"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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Smith Machines = Mini Power Rack?

silverwex

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Is a Smith Machine a small version of a power rack?

Can u do the same excercies on it as you would do a power rack?

Cheers
 

"She Liked You in March. It's October Now."

Attraction runs on a clock.

She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.

The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."

One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.

Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.

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A smith machine is NOT a power rack. The barbell is suspended on a rail system.
 

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Smith machine is a great alternative for high-risk and inferior exercises
 

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no way you can do cleans, or snatches with smiths. Although you can do forms of squats on them.

no way a smith replaces a power rack.
 

"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 wouldnt recomend using any smith type machine use freeweights instead. It uses your stabilizer muscles.
 

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Originally posted by BerzerkFury
I'd like you to tell that to some of the people on intensemuscle. I for one, know a guy who's about 6'1 300 pounds at 10% bodyfat that uses a smythe machine for just about every exercise he does. If you train using DC methods, a smythe machine is essential.
10% BF and 300 lbs doesnt mean squat ( no pun intented) about athletic proformance. Smith machines work fine for some things, but not for explosive excersises, I wouldnt touch smith machines. I am sure this 10% BF guy is all nice and built, but he probably cant play sports.

Ive burned plenty of guys in hockey who have 50 lbs on me. Being built doesnt nessisarily mean much for athletics. Of course that said, I dont think i'd want to try and play the body on people w/ 50 lbs on me, they'd probably throw me around :)
 

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Originally posted by BerzerkFury
I'd like you to tell that to some of the people on intensemuscle. I for one, know a guy who's about 6'1 300 pounds at 10% bodyfat that uses a smythe machine for just about every exercise he does. If you train using DC methods, a smythe machine is essential.
He'd better be a pro lifter then!

My Brother's best friends sister knows this guy out in russia that... :rolleyes:
 
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