"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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Right wrist hurts when working forearm. Help?

Konada

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So I was doing seated barbell wrist curls the other day and my right wrist HURTS LIKE HELL, my left wrist feels normal. Is it because of fencing (its my hobby and I'm participating in competitions) since it does require loads of arm movement. In the meantime, what other exercises are available to focus on the forearms without straining my wrist any further?
 

"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"

You paid for dinner. You drove. You said "whatever you want is fine" every single time. All the effort, no expectations.

And she left anyway — probably for a guy who makes her pick up the pizza.

Painful. Also predictable. Her mind quietly concludes that anything requiring zero effort from her is worth exactly zero. You became a free sample, and free samples get taken for granted.

The 22 Rules flip the dynamic. Small shifts that get her investing effort, money, and time in you — until SHE'S the one afraid of losing YOU.

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speed dawg

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If it hurts like hell, don't do it, dumbass. Put some ice on it, take some ibuprofen and let it rest for a few days.
 

Alle_Gory

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If it hurts that much then stop doing it. Also, don't put things in your mouth that you find on the floor.
 

Jitterbug

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A 100lb male doing wrist curls.

Sometimes I wonder if people leave their brains in the locker room before entering the gym.

Go read some Rippetoe, lil dude.
 

"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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Fuglydude

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Tape your wrists mang... Wrist curls are kind of a waist of time for beginners IMO. If you're picking up 500 lbs off the ground with out straps you'll have some semblance of forearm size.
 
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