"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"

She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.

Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.

The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.

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Round Two: Stud's Workout Journal

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I had a workout journal before, but I had an injury that prevented me from training for a while and then laziness just set in. I am happy to report that that phase has passed and it is time to return to the gym.

Everyday I will not only chronicle my workouts, I will also be chronicling my diet. Right now I am 6'2 200lbs. My goals are to increase strength and endurance, while maintaining my weight right around where it is.
 

"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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3-31-07

Workout

Deadlift
115x5, 115x5, 115x5, 115x5, 115x5

Seated Row
200x5, 210x5, 220x5, 220x5, 220x5

Pullup - (I can not do a pullup without help, there is a machine in my gym where you can set the weight to help push up. So if i weigh 200lbs and i set the machine to 80lbs, I'm doing 120lbs of work)

80lbsx5, 90x5, 90x5, 80x5, 80x5

I rode a bike for 20 minutes too.

Food

2 scoops whey protein and milk
Mega Man sport vitamins
2 chicken patties, mac and cheese, turkey sandwhich, 2 apple juices and an iced tea
8 beers
4 slices of pizza
 
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Workout

Squat
135x8, 135x8, 135x8, 135x8, 135x8

Hamstring Curl
90x8, 100x5, 100x5, 100x5, 100x5

Calf Raise
BWx10, BWx10

Rode elliptical for 5 minutes and bike for 25

Food

2 overeasy eggs, 2 pieces of toast and milk
2 yogurts
mega man sport vitamins
ham and turkey sandwhich, banana, apple juice and iced tea
homemade chicken fried rice with grilled chicken and pork, water
2 scoops whey protein and milk
ZMA
 
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Deus ex Pianoforte said:
Now I'm no fitness expert here, but I can tell you right now that if you drink 8 beers after your workout, you're wasting your time by going to the gym.

The high nutritional content of the four slices of pizza will negate any negitive effects the alcohol may have had. DUH!
 

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Deadlift
115x5, 115x5, 115x5, 115x5, 115x5

Seated Row
200x5, 210x5, 220x5, 220x5, 220x5
Those deads are in pounds, right? I'm guessing they are because you can't even do one unassisted pullup.

Why is there such a large difference between your deads and your seated rows? 210 x 5 on seated rows is pretty strong, 135 x 5 on deads is, umm, not.

Are you sure you're doing the seated rows right? Meaning you don't move your torso back and forth, only your arms are moving. If you're doing them where your torso leans forward to grab the bar and then you shift your torso all the way back and lean backwards as you are lifting the stack, well, that's an exercise, but it's not what people understand by "seated rows".
 

“The 22 Psychological Triggers That Make Women Chase You… Starting Tonight”

Forget the cash, the cars, and the chiseled jawlines. Female desire operates on a completely different frequency. Primal. Subconscious. Triggers that bypass her logic and hit her on a gut level. Most guys are totally blind to them.

I know because I was one of them. The overthinking. The paralysis. The silent drive home kicking yourself for freezing up. Watching average guys walk away with the girl while you stood there stuck in your own head.

Then I decoded the psychology behind what actually makes women tick. 22 hard rules.  Subtle behavioral shifts that rewired my entire reality. The anxiety evaporated. Women started leaning in. Investing. Chasing.

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yes, my chest is against a padded pice of metal and stays there the entire time while my arms pull back the weight, as i stay seated. the padded piece is back as far as it can go with me still being able to grab the handles

4-2-07

Workout

One Armed Preacher Curl Machine
80x5, 75x5, 75x5, 75x5, 75x5

Shoulder Press
120x5, 140x5, 140x5, 150x5, 150x5

Dips (the machine is the same as the one I use for pullups)
120x5, 130x5, 130x5, 140x5, 140x5

Rode bike for 25 minutes

Food

Chicken Caesar salad wrap
Chicken Sandwhich, Water
2 yogurts
vitamin
pasta bake with garlic bread and 2 brownies, water
2 scoops whey protein and milk
 
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4-3-07

Workout

off day

Food

Steak and Cheese sandwhich
2 slices pizza, twix and sprite
vitamins
4 slices of pizza
 
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Workout

off day

Food

mashed potatoes and gravy and roast beef, water
yogurt
applesauce
vitamins
 

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had no gym or internet access for easter break.

4-9-07

Workout



Food

Turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, water
vitamins
2 yogurts
applesauce
yogurt - what other snack foods are similar to yogurt that i can consume?
turkey club
5 slices pizza
 
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4-10-07

Workout

Bench Press

150x5, 170x3, 160x5, 160x5, 160x5

Fly

130x5, 140x5, 140x5, 140x5, 140x5

Incline Press

170x5, 180x3, 170x5, 170x5, 200x1

rode bike for 10 minutes

Food

2 slices ham, 10 slices kilbossi (sp?), orange pineapple juice
vitamin
sloppy joe, potatoes, asparagus(sp?), mini-cheesecake, water
2 scoops whey protein, milk
 
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"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"

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.

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wtf is going on with your diet?
 

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make suggestions to improve my diet or workout or don't post.
 

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the food is for the whole day, but i always drink a protein shake right after my workout so anything i post after the shake is post workout.
 

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Stud said:
make suggestions to improve my diet or workout or don't post.
Your diet needs a complete overhaul, read up on nutrition. If the guys were gonna comment on your daily intake in every post, they'd be here all day.

Start by eating more whole foods and less processed junk, then once this is down you can begin to increase calories gradually and keep track of protein intake. Concentrate on eating 4-6 healthy meals a day without worrying about what's in them, just make sure each has a protein source. Once you have this down you can log what you eat and be more precise about things, but for now just start eating healthily.
 

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4-16-07

Workout

Bench Press
180x5, 170x5, 170x5
Fly
140x5, 140x5, 150x3
Incline Press
180x5, 180x3, 175x5

Rode bike for 10 minutes
 

"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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