"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"

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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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More or less cardio?

rapless

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Man, I'm at a real crossroads with information pertaining to cardio. My trainer says you need to increase cardio the more your body improves, otherwise it will adapt. He eventually upped my cardio to 1.5 hrs a day now. But then I read articles that say you don't need more than 30-45 minutes of cardio, and that it should be intense, etc.. Yet my trainer has won bb competitions and the cutting part for that was assisted by 2 HOURS of daily cardio. He says 1.5 should get me to where I wanna be, and that as long as I keep my protein intake high and continue lifting, I won't lose muscle.

So, which is it really? Long or short sessions?
 

"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"

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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.

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Warboss Alex

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Both should be used really, although it depends on a lot. 1.5-2hrs of slow cardio daily is precontest bodybuilder standard, which if you're going for a show that's fine. For 'everyday' fat loss it's not necessary in most cases. Tell us more about yourself.
 

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He is right to a point, but all that means is you should do interval training. Go the same amount of time but every 3-4 minutes, take 1 minute and go as hard as you can for that entire minute and then go back to your normal level. Wash, rinse, repeat as many times as you can. It works.
 
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