"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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"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.
today was a leg workout, weight 71.5kg
Squats
warmup
0kg * 10
15kg * 10
30kg * 8
40kg * 6
55kg * 3
65kg * 1
75kg * 8
80kg * 8
85kg * 8
Leg press machine
230kg * 8 - i was about to faint
190kg * 8
190kg * 8
leg curl
98kg * 6
98kg * 6 (the machine was digging into my shins)
horizontal leg curl
86kg * 6
86kg * 5
i feel really drained after that and i've got a headache too, but **** it cuz most folk don't escape from their comfortable little lives.
"She's Out of Your League"
You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.
Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.
She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.
Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.
hehOriginally posted by Lifeforce
"About 36" around... they look rather small in the mirror, but I compared them to a nearby oak and we had the same lenght around." well he almost told me this before
i did a 111kg * 8 rep leg curl last week (end of page3). this week i was takin it easy
Deadlifts
warmup
20kg * 10
35kg * 8
50kg * 4
70kg * 4
90kg * 1
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90kg * 5
95kg * 5
100kg * 4 (weak forearms)
Pullups
front grip
6reps
5reps
reverse grip
7reps
4reps
Barbell Curl (ez bar - don't know how much these weigh - i assumed 10kg)
30kg * 7
30kg * 6
30kg * 5
Seated rows
72.5kg * 8
79kg * 8
lat pulldowns (wide grip)
52kg * 7
52kg * 5
"You Can't Argue a Woman Into Liking You"
You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.
She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.
Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.
Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.
weight: 72kg
chest and triceps
bb bench press
warmup
20kg * 10
40kg * 4
50kg * 2
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60kg * 5
60kg * 5
60kg * 4
Incline db bench
20kg * 7
20kg * 6
Decline bb bench
50kg * 8
55kg * 5
55kg * 5
DB flies
14kg * 6
14kg * 6
Close grip bench
40kg * 4 (arms are fvcked at this point)
Tri extensions
16kg * 8
16kg * 6
Cable Pushdowns
46kg * 8
59kg * 8
73kg * 8
"She Laughed All Night. Then She Ghosted You. Here's Why."
Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.
Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?
You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.
Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.
Thanks Ben,
back biceps
deads
60KG - 15 reps
80KG - 10 reps
95KG - 4 reps
120KG - 2 reps
125kg 1 rep<<<<never knew I could go that heavy
dumbell curls
20k 7 reps standard (alternate arms)
20k 6 hammer (both arms together)
20k 4 concentration curls
pull ups
8
6
6
Ben do me a massive favour and write me out a deadlift routine for next week, and a bench routine. I 1 rep max on 100kg, but I had a spotter, I will be training alone.
3-4 weeks as well I hope I can get squating easily at 90-100kg. I need to get that squat stronger than my 100kg bench!"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.