"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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"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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kickureface

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down to chest/shoulders. thats the rack. press directly up, once bar passes forehead, get your head under the bar. in the end the bar is behind your head. :D
 

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Some people lower the bar to their chest, some people do it to chin level, some even to eye level. Find out what you can get away with. Chest level can be hard on some people's shoulders.
 

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Is it okay for me to not put my head under the bar when the bar gets to around forehead level, or will this cause injury?

Whenever i've tried it i go flying backwards with 30+kg over my head :nervous:
 

"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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kickureface

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control it, that's how you're supposed to do it. properly aligns spine with arms.
and don't ***** around and just rack onto the chest/delts.
 

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Keep your elbows at or above 90 degrees. Anything lower just wreaks of shoulder injury. Everyone is different, so if you feel any pain (I'm not talking soreness I'm talking aching pain) in your shoulders, adjust your work out accordingly. Trust me, screwing up your shoulder is NOT worth it! It's an injury that can plague you the rest of your life.
 

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get that money said:
bb military press

do you go down to your ears, or do you go down to your chest?
Chest

MM
 

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I don't go past 90 degrees. I had a torn rotator cuff and you don't want that. Also remember to pull your shoulders back to line everything up.
 

“The 22 Rules That Flip the Script With Women… And How You Can Use Them Tonight”

Most guys accidentally kill attraction before they even speak. They assume they need a bigger bank account, a better physique, or smoother lines. They miss the point.

Female desire operates on a specific set of psychological triggers.  Break them, and you're invisible. Follow them, and you become magnetic.

I learned this the hard way. Years of freezing up. Getting friend-zoned. Watching other guys walk away with the girl I wanted. Then I discovered a set of 22 simple rules that rewired my entire approach.

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i dont think youll get injured racking it properly, but if you're injured already do what feels right.
breathe at top = smushed lifter.
 

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Kerpal said:
Again, how do you do a Valsalva maneuver that way? If you are holding the weight at the top and you let your air out to breathe in, you are going to lose support right at the top part of the lift.
You're right. The time I tried it I felt a bit unstable at the top of the lift. I guess it would be similar to breathing during overhead squats.
 
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