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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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Not sore after workout

floydtheater07

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Alright, I did a search on this, but couldn't find anything. If I am not sore the day after a workout, is that a sign that I am not lifting enough? My routine always seems strenuous, but my biceps are never sore the next day when i work them out.


Any info would be appreciated.
 

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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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reyalp

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back when i worked out 4 times a week, i was only sore for the first 3 weeks or so.

i was still making very steady gains but the soreness was not an issue. i'd be pumped to no end but not have muscle soreness.
 

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When you start training you will be in agony. But once you get used to it you're right. Being sore isn't an indication of whether you trained your muscles hard enough.
 

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I always warm up and stretch properly, but when I started my weights routine I was always sore as hell - but now no matter how hard I push myself I just get a tired feeling, no more soreness. Recently I started doing HIITs and I can hardly walk right now:p

After your muscles get accustomed to the stress there shouldn't be any more soreness.
 

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soreness is not indication of a good workout (or not). It has nothing to do wiht it.
 

"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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AgonyUncle

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Well that depends on how long you have been training for!

Anything under a year, and DOMS (Delayed onset of muscle soreness) IS an indication of how hard you have trained.

If you are training for under a year, and you are not feeling a bit tender or stiff the next day or 2nd day after, your intensity is up to ****. Put some heavier weight on the bar, and train till failure. People are so afraid of overtraining these days, they actually undertrain.

I have been training for four years, and I still suffer from DOMS after most sessions. Its not as extreme, but you know you were at the gym the night before. DOMS does not have to be that begginer pain you feel when you first start. Someone pokes you in the chest and you collapse like a sack of ****. Your muscles just feel a little weaker or lazy
 

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Just worry about putting more weight on the bar every workout and soreness will take care of itself.
 
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