"I just moved here from Florida."

That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?

She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."

She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.

I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.

Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.

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I'm 14 and I have been running for a few weeks. I run almost every day for 30mins. I realized that each time I run it keeps getting easier than compared to the first. I can run longer and I guess my stamina and endurance grow. I wanted to know if Im still losing the same amount of calories as when I first started to run. Im by no means to where I want to be yet...
 

"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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yes the question was

I wanted to know if Im still losing the same amount of calories as when I first started to run?
 

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ya, sorry pedro at first i didnt read more than the first sentence.



actually, good question. to answer it, yes, u are burning the same amount of calories. calories are just a unit of energy. ur burning the same amount of energy, but its just that ur muscles are more use to the action.
 

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Originally posted by heteropedro
I'm 14 and I have been running for a few weeks. I run almost every day for 30mins. I realized that each time I run it keeps getting easier than compared to the first. I can run longer and I guess my stamina and endurance grow. I wanted to know if Im still losing the same amount of calories as when I first started to run. Im by no means to where I want to be yet...
I am glad that you enjoy running almost daily. The GMC recommendeds thats the average person should perform approx. 30 minutes of moderate to intense physical activity each day for 6 days a week to promote health and well being.

The amount of calories that you burn depends on: how long you run for; the surface that you are running on, the gradient (angle) of the surface (uphill/ downhill), and how fast you are running. Obviously, if all variables are the roughly the same then so are calories "burned".

When regularly performing muscular endurance/ "stamina" work, your muscles undergo a number of physiological changes so that they can adapt and become more efficient at the task. The number of capillaries (small blood vessels) and mitochondria (organelles/ components of a cell where ATP is produced for energy) surrounding the muscles increase in number. This allows for greater endurance, improved resistence to fatigue, and overall better muscle (cell) metabolism. Individual muscle fibres also contain more myoglobin which also improves the aerobic ability of the muscle.

Keep up the hard work, and give some thought to increasing the length of time for each run.

- B.A.
 

"I'm Not Looking for Anything Serious Right Now"

When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.

Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.

Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.

The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.

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