"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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Maltodextrin for only bodybuilders??

bud_2005

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I know this stuff is just basically sugar. Supposedly you need carbs right after a workout. Should I use this stuff if am wanting to lean down?
 

"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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Strictly speaking, no don't use it if you're trying to cut bodyfat. You can probably get away with taking it if the rest of your program(diet/lifting/cardio) is good, but it'll only make the process longer.

Just have a piece of fruit or two post-workout, healthier for you anyways.
 

EFFORT

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yes, just take it after your workouts
 

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make sure your muscle glycogen is replenished. a lot of fruit will not do that for you.
 

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What does everyone think about vextrago or the carbs derived from waxy maize?

Its a complex carbohydrate supplement that PVL puts into their gainer Mutant Mass. I've been having decent gains on it as long as I was strict with my diet. When I was taking it regularly and at 3500+ calories w/ good protein intake I found my muscles felt quite full and I had good pumps.

Strength gains were adequate, but nothing crazy. Still it was nice to feel a good pump and have "full" muscles.
 

"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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Warboss Alex

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kickureface said:
make sure your muscle glycogen is replenished. a lot of fruit will not do that for you.
yes it will. in a glycogen-starved environment fructose (which is not the ONLY type of carb in fruit) can and will be stored as muscle glycogen. perhaps not as efficiently on paper, but no-one on here will see a real-world difference.

muscle glycogen can be replenished even without carbs! (I coulda sworn I posted this a few minutes ago in another thread.. and in another thread last year sometime.. and probably before that too.. :D)
 

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Fuglyhero,

I've noticed nothing special from waxy maize. Other people claim things like pumps and feeling amped up and stuff after taking it but i've not felt anything special. I swear a lot of supplements are just placebo type effects. "I FEEEEEL IT." Maybe or maybe not for this product, but i take it because it's about the same price as other sugary stuff like gatorade powder or whatever. I've never looked at just using table sugar.

And i mix some protein and creatine (CEE) in with it and it's fairly palatable in chocolate.
 
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