Attraction runs on a clock.
She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.
The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."
One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.
Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.
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.
Honestly - i wasn't feeling the workout till the leg press at the end.TheStig said:Yeah dude must've been a sick workout to have 4 PRs in one day! I really despise seated leg press though, it just feels awkward to me. The normal 45 degree leg press is much better...I used to do that in HS..it was awesome because you could hit numbers that you would never dream of squatting..hit 715 for 2 reps back then....but I realize now that squatting is king
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.
ill start a seperate log for the dianabol, i think - it will be after my birthday, so like 2 weeks or so.switch said:very nice! (borat accent)
i got difficulty in lockout, my grip gives away and the bar starts to slip outta my palms. any suggestions?
hows your roid project coming along?![]()
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.
Yeah, I get that. It doesnt completely dishearten me, and I'm not going for any max's for a while, just concentrate on some volume.TheStig said:Stayin' consistent! Don't worry about the missed max though. The thing about current 1RM's is that they seem to be really touchy...for me anyway. If I'm not completely in the zone, there's no way in hell I'm getting it that day. Good front squats too![]()
gotta get that pump!TheStig said:Gotta love those 21s! I haven't done em in a loooong time but I may have to soon just for fun.
You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.
For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.
Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.
The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.
thanks manKrueg said:Congrats on the rep PRs.
Like?:crackup: :crackup:TheStig said:Nice! How do you like the deficits?
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.