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.
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.
Good pre & post workout is essential for optimal performance & recovery. Read this article about post workout nutrition: Quick, Easy & Effective Post Workout ShakesRestoretheROAR84 said:I have read in a few places that in order to have good muscle growth you need pre and post workout meals to help your muscles grow. How soon before and after the workout should these be and what types of nutrients? Also my shoulder has been hurting in the area right next to the pectorals recently when i bench. Could there be a problem with my grip or technique that is causing this?
The standing overhead press is essentialy a shoulder exercise. But you'll feel it in upper/lower back/triceps/abs. The best upper body developer if you ask me.RestoretheROAR84 said:Does overhead shoulder press work the same muscle group as rowing or no?
Too much benching can lead to injury (rotator cuff problems): it trains the front delts more than the rest of the deltoids.Kerpal said:Rippetoe says to do at least 1 overhead press workout for every bench press workout in order to avoid injury.
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.
You're hitting all muscles with the exercises you describe, however you need deadlifts for pure back strength. Check your deadlift technique if you have doubts.RestoretheROAR84 said:If I do squats, t-bar rows and overhead press as part of a total body workout day is deadlifting necessary for back and leg development or am I hitting the muscles well enough?