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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Pullups

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Is there a more beautiful exercise than the pullup? This thread is nothing more than a tribute to the simple chin.
 

"She Laughed All Night. Then She Ghosted You. Here's Why."

Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.

Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?

You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.

Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.

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They certainly are good, thou for some reason i dont incldue them in my workout very often.

Have oyu tried doing pullups with your hands close together and your palms faceing you.
 

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I hate pullups

Cable flys used to be my fav.
 

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well dee, according to your sig, im wrong if i disagree with you :p

how do we know that you didnt stop being a god like figure at some point in the last 5 years?
 

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I do pullups on everything. On the bar in my closet, on holds at the rock wall, on rafters at Safeco Field, hanging from railings..

I love the pullup.
 

"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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check_mate_kid_uk said:
well dee, according to your sig, im wrong if i disagree with you :p

how do we know that you didnt stop being a god like figure at some point in the last 5 years?

oh I did, that's why I have that in my sig to boost my ego up.


:D
 

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I can't manage to actually get much better at them. I increase on everything but them.
 

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mrRuckus said:
I can't manage to actually get much better at them. I increase on everything but them.
Do you have a bar at home? There's a technique called "greasing the groove" that can help a lot. Let's say you can do five max. Every time you walk by the bar in your house, do two or three easy. Since you never get tired, you can do as many as a hundred a day like this. Some people have doubled their max in a week or two doing this. I went from not being able to do any one-legged squats to two or three with each leg by greasing the groove.

Pavel Tsatsouline's "Naked Warrior" covers this well.
 

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greasing the groove...good idea man. Anywhere I see a bar I'll do some.
 

"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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doctoroxygen said:
Is there a more beautiful exercise than the pullup? This thread is nothing more than a tribute to the simple chin.
Yes. The Squat. The Deadlift. A chick with a banging ass and sexy legs doing straight legged deadlifts. IMO anyways.

Don't you agree?:trouble:
 

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For the record, pullups are with the palm facing away, chinups are with the palms facing you.
 

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Wide grip chin-ups with palms facing out? What category would that fall under with your logic?
 

"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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Wide Grip Chin Ups??? It's Wide Grip PULL UPS. I've never heard such poppycock!
 
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