"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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Muscle soreness - good or bad?

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Whenever my muscles are a little sore (no pain but just recognizable) I feel like the exercises I was doing were effective.
Then again, when I don't have any I feel like I didn't workout hard enough.

Is muscle soreness unhealthy? Or is it a good way to determine you're doing the right exercises?
 

"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"

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.

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no, soreness is not necessarily a reliable indicator of a growth-inducing workout - but if you do something like a 20 rep squat and are NOT sore after it then you were half-assing it.

soreness is also dependent on things like workout volume, work capacity and recovery rates - you might find you make your quickest gains when you DON'T get sore because your recovery rates are amplified through nutrition, cardio and other things.

as long as you are holding form and the weight on the bar is increasing over time then that's all you need to worry about, soreness is secondary.
 
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Up the protein, soreness is a good thing. You tear your muscles down, and you must be fast to recover them by upping protein intake.
 
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Warboss Alex said:
no, soreness is not necessarily a reliable indicator of a growth-inducing workout - but if you do something like a 20 rep squat and are NOT sore after it then you were half-assing it.

soreness is also dependent on things like workout volume, work capacity and recovery rates - you might find you make your quickest gains when you DON'T get sore because your recovery rates are amplified through nutrition, cardio and other things.

as long as you are holding form and the weight on the bar is increasing over time then that's all you need to worry about, soreness is secondary.
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The only time I get sore is after hell workout for legs, or when my diet is not in check.
 
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Caferacer said:
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The only time I get sore is after hell workout for legs, or when my diet is not in check.
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When u squat 4 times a week, you learn to squat thru the soreness.

The body is amazing, it adapts..

Back on topic thou, I've gone from 140kg squats to 160kg squats without increasing a kg of bodyweight.. At first I was disappointed, but the more I think about it, the more unenthusistic i got about hitting the weights.

Nowdays I weigh myself once every few weeks, record it, and left it at that.

Don't over complicate things.
 

"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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Thanks for your replies!
I was just having the feeling that whenever I don't have a little soreness the next day that maybe I didn't train hard enough.
 
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