Hey guys, lately I've been interested in Pilates. I was wondering if anyone is experienced with the Pilates method on this forum. I'm specifically interested in adding it to my basketball training. Since I'm not going to be paying for a trainer, I was wondering if anybody could recommend good books, websites, etc to start with.
"She Made Her Decision Before You Finished Your Sentence"
Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.
She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.
Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.
So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.
The words come later. The impression comes first.
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"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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Unfortunately you're going to get the ignorance which runs rampant around here spouting dumb sh!t like: "Aw homie, pilates is for 'ho's."
I can't do pilates because I'm a fat prick. But I do yoga.
I can't do pilates because I'm a fat prick. But I do yoga.
penkitten
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i am going to tell you a secret... pilates kicked my azz.
and i am a healthy 100 lb woman.
start with beginners yoga, and work your way up to pilates.
you may find , as i did, that yoga is good enough.
and i am a healthy 100 lb woman.
start with beginners yoga, and work your way up to pilates.
you may find , as i did, that yoga is good enough.
Yea, I know what you're talking about. A ton of NBA players and many other athletes are doing it, so hopefully that will shut up the people who say stuff like that.KarmaSutra said:
hehe, that's what I like to hear actually! I'm looking for something that will hopefully be more challenging than the stuff that I do now. How did you start? Did you have a trainer?penkitten said:
"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.