"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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6 sets of 10 of pullups, dips, and ab rollouts

Today

Back Squat
10 x 135 lbs
8 x 225 lbs
5 x 275 lbs
3 x 315 lbs
2 x 335 lbs
1 x 350 lbs
2 x 315 lbs really long pause

Bench Press
10 x 135 lbs
5 x 225 lbs
5 x 245 lbs
5 x 265 lbs
3 x 285 lbs
3 x 305 lbs
3 x 325 lbs with slingshot

Trap Bar Deadlift
10 x 135 lbs
5 x 225 lbs
5 x 315 lbs
3 x 405 lbs
3 x 455 lbs
3 x 470 lbs
0 x 500 lbs

a whole bunch of ring dips were done too
 

"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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Going back to hypertrophy

Flat Bench DB Press
3 sets of 10 with 100 lb dumbbells

DB Rows
3 sets of 10 each side with a 100 lb dumbbell

Incline Bench
3 quick sets of 10 with 135 lbs for a big pump

T Bar Rows
10 x 3 45 lb plates
10 x 4 45 lb plates
2 sets of 5 with 5 45 lb plates

Pullups/Dips/Ab Rollouts
2 sets of 10 each
 

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OHP
135 lbs, strict, 5, 5, 5, 3, 3, 1

T Bar Row
1 plate 5 reps
2 plates 5 reps
3 plates 5 reps
4 plates 5 reps
5 plates 5 reps

Bench Press
5 x 245 lbs
5 x 255 lbs
5 x 265 lbs
3 x 275 lbs
2 x 295 lbs
12 x 225 lbs

Pullups/Ab Rollouts
2 sets of 10 each

been feeling burned out lately
 

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Saturday

started with

500m rows as fast as possible
40 body squats as fast as possible
30 pushups
20 sit ups
10 pullups
500m rows

Back Squat
10 x 135 lbs
5 x 225 lbs
5 x 255 lbs
5 x 275 lbs
3 x 315 lbs
5 x 275 lbs
5 x 255 lbs
5 x 225 lbs

Rack Pulls
5 x 135 lbs
5 x 225 lbs
5 x 315 lbs
5 x 405 lbs
3 x 455 lbs

Today

Bench Press
10 x 135 lbs
8 x 225 lbs
8 x 255 lbs
8 x 275 lbs
3 x 315 lbs
26 x 135 lbs

T Bar Rows
8 x 1 plate
8 x 2 plates
8 x 3 plates
8 x 4 plates
8 x 5 plates (rep PR)

DB Press
3 sets of 8 with 100 lb dumbbells

Pullups
3 sets of 10

Finisher
500m rows as fast as possible
40 body squats as fast as possible
30 pushups
20 sit ups
10 pullups
500m rows

trying to add some HIIT
 

"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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Lighter day...pretty invigorating

Back Squat
8 x 135 lbs
8 x 205 lbs
8 x 225 lbs
8 x 255 lbs
8 x 275 lbs

GHRs
3 sets of 8...need to do more of these

Trap Bar Deadlift (speed pulls pretty much)
3 sets of 8 with 225 lbs

Finisher (as fast as possible)
500m rows
40 air squats
30 pushups
20 sit ups
10 pullups
 

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Bench Press
bamboo bar bench with 145 lbs, 4 sets of 10...all I can say is wow

5 x 225 lbs
3 x 255 lbs
3 x 275 lbs
3 x 295 lbs
a couple sets of ring dips which was probably a bad idea because then..
0 x 315 lbs

T Bar Row
3 x 1 plate
3 x 2 plates
3 x 3 plates
3 x 4 plates
3 x 5 plates
3 x 5 plates + a 10 and a 5
3 x 5 plates + a 25

Pullups/Ring Dips
4 sets of 10 each

finished with a 500m row sprint

Today

Conventional Deadlift
10 x 135 lbs
5 x 225 lbs
3 x 315 lbs
3 x 365 lbs
1 x 405 lbs
1 x 425 lbs
1 x 450 lbs

Rack Pulls
3 x 135 lbs
3 x 225 lbs
3 x 315 lbs
3 x 405 lbs
1 x 455 lbs
1 x 475 lbs
1 x 500 lbs
1 x 520 lb
1 x 530 lbs
1 x 540 lbs
 

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Back Squat
10 x 135 lbs
8 x 225 lbs
5 x 275 lbs
3 x 315 lbs
1 x 335 lbs
1 x 355 lbs
1 x 365 lbs
1 x 385 lbs

Trap Bar Deadlift
3 x 135 lbs
3 x 225 lbs
3 x 315 lbs
3 x 405 lbs

Ring Dips
3 sets of 8

then 8 rollouts
 

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Bench Press
10 x 135 lbs
5 x 225 lbs
5 x 245 lbs
5 x 265 lbs
5 x 285 lbs
3 x 305 lbs
1 x 325 lbs
1 x 325 lbs
17 x 225 lbs

T Bar Row
5 x 2 plates
5 x 3 plates
5 x 4 plates
5 x 5 plates
5 x 5 plates + a 10 and a 5

Pullups
3 sets of 10

DB Press
5 sets of 5 with 100s

a bunch of other random push/pull stuff too
 

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Trap Bar Deadlift
5 x 135 lbs
5 x 225 lbs
5 x 315 lbs
5 x 405 lbs
3 x 435 lbs
1 x 455 lbs
1 x 475 lbs
1 x 495 lbs
1 x 405 lbs
1 x 315 lbs
1 x 225 lbs
all in quick succession

Dips
5 bw
3 sets of 5 with 100 lbs
5 bw

Pullups
5 sets of 10 bw

was a quick lift
 

"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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Bench Press
warmups
5 x 225 lbs
4 x 275 lbs
3 x 295 lbs
2 x 315 lbs
1 x 335 lbs
1 x 345 lbs
0 x 360 lbs was feeling it but I guess my body had other plans
3 x 315 lbs

Pullups/Ring Dips
3 sets of 10 each

also did a couple sets of t bar rows

Today

Back Squat
5 x 135 lbs
5 x 185 lbs
5 x 205 lbs
5 x 225 lbs
3 x 275 lbs
3 x 295 lbs
2 x 315 lbs 5 sec pause

Ab Rollouts
50 in a row

been on a time crunch lately
 

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OH Press (all strict)
warmups
10 sets of 3 with 135 lbs

Full Ab Rollouts on the rings (well...as full as I could get em)
4 sets of 5

Dead Hang Paused Pullups (the pause was a 3 sec hang at the bottom)
10 sets of 3

Toes to Bar on the rings
4 sets of 5

ended with 9 x 100 lbs DB press, and 9 x 100 lbs DB rows
 

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Bench Press
10 x 135 lbs
5 x 225 lbs
5 x 245 lbs
5 x 265 lbs
5 x 285 lbs
3 x 305 lbs
1 x 325 lbs
0 x 350 lbs

Seal Rows (credit to Pete Rubish)
a whole bunch with the bar because I've never done them before
10 x 95 lbs
10 x 135 lbs
10 x 135 lbs
12 x 135 lbs
lat pump

Triple Ring Supersets
did 5 supersets of this:
on gymnastic rings
5 dead hang pullups with a good 1 sec hang after each rep
5 ring dips
5 ring toes to bar to inverted hang
all I can say is wow

Today

Back Squat (high bar)
10 x bar
10 x 135 lbs
10 sets of 10 with 225 lbs
at about set 5 or 6 this raw aggression came out that I haven't felt in a long time...for all you Pantera fans out there..it was a vulgar display of power
 

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Conventional Deadlift
5 x 135 lbs
5 x 185 lbs
5 x 225 lbs
5 x 275 lbs
3 x 315 lbs
3 x 335 lbs
3 x 355 lbs
3 x 375 lbs
3 x 395 lbs
1 x 405 lbs
1 x 415 lbs
1 x 425 lbs
1 x 435 lbs
1 x 445 lbs
1 x 455 lbs
9 x 315 lbs

then did 15 ring dips and 15 toes to bar on the rings
 

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Bench Press
10 x 135 lbs
5 sets of 10 with 225 lbs

Rack Pulls
10 x 135 lbs
10 x 225 lbs
3 sets of 10 with 315 lbs

Pullups
4 sets of 10

Ring Dips
3 sets of 10

Ab Rollouts
1 set of 25, another set (attempted full) of 10
 

"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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Today's workout was 10 sets of 10 of the high bar back squat, 225 lbs. Humidity was high and I sweated like a pig
 

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Bench Press
10 x 135 lbs
5 x 225 lbs
5 x 255 lbs
5 x 275 lbs
3 x 295 lbs
10 x 225 lbs

Trap Bar Deadlift
10 x 135 lbs
5 x 225 lbs
5 x 340 lbs
5 x 385 lbs
5 x 415 lbs
3 x 445 lbs
1 x 455 lbs
1 x 475 lbs
 

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NEW PR!! It's the little things that matter (was a little PR)

High Bar Back Squat
10 x 135 lbs
3 x 225 lbs
3 x 245 lbs
3 x 265 lbs
3 x 295 lbs
2 x 315 lbs
2 x 335 lbs
1 x 350 lbs
1 x 365 lbs
1 x 385 lbs
1 x 405 lbs (previous max...and it went up easy)
1 x 410 lbs (PR! kinda dropped too fast, was forced into the hole not expecting it...almost didn't make it, but I did)
5 x 315 lbs
5 x 225 lbs 5-10 sec pause each rep
then I sat in the hole for awhile with 135 lbs just cause

Ring Dips (getting closer and closer to a full muscle up too)
4 sets of 10
 

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Overhead Press
strict
warmups
5 x 95 lbs
5 x 95 lbs
6 x 135 lbs
5 x 135 lbs
5 x 135 lbs
3 x 155 lbs
push
3 x 175 lbs
3 x 185 lbs

Ring dips/pullups/toes to bar
did 5 reps each
for about 6 supersets

Trap Bar Deadlifts
5 x 135 lbs
5 x 225 lbs
3 x 315 lbs
3 x 405 lbs
3 x 405 lbs
5 x 405 lbs
5 x 405 lbs
5 x 405 lbs
3 x 405 lbs

today

Bench Press
5 x 135 lbs
5 x 225 lbs
5 x 275 lbs
3 x 295 lbs
2 x 315 lbs
15 x 225 lbs

Rack Pulls
5 x 135 lbs
5 x 225 lbs
5 x 315 lbs
5 x 405 lbs
3 x 435 lbs
3 x 455 lbs
3 x 475 lbs
8 x 500 lbs REP PR!
15 x 405 lbs

then a bunch of ring dips
 

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Tuesday's lift was great....today not so much

Tuesday

Back Squat
warmups
3 x 225 lbs
3 x 245 lbs
3 x 265 lbs
3 x 285 lbs
3 x 305 lbs
3 x 325 lbs
2 x 345 lbs
2 x 365 lbs
1 x 385 lbs
1 x 405 lbs
0 x 415 lbs woulda been a new PR
3 long pause reps of 315 lbs

Romanian Deads
did about 4 sets with 135 lbs, did reps til I couldn't anymore

Rollouts
5 sets of 10

today was just push/pull

not even gonna post it because it was just a random assortment of movements...felt super exhausted and would get a bit lightheaded after each set of pendlay rows...need...sleep.....
 

"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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