"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.

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Starting Smolov tomorrow.

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12/6/09 - Friday

Burgener Warmup

Front Squat
5x4 - 85

Military Press
5x 40
2x3 50

Jerk
2x 60
1x 65
1x 70

15/6/09 - Monday

Overhead Squat
5x 40
3x 60
4x 60
3x 60

Front Squat
4x 90
1x 100
1x 102.5 PR

Spine Decompressor

Bench
5x 40
5x 60
2x5 - 70
5x 60
 

"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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YEahhhhh...

18/6/09 - Thursday

Burgener Warmup Variation.

Snatch
1x 40 + 3 OH squat
1x 45 + 3 OH squat
1x 50 + 3 OH squat
1x 55
1x 57.5 PR
3x 60 - Missed all 3 attempts, got very close on the last attempt - oh well. 1 PR is great!

Deadlifts
5x 60
5x 80
5x 100
2x5 120
1x 130

Spine decompressor + lunges.

And outta there! :woo:
 

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One month onwards.

Joined a proper weightlifting gym - worked on techniques on the C&J, and the Snatch.

Strength exercise after power exercise.

Front squat
105 PR - tested after a back squat set - felt like I could do add 5kg, but I'll try again next fortnight.

Jerks - need to work on feet position and landing position.
80 PR

Deadlift
130 x 5 PR
 

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hey man good to see your still hacking away in my absence - you seem to have been put off doing back squats ? love to see a PR up soon
 

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Another few weeks on: back to basics

Deadlift
140 x 3 PR

Bench - havnt done these is sooo long.
5x4 - 67.5

Squat
5x5 - 120
 

"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.

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18/8/09 - at last

Snatch (technique work again)
5x3 - 40

C&J
3x 45
3x 50
1x 60
1x 70
1x 80kg Clean only PR

Spine Decompressor

Pullups

I remembered when 60 was heavy. I will remember when 80 is heavy. Next Goal: 82.5!
 
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