"How I Made Sure No Woman Ever Friend-Zoned Me Again"

She calls you when her car breaks down. When she needs help moving. When some guy she's actually dating treats her badly.

You're the listener. The reliable one. The guy who would treat her so much better, if she'd just open her eyes.

She won't. You trained her to see you as the low-effort option — the friend who requires zero risk and zero investment. Every favor dug the hole deeper.

The "22 Rules" break the pattern. You'll stop auditioning for a role she already cast and become the man she chases instead. It starts with Rule 1.

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Swimming

WrEcKLeSS2000

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I'm going to incorporate swimming as part of my cardio workout. Right now on my gym days, I do the stairmaster which is a great workout. On my non-gym days I go for runs. Now I want to include swimming. I heard that it is great for loosing body fat which I what my main goal is because I am trying to get a six-pack.

Can someone give me a timetable for my swimming workout? Also, what strokes are the best to do?
 

"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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seanchai

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I'd do front crawl (freestyle). How good are you at swimming? This is important. If you can't swim very well at all, I'd take a workout to determine how far you can go in your given amount of time and post that here. I'll come up with something then.

Author is a former swimming coach. :down:
 
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