Doe Boii
Don Juan
Is there a proper technique to lifting for maximum growth?
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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.
Proper Lifting Technique
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Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.
You've been "getting ready" for two years.
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Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.
Warboss Alex
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yes, it's called lifting with proper form and includes (but isn't limited to): choosing a weight your body can handle and not what your ego thinks it can, squatting as low as possible (for most people's bodies this will be way below parallel), no bouncing off the floor for deadlifts (the bar comes to a complete stop each rep, essentially you're pulling singles), no bouncing the bar off the chest with benching, no cheat curls, no partial range dips, no standing completely upright when rowing, military presses to ear level at least..
All of WBA's tips are important, but they're at least as important for staying injury-free as they are for maximizing growth. Maximum growth comes primarily from proper diet & rest (I'm stealing his thunder here, make sure you check out WBA's Idiot's Guide to Growth for more details). Also, most non-professional lifters try to do too many reps and worksets, yet fail to warm up adequately.
donjuanjovi
Senior Don Juan
You lift the weight for growth. You use proper technique to prevent injury.
Skilla_Staz
Master Don Juan
Proper technique also helps with growth by hitting the muscles you intend, instead of distributing the weight all over your body, as is the case when people to barbell curls and basically rock into it.
"She Liked You in March. It's October Now."
Attraction runs on a clock.
She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.
The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."
One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.
Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.
Doe Boii
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Thanks for the info could i get a link to WBA'S Idiot Guide to Growth. I am adding rep to each of u for ur help thanks.Throttle said:All of WBA's tips are important, but they're at least as important for staying injury-free as they are for maximizing growth. Maximum growth comes primarily from proper diet & rest (I'm stealing his thunder here, make sure you check out WBA's Idiot's Guide to Growth for more details). Also, most non-professional lifters try to do too many reps and worksets, yet fail to warm up adequately.