"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.
TheStig's Workout Log
- Thread starter TheStig
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"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.
Strength Day
Front Squat
5 x 135 lbs
5 x 185 lbs
5 x 225 lbs
3 x 255 lbs
3 x 275 lbs
3 x 295 lbs (rep PR)
1 x 315 lbs
Box Squats(back squats)
5 x 315 lbs
3 x 335 lbs
3 x 355 lbs
1 x 375 lbs
1 x 395 lbs
0 x 415 lbs
Pullups/Dips/Pause Rollouts
3 sets of 10 each
Aaaaaaaaand done.
Circuit Day
Round 1:
-10 front squats (135 lbs)
-10 dips
-10 pullups
-10 rollouts
Round 2:
same as 1 except 165 lbs on the front squat
Round 3:
same, 185 lbs squat
Round 4:
back to 165 lbs
Round 5:
same as all other rounds but with 135 lbs on the front squat
Thoroughly exhausted. Total time = 23 minutes
"She Made Her Decision Before You Finished Your Sentence"
Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.
She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.
Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.
So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.
The words come later. The impression comes first.
Purefilth
Master Don Juan
Plus them frontsquats be tearing up dem abs too
Hypertrophy Day
Incline Bench Press
12 x 135 lbs
10 x 185 lbs
5 x 205 lbs
3 x 225 lbs (might be a rep PR..can't remember)
T-Bar Row
12 x 3 45 lb plates
10 x 4 plates
5 x 4 plates and a 25 pounder
4 x 4 45s and 1 35 (rep and weight PR)
Bench Press
8 x 225 lbs
8 x 225 lbs
6 x 225 lbs
4 x 225 lbs
Dumbbell Row
10 x 100 lbs
10 x 120 lbs
10 x 120 lbs
Toes To Bar/Pullup Supersets
8 8
8 8
Pause Rollouts(crazy burn today)
10, 10
Yeeeeeahhhh
Pretty grueling today, didn't take long either which was nice
Strength Day
Bench Press
10 x 135 lbs
5 x 245 lbs
3 x 265 lbs
1 x 285 lbs
1 x 305 lbs
0 x 320 lbs ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
10 x 225 lbs
5 x 225 lbs
Front Squats
5 x bar
5 x 135 lbs
5 x 205 lbs
5 x 225 lbs
3 x 255 lbs
2 x 275 lbs
1 x 295 lbs
1 x 315 lbs
1 x 295 lbs
2 x 275 lbs
3 x 255 lbs
5 x 225 lbs
Pullups/Dips/Toes To Bar
10, 10, 10
5, 5, 5
5, 5, 5
And that's it. Wow, after looking at this I didn't realize how little volume this is, but man was it intense.
Purefilth
Master Don Juan
"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.
Strength Day
Bradford Press (I like how this feels, so I keep it light)
5 sets of 5, 95 lbs
Then to the main event, Conventional Deadlift
5 x 135 lbs
5 x 225 lbs
3 x 335 lbs
1 x 355 lbs
1 x 375 lbs
1 x 395 lbs
1 x 405 lbs
1 x 425 lbs (PR)
1 x 440 lbs (big PR here!)
1 x 405 lbs
1 x 405 lbs
1 x 405 lbs
Deficit Pulls
1 x 365 lbs
1 x 365 lbs
1 x 365 lbs
1 x 385 lbs (PR)
1 x 385 lbs (PR)
Dips(95 lb dumbbell on the chain)
6, 6, 5, 5, 4
Toes To Bar
10, 10
Pullups
10, 10
And I did two window wipers before I left, a friend was trying to do em so I tried too lol.
But man I don't know what happened...405 on the conventional deads always felt like I had to strain every muscle in my body to get it up, but today it was just...easy. And now my trap bar and conventional PRs are equal...that probably means I'm in for a treat next time I use the trap bar.
I guess I'll attribute it to simply making ALLLLL KINDZZZ OF GAINZZZZ allllllll kindz
Anyway, less than 24 hours later and I'm back at it, decided to go for some trap bar deads today because yesterday just left me hungry for more, WHO SAYS YOU CAN'T LIFT HEAVY AS FVCK TWO DAYS IN A ROW! haha
Strength Day
Trap Bar Deadlifts
5 x 135 lbs
5 x 225 lbs
3 x 345 lbs
1 x 375 lbs
1 x 395 lbs
1 x 415 lbs
1 x 435 lbs
1 x 455 lbs (PR)
1 x 435 lbs
1 x 405 lbs
Then Pullups/Dips/Pause Rollouts
6-7 (lost track) sets of 10, basically until I was alllllllll burned out
Most productive hour of the day so far
Circuit Day
Round 1
-10 front squats (135 lbs)
-10 pullups
-10 dips
-10 pause rollouts
Round 2
-10 front squats (165 lbs)
same other 3 exercises
Round 3
same as previous, but 10 reps of 185 lbs on the front squat
Round 4
same but with 205 lbs on front squat
Round 5
same but with 225 lbs on the front squat, and I did it in chunks, not 10 straight....did 4 reps then rested 10 seconds, did 3 more reps then rested 10-15 seconds, then banged out 4 more, for a total of 11
The reason I went heavier is because I had a tad more time to kill between rounds and exercises, because I was putting a friend of mine through it too. I wanted to watch him squat to make sure he was doing it right, and would wait for him to catch up. He quit after round 3, said he wanted to puke lol
Probably took 30-35 minutes
"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.
Purefilth
Master Don Juan
Circuit Day
Each round:
-10 front squats (135 lbs)
-10 pullups
-10 dips
-10 rollouts
5 rounds
took about 20 minutes
Then for fun hit some curls and shrugs, getting super bro with it
Barbell Shrugs
8 x 225 lbs
5 x 275 lbs
5 x 295 lbs
5 x 315 lbs
5 x 315 lbs
5 x 315 lbs
The curls aren't worth recording just did some dropsets and hammer curls
Hypertrophy Day
Incline Bench Press
12 x 135 lbs
10 x 185 lbs
8 x 205 lbs (rep PR)
4 x 225 lbs (I think it's a current rep PR)
1 x 245 lbs (tied 1rm)
T-Bar Rows
10 x 4 45 lb plates
5 x 4 45s and a 25
5 x 5 45 lb plates (PR)
Bench Press(pretty burned out after incline first)
5 x 245 lbs
4 x 265 lbs
3 x 275 lbs
1 x 295 lbs
0.5 x 315 lbs (probably shouldn't have gone for it, got a bit ahead of myself)
9 x 225 lbs
Dumbbell Row
10 x 100 lbs
6 x 140 lbs
6 x 140 lbs
5 x 140 lbs
5 x 140 lbs
Toes To Bar/Pullup Supersets
8 8, 8 8, 8 8
Pause Rollouts
10, 10, 10
Rack Pulls(definitely felt hard after hitting huge weights on the deadlift last week...burning out my core and lats today didn't help either)
5 x 225 lbs
5 x 315 lbs
5 x 365 lbs
5 x 405 lbs
5 x 315 lbs
5 x 225 lbs
And there it is
Strength Day
Conventional Deadlift
5 x 135 lbs
5 x 225 lbs
3 x 345 lbs
3 x 365 lbs
2 x 385 lbs
2 x 405 lbs
1 x 425 lbs
0 x 445 lbs (didn't necessarily fail, just decided to not continue the rep...got it an inch off the ground and didn't like how it felt so I dropped it)
Deficit Pulls
2 x 315 lbs
2 x 335 lbs
2 x 345 lbs
1 x 355 lbs
1 x 355 lbs
1 x 365 lbs
1 x 365 lbs
Dumbbell Row
10 x 100 lbs
10 x 115 lbs
5 x 130 lbs
5 x 140 lbs
Dips(90 lb dumbbell)
8, 5, 5, 5, 10 bodyweight
Toes To Bar
6, 6, 6, 6
2.5-3 hour span of eating and studying
Front Squat
pause reps, literally ass to heels, sitting there for a good 3-4 seconds
5 x bar
5 x 135 lbs
5 x 155 lbs
5 x 185 lbs
5 x 205 lbs
normal reps
3 x 225 lbs
3 x 255 lbs (felt way heavier than it should)
5 x 185 lbs
5 x 185 lbs
5 x 205 lbs
3 x 225 lbs
3 x 225 lbs
3 x 225 lbs
Pullups
20 lb chain around my neck
8, 8, 8, 8
bodyweight
5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5
The dips were cool cuz while I was doing em this pretty hot athletic chick (I'd rate between 7-8) came over and started doing pullups like literally right in front of me (we were on something similar to this: http://www.google.com/imgres?sa=X&e...BwwDQ&iact=rc&dur=972&page=1&start=0&ndsp=24), and puts one of her legs up on the middle bar (the one in the pic doesn't have one) cuz she probably couldn't do full ones, so basically spread eagle right in front of me as I'm doing dips haha, gotta say it was pretty interesting...
...and hot
I am tired as fvck now though
"I'm Not Looking for Anything Serious Right Now"
When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.
Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.
Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.
The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.