Why "Whatever You Want" Keeps You Single

She says the movie looks dumb; you suddenly agree. She tests you with a little attitude; you apologize for nothing.

You think you're being easy to get along with. She reads something else entirely: a man with no edges. Nothing to hold on to. No friction, no tension, no reason to wonder what he really thinks.

The "22 Rules" taught me to push back — playfully, calmly, without needing her approval. Strange things happened after that.

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New Workout Plan

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The plan is to go Wednesday, Friday, Sunday.
Goal: Core body workout in quickest possible way. (Aim for no more than 2 hours per session)

The below is excluding warmup sets
(Reps x sets)

Day 1:
Squat 6x4
Clean & Jerk 1x8
Calve raises 6x4

Day 2:
Bench variations 6x4
Weighted Pullups or Wide Grip Pullups 6x4
Snatch 1x8 or OverHead Squat 5x4

Day 3:
Deadlift 5x3
Push Press 6x3
Hanging Leg-Hip Raise 6x3

and repeat each week.

How does it look?
 

"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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Where did you get this from? I don't like it at all. No offense.

What are you doing for your arms? I see almost nothing there for your biceps and triceps beyond their use of stabilizer muscles. Very little for traps and delts too (shoulder girdle), nothing that's isolating them, anyway.

I never liked the clean and jerk. More of a power lifter thing, and always seemed like a good way to get hurt when throwing heavy weight around.

Honestly, $5 body building magazines are littered with work out plans on the month. I'd do that, or go get a body building book from a book store. For $25, you can get one of those Encyclopedia of Body Building books that will provide you with more well-thought out routines than you'd ever want to do (and realistically, you could find them online for free).
 

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MotownMack said:
Honestly, $5 body building magazines are littered with work out plans on the month. I'd do that, or go get a body building book from a book store. For $25, you can get one of those Encyclopedia of Body Building books that will provide you with more well-thought out routines than you'd ever want to do (and realistically, you could find them online for free).
Right...
 

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Why not just do a two day? In the gym less than an hour and a half each session, plenty of recovery time...
 

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I tend to take longish rests between sets lol.. Bench and Deadlift together take close to 1 hour for me to complete. (Including warmup sets.) I am pulling quite a bit..

I've centered my workout around the big 3 for almost 2 years now. Then I learned the Oly lifts (heaps of fun too) and want to in corporate them into my routine. Back then my requirement is that I do not deadlift on the same day as squats. http://www.sosuave.net/forum/showthread.php?t=134301

The Hanging Leg-Hip Raise was recently added because the deadlift has strengthened my back relative to my abs.. it's a rebalancing act.

However, I find the C&J very taxing as I'm basically doing max pulls on each rep. (if i reduce the weights then I'd have to go back to those annoying 10kg small plates lol).

P.S. More than happy to cut the calve raises out all together.

@MotownMack: I have never done a single set of bicep curl in the gym in my life. Huge guns is not a priority to me.
 

"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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or maybe..

Day 1:
Squat 6x4 or OH Squat
Clean & Jerk 1x8
Hanging Leg-Hip Raise 8x3
Push Press 6x3

Day 2:
Bench variations 6x4
Deadlift 5x3
Weighted Pullups or Wide Grip Pullups 6x4
Snatch 1x8

Have tried doing C&J on the same day as Push Presses, couldn't complete all the sets though.

Is this shoulder work even neccessary if I do the C&J? or should it be replaced with trap work like shrugs instead?
 
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I read the goal but it not really specific, whats your goal in terms of training, what are you trying to accomplish?
 

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In terms of training, basically hit every body part, so i dont get muscle imbalance.

In terms of trying to get somewhere for this, i want to compete for a weightlifting/powerlifting event somewhere down the road.
 

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MotownMack said:
Where did you get this from? I don't like it at all. No offense.

What are you doing for your arms? I see almost nothing there for your biceps and triceps beyond their use of stabilizer muscles. Very little for traps and delts too (shoulder girdle), nothing that's isolating them, anyway.

I never liked the clean and jerk. More of a power lifter thing, and always seemed like a good way to get hurt when throwing heavy weight around.

Honestly, $5 body building magazines are littered with work out plans on the month. I'd do that, or go get a body building book from a book store. For $25, you can get one of those Encyclopedia of Body Building books that will provide you with more well-thought out routines than you'd ever want to do (and realistically, you could find them online for free).
nothing wrong with it imo, just needs a military press.

weighted pullups & deadlifts>>>>>>>****ty bicep curls

And no need to buy mags & books, he just needs to head over to Iron Addict Forums, muscletalk, t-nation they have a ****lo of proven routines over there.
 

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Hmm well if you wanna do powerlifting one day, have you looked int westside barbell routines? Really good for getting strength up :)
 

"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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shaunuk said:
Hmm well if you wanna do powerlifting one day, have you looked int westside barbell routines? Really good for getting strength up :)
Yeah i agree, westside would be a far better option for your goal
 

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MotownMack said:
Where did you get this from? I don't like it at all. No offense.

What are you doing for your arms? I see almost nothing there for your biceps and triceps beyond their use of stabilizer muscles. Very little for traps and delts too (shoulder girdle), nothing that's isolating them, anyway.

I never liked the clean and jerk. More of a power lifter thing, and always seemed like a good way to get hurt when throwing heavy weight around.

Honestly, $5 body building magazines are littered with work out plans on the month. I'd do that, or go get a body building book from a book store. For $25, you can get one of those Encyclopedia of Body Building books that will provide you with more well-thought out routines than you'd ever want to do (and realistically, you could find them online for free).

btw if he would get a book i recommend starting strength, i think its on amazon

quality book
 

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Westside would probably be a great place to start like Shaun and Effort have said.

Type westside barbell into google and try elite fts for info on it. Ironaddicts.com has some info on it as well.
 

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Hey guys, thanks for the input.

Where's the WSB routines? is it under articles?
 

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Flyer said:
Hey guys, thanks for the input.

Where's the WSB routines? is it under articles?
theres a whole forum about it on ironaddicts.com
 

"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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Quagmire911 said:
Westside would probably be a great place to start like Shaun and Effort have said.

Type westside barbell into google and try elite fts for info on it. Ironaddicts.com has some info on it as well.
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