"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 5 mins of morning HIIT 3x a week on an elliptical is

guayaballer

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effective for fat loss then 45 minutes every other day on a stair stepper?
 

"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.

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guayaballer said:
effective for fat loss then 45 minutes every other day on a stair stepper?

Sounds like a missing the big picture type of question if this is for yourself
 

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quit ****ing around with the girly machines and go run some hill sprints or ride a bike in 6th gear for an hour or two.
 

Francisco d'Anconia

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The Inside Man said:
quit ****ing around with the girly machines and go run some hill sprints or ride a bike in 6th gear for an hour or two.
:yes: LifeCycle, hill program, level 8 or higher, constant cadance of 90 or above for at least 40 minutes! :up:
 

"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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guayaballer said:
intense long running it is :)
is what, bad on your knees? running isn't necessarily the best cardio. An elliptical machine would probably be fine if it has a hard enough setting. I don't know about just 5 minutes three times a week, though.
 

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you won't burn calories enough on 5 minutes. maybe 75kcal? really depends on the intensity but even if it's higher there only so far you can go
 

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The Inside Man said:
quit ****ing around with the girly machines and go run some hill sprints or ride a bike in 6th gear for an hour or two.

What makes a machine girly?
 

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mrRuckus said:
What makes a machine girly?
If its pink or has red bows on it?
 

"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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Tzolking said:
you won't burn calories enough on 5 minutes. maybe 75kcal? really depends on the intensity but even if it's higher there only so far you can go
HIIT burns more calories long after the exercise than regular cardio, though.
 
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