"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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Slanted Smith Machine?

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Okay, so I am planning on purchasing some gym equipment. I found this ad in CraigsList for a Smith Machine:

http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/9451/smithaduo5.jpg
(I took a screenshot, and edited out the contact details)

If you take a look at the pictures, the rack appears slanted. I've never seen or used a slanted Smith Machine.

Is it any different, or much the same?
 

"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"

Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.

You've been "getting ready" for two years.

She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.

Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.

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blinkwatt said:
They are pretty much the same.
So, when you're doing squats for example, it doesn't feel any different?

Thanks though, I thinking I'm leaning towards buying the machine.
 

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So, when you're doing squats for example, it doesn't feel any different?

Thanks though, I thinking I'm leaning towards buying the machine.
It does at first,but after a few weeks you get used to it.
 

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If your going to buy something for a home gym then buy a power rack
 

"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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EFFORT said:
If your going to buy something for a home gym then buy a power rack

I agree. They're much more versitile than a smith machine. Cheaper too.
 

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Thanks guys. Cool, I'll get used to the slant then.

As for safety, I'm pretty sure it's safe. That's an interesting thread though.

I was thinking about a Power Rack, can I use that for squats?
 
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