thing with my chest is that I don't want it to be thick,I want it flat and side. Think underwear model,NOT bodybuilding. Like so;

http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_th...kphoto_1619258_young_male_underwear_model.jpg

Thanks.
 
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"She Laughed All Night. Then She Ghosted You. Here's Why."

Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.

Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?

You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.

Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.

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Espi said:
You resemble the model...notice that his lats and shoulders are wider, though. :D
Yeah I will have to take a similar pic to really the compare the two. My pic was at too much on an angle.

Thanks for the input Espi.
 

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blinkwatt said:
Here is a new pic.

I'm pretty tan,haven't lifted since Noon,it's now 9p.m. I'm trying HARD to develop my outer chest.

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l13/blinkwatt/PICT0914.jpg

*Edit
Sorry about the lighting,a darn light bulb was out in my room,here is a revision.

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l13/blinkwatt/CopyofPICT0920.jpg

The lady at the gym who checked my bodyfat said the calipers read 7.5-8%(they have a 1-2% margin of error) but she thinks it's wrong. The calipers don't take into account height,which she thinks if it did I would be in the 6% but none-the-less I'm gonna stay on track.

I decided that I'm losing bodyfat too fast,even without cardio. To slow down how fast I'm losing bodyfat I started putting my tuna into 2 small corn tortillas for lunch at work.

Feel free to critique.
how much do you weigh and how tall are you?

you definitely need some more mass on your frame. Sure you got some abs... but those are only good for the beach in the summer time. I bet you look just average in a t-shirt. You have any t-shirt pics? Otherwise, everything is proportioned and you look great
 

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how much do you weigh and how tall are you?

5 8",139lbs @ 7.5%ish bodyfat.

you definitely need some more mass on your frame. Sure you got some abs... but those are only good for the beach in the summer time.

Yep,that's pretty much all they do. I don't even like my abs that much to be honest,I'm trying anything and everything to get them to be flat.

I bet you look just average in a t-shirt.

Yeah pretty much,I don't wear tight shirts or anything like that.

You have any t-shirt pics?

Yeah they are on my Facebook,it was linked on here awhile back.

Otherwise, everything is proportioned and you look great

Thanks.

I appreciate your time and input.
 

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blinkwatt said:
how much do you weigh and how tall are you?

5 8",139lbs @ 7.5%ish bodyfat.

you definitely need some more mass on your frame. Sure you got some abs... but those are only good for the beach in the summer time.

Yep,that's pretty much all they do. I don't even like my abs that much to be honest,I'm trying anything and everything to get them to be flat.

I bet you look just average in a t-shirt.

Yeah pretty much,I don't wear tight shirts or anything like that.

You have any t-shirt pics?

Yeah they are on my Facebook,it was linked on here awhile back.

Otherwise, everything is proportioned and you look great

Thanks.

I appreciate your time and input.
haha but don't get me wrong u look a lot better than me
 

"I just moved here from Florida."

That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?

She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."

She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.

I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.

Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.

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