"She's Out of Your League"

You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.

Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.

She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.

Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.

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Squat: 3x5x90
Deadlift: 3x5x105
Cat Vomit: 1x8
HLRs: 1x to absolute suicide. Amazing.
Weight: 67kg
 
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"How I Made Sure No Woman Ever Friend-Zoned Me Again"

She calls you when her car breaks down. When she needs help moving. When some guy she's actually dating treats her badly.

You're the listener. The reliable one. The guy who would treat her so much better, if she'd just open her eyes.

She won't. You trained her to see you as the low-effort option — the friend who requires zero risk and zero investment. Every favor dug the hole deeper.

The "22 Rules" break the pattern. You'll stop auditioning for a role she already cast and become the man she chases instead. It starts with Rule 1.

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Another off-day at the gym, benching.
Bench Press:
- Power Grip: 1x5x65
- Wide Grip: 2x8x60
- Narrow Grip: 2x8x55 Got a slight pain like last time, but nothing major. Failed last rep of first set on the way up. Managed to rack one side on the lowest point. Did last set with a spotter. Same story, but he helped me and I did 9 reps.

1x14 myatotic crunch
 

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Went over to Jason's house, turned out he was heading to the gym, so I joined:
Some variation of deadlift/chinlift: 2x10x35
Squat/Press variation: 2x7x30
seated bicep curls, Z-Bar: 1x5x20 1x6x15 1x5x10 1x10x0
Bench Press: 1x10x50 1x4x70 1x1x70 1x5x60 1x7x50 1x5x50
Myatotic crunch: 1x12
HLRs: 1x
 

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Hit the gym late, 50 minutes before closing time.
Squats: 3x5x95
Deadlifts: 3x5x110
HLRs 1x
Weight: 67.8kg
 

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Bench Press:
- Power Grip: 1x5x70
- Wide Grip: 1x5x65 , 1x7x60 1x6x60 (I think I did 3 sets here).
- Narrow Grip: 2x6x55
1x Myatotic crunch
1x HLRs
Weight: 68.6kg

Fairly poor lifting, but Im happy withh the 70kg, although the last rep was slightly spotted. I was surprised on how no one came to help me when I was stuck on the bottom on the last set.
 
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"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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Squat: 3x5x95 Did this rather fast.
Deadlift: 2x5x115. Managed. My grip is failing.
1x of Myotatic crunch
1x bicycle
1x HLRs
Weight: 68kg
 
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Bench Press:
- Power Grip: 1x5x70
- Wide Grip: 1x8x60 1x7x60
- Narrow Grip: 2x8x55
1x Myatotic crunch w/4kg dumbell (much harder)
1x HLRs
Slowly improving.
 

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Went gymming with Violet today.
Squat: 3x5x95 Fairly easy, but my breaks weren't long enough, so I had slightly poor form.
Deadlift: 1x5x115 Olympic bar. It felt heavier than 115.
1x1x115
1x2x115 Decided to call it quits, as I had no interest in injuring myself.
2x Myatotic crunch w/4kg dumbell.
Weight: 67kg. Diarrhea the past 3 days.
 
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Bench Press:
- Power Grip: 1x5x70 Spotted moderately.
- Wide Grip: 1x8x60 1x7x60
- Narrow Grip: 2x8x50
HLRs: 1x
Fairly weak today. I assume that is due to aftereffects of the diarrhea and little eating for quite a few days.
 

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Stopped gymming for some reason. Continued not gymming due to exams.
Did have 2 workouts during this period, the last one today. Both with a friend, so not my usual workout. Did manage 5x90kg squats, so not too bad. Hopefully I'll continue to work out over the summer holidays as I stay in Norway.
 

"I'm Not Looking for Anything Serious Right Now"

When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.

Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.

Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.

The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.

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Sounds good.I have a few questions though.

It doesn't seem that you really have much variation in there.You following a specific program,or set it up yourself? Maybe I could help you with another program if you would like.
You follow a strict diet? Or just eat a lot.Interested in how you eat.

Happy lifting.:)
 

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apocolipto said:
Sounds good.I have a few questions though.

It doesn't seem that you really have much variation in there.You following a specific program,or set it up yourself? Maybe I could help you with another program if you would like.
You follow a strict diet? Or just eat a lot.Interested in how you eat.

Happy lifting.:)
As Im sure you know, I did the skinnyguy programme, then Starting Strength, now Im doing a bench press routine with squats and deads. Right now over the holiday ill be working out with friends, so just weird ass sh1t.

I dont even consider myself as to having a diet anymore. Perhaps ill enter a phase sometime soon where i have a lot of passion for this again. Currently I just eat and try to eat more when I see a possibility to do so. My food awareness is subconcious.

Hit the gym with a friend today. Let him lead.
3 sets of:
'Sitting rows'
Pull ups wide / narrow
Lat pulldowns

Proceeded onto rows 3 sets. Did it with 40kg, was actually heavy, did not want to have poor form, as this is my first time doing it.

Finished up with 3 variations of bicep work.

All the back work exhausted my forearms and somewhat biceps, thus I didnt feel it in my back.
 

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Hit another gym with 2 other friends after movies yesterday.

Put a bar of 95kgs on my back and quickly deducted that it was too much.

Joined them for 3 sets of shoulder presses, which I did standing w/bar. 30kgs.

frontal raises, 7.5kg x 3
Lateral raises 7.5kg x 2

Skullcrushers 2x10kg x 3 supersetted with close grip Z-bar 10kg
Decline sit ups x 3
 

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Alright, so Im back again! Exactly like last year, I quit over the summer vacation (apart from like 10 workouts with friends). I didn't start up again as I came down here to SA again, however I did have 2-3 workouts with my new friend, Snow.

This weekend we created a 'Gym Crew'. It helps for added motivation, thus I started today, finally.

So yeah, I'm planning on going hard for this. It's going good!

My squats are doing good. I periodically increased and found that I was able to do 90x5, so my squats aren't down much!

Moved onto bench and struggled at 50kgs. However, I persevered and managed to go all the way till 65kgs, where I failed after my 4th rep (and had to get saved, as per usual).

Did some ab work, then minor back work, as I want to start working out my back and see how it goes and whether I need to fix my 'injury'.

As I finished and had my energade and shake (like 700 cals+), the guys arrived, so I joined them and did some of the exercises. Did some more work for my back and did some abs. Had another shake. I can tell this is gonna be good. I'm ready to get big.

I measured myself a little while ago, at close to 67kgs. I think I've grown taller.
 

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Hit the gym with the guys yesterday.

Did some squats alone. Weaker than last week, did 3x5x80kg.

Moved to bench. Did 2x5x60kg

Then Dom convinced me to join them and I did some tricep extensions. Did some rows. Both x15,x12,x10,x8,x6. Didn't like the x15, but decent in terms of warmup I suppose.

Moved over to abs, where I showed them my exercise. Did 2x of the myatotic crunches with a 4kg dumbell. I did the same last week and couldn't sneeze properly till friday.

We moved back and did some more tricep work with dips, which I cut short after 2 sets.

Since last week I've gone up to 68.5kg, so it's going solid!
 

"I'm Not Looking for Anything Serious Right Now"

When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.

Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.

Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.

The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.

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Whats a cat vomit haha?
 

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It's coined by Tim Ferriss. It's basically an alternate way to work the core the same way you would if you were laughing hard for a couple minutes. You go down on all four, breathe in, breathe out all the air you can, hold for 12 seconds, repeat x12 or so.

Hit the gym with Snow yesterday.
Squat: 1x5x90 1x5x85
Bench: 1x5x60 1x5x65
Mytatotic crunch 2x4x~12
One arm rows: 1x20x8 1x40x8
Dips: 1x10
Weight: 69.2kgs
 

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Had a short and sweet sesh today. Can't play guitar properly and am having trouble wielding a pen. Forearms need to get stronger for me to hit my back properly.

Deadlift:
1x5x110
1x3x110 my grip failed me here. I tried to lift it up again, but had to drop to the ground as I reached the top.
1x5x90

2x myatotic crunch w/4kg dumbell.

Rows:
1x8x60
1x12+x50

My back and forearms are fairly underdeveloped, so I need to work on them.
 

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Had a nice session with Snow just now.

Squat: 1x5x95 2x5x90
Bench: 3x5x60 the last 2 sets were extremely easy, so this is good!
Did minor ab work, then a minor set of 50kg barbell shrugs.

I'm weighting in at 70.2kg in the morning now. I'm gaining ridiculous amounts. I can feel bigger and stronger, but I feel like I'm getting fat too. Oh well, I'm skinny. I'll just slim down for a month just before december.
 

"Nervous Around Beautiful Women? There's a Rule for That"

I could talk to any woman I wasn't attracted to. Charming, funny, relaxed. Then a gorgeous woman looked my way and I'd become a sweating, babbling mess.

The fix took me years to find and ten minutes to learn. Nervousness and excitement are the same physical state — pounding heart, adrenaline, flushed face. Your brain just picks the label. And you can pick a better one.

Rule 16 shows you how. You feel the nerves, relabel them as excitement, and let that energy pour out as enthusiasm. Women notice the guy radiating it. They always do.

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