"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"

Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."

You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.

She's been waiting forty minutes.

Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.

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"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"

She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.

Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.

The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.

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Warboss Alex

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Hm, the topic is 'Madcow INTERMEDIATE or Linear Progression'.

If you scroll down far enough it says it's not for beginning lifters. Don't make the common mistake of thinking you're 'hardcore' enough for an intermediate-advanced program.. I did exactly the same mistake and tried all sorts of superset/giantset whatever sh!t when I first started and wasted a year of lifting.

An intermediate program is for an intermediate lifter.. and that's NOT intermediate mentally but physically as well. Pay your dues first and then consider something like this.

There's a great 5x5-style program on stronglifts.com if you don't want to do the 3way split.
 

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Warboss Alex said:
db or barbell static holds work great if you want to do those instead and double as forearm work. try 2 sets to failure (i.e. as long as you can hold them)
Does that pretty much do the same for you as the farmers walk?
 

"She Laughed All Night. Then She Ghosted You. Here's Why."

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.

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navyseal2101

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Alright then i'll stick to my current lift.
Today I ate:
Bacon/Egg/Cheese sandwich
hashbrown
8oz whole milk
2 Cheesesteaks
2 Cheeseburgers
Onion Rings
Pop Tart
Recees* PB Cups (I know not a good choice, but I eat candy once a month maximum).
Cheesestick
Going to eat a stromboli in 15 mins.
So far 96oz water, but will have a gollong in for sure.
 

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Incline Press 2 x 5 (115,135)
Dumbbell Press (Flat/Decline) or Dips 2 x 8-10 (Dipsx10)
Shoulder Press 2 x 8-12 (115x12,125x10)
Tricep Exercise 2 x 10-15 (Bench 135x12,145x10)
I ATE:
Bacon/Egg/Cheese sandwich
hashbrown
8oz whole milk
3 Slices Pepperoni Pizza
8oz whole Milk
Cup Pasta
Cup Mac+Cheese
Stromboli
2 Bowls of cereal
16oz milk
2 Enchilladas
2c. Rice
Builder Bar (20g)
2 Chicken Breasts
1 Gallon Water
 

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our next step is to structure that diet out
 

navyseal2101

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Deadlifts 2 x 5 (235, 255) Still not hard.
Row or Chinup/Pulldown 2 x 8 (Chinups)
Bicep Curl 2 x 8-10 (30x10,35x8)
Forearm Exercise (Barbell Static Holds)
I Ate:
Bacon/egg/cheese sandwhich
hashbrown
1c. whole milk
2 pb/bannana sandwhiches
3 Slices of pizza
cup pasta
cup mac+cheese
1c. whole milk
3 slices of pizza
gonna eat more later but wont be home.
also 1.5 gallons of water.
 
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