"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"

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.

She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.

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.

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push ups before bed?

Zaraza

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Is there any benefit to doing a few push ups right before you go to sleep? im saying like 4 to 5 sets of 20?
 

"She Wants a Man, Not a Boy"

You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.

Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.

Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.

Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.

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If it doesn't interrupt your sleep, you should be fine. But try to find some time during the morning/day to workout.
 

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Correct me if i'm wrong but if you do a bunch of exercises then go to sleep, aside from being good at push-ups you are going to be burning muscle if you don't atleast eat something afterwards.
 

Zaraza

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i never thought about the burning muscle part.... **** lol.. just did some. hmmmm maybe i should rumage the fridge
 

"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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Andromax

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^^ nothing a miniature splint cant cure!
 

Zaraza

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^ talk about having wood all day.
 

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I did them when I had a bout of insomnia on my teacher's recommendation. Pushups before bed helped wear me out, but the situps...kept me awake. I don't have these sleep problems anymore.
 

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I randomly do like 10 pushups whenever. It's not going to harm a thing unless you're planning to do hundreds before bed. PWO pushup nutrition.. hahahahaha... I don't know why you'd want to do 4-5 sets of 20. Why so many?
 

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As long as you eat a good dinner I can't see how doing 100 pushups is goi9ng to burn much if any muscle. It just won't burn that much calories anyway. The only thing you have to worry about is the sleep thing.
 

"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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Zaraza

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Dunno why, i was listenin to the timbaland instrumental of Bounce. And all sudden wanted to do pushups. lol. Did 80 and went to sleep. kinda funny.

felt good but tired, cuz i went to gym that same day.
 

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80? holy crap

I can only manage 1 set of 25-30 and then another set of 5-10 before i collapse...

How much do you weigh?
 

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I personally can do 48-51 in a row @ 203 lbs. My twig-looking friend does about 81 in a row.
 
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