"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.
TheStig's Workout Log
- Thread starter TheStig
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"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.
Bench Press
warmups
3 x 235 lbs
3 x 265 lbs
5 x 300 lbs (rep PR)
5 x 225 lbs close grip pause
Pullups/Incline Bench
5 pullups, done explosively as possible
3 x 225 on incline bench
for 10 sets
Dips
5 bw
5 x 100 lbs
4 x 125 lbs
3 x 140 lbs
1 x 155 lbs
1 x 170 lbs (PR)
10 bw
I was so pumped I cranked out some more pullups afterwards too
Purefilth
Master Don Juan
Front Squat
warmups
3 x 260 lbs
3 x 295 lbs
1 x 330 lbs (should've been 3)
Back Squat
3 x 330 lbs
1 x 350 lbs (lol lost it a bit and it turned into a pause squat....got it though)
So that gave me the idea to just do ATG (and boy do I mean ATG) pause squats for the rest of the time. I don't feel I give squats enough volume..that has to change.
Didn't keep track but for the next 50 minutes I did triples, doubles, and singles of those at various weights (225, 255, 265, 275). Turned out to be a ton of reps, and I must say, this is the first time in a loooong time that I've been immediately sore right after a lift (although I know that isn't necessarily an indicator of effectiveness). I was also more drenched in sweat than I've been in a long time. Score
“The 22 Psychological Triggers That Make Women Chase You… Starting Tonight”
Forget the cash, the cars, and the chiseled jawlines. Female desire operates on a completely different frequency. Primal. Subconscious. Triggers that bypass her logic and hit her on a gut level. Most guys are totally blind to them.
I know because I was one of them. The overthinking. The paralysis. The silent drive home kicking yourself for freezing up. Watching average guys walk away with the girl while you stood there stuck in your own head.
Then I decoded the psychology behind what actually makes women tick. 22 hard rules. Subtle behavioral shifts that rewired my entire reality. The anxiety evaporated. Women started leaning in. Investing. Chasing.
Create Reality
Master Don Juan
I'm curious as to why you say this.Create Reality said:in my honest opinion, unless you really ARE a bodybuilder, focusing solely on lifting is a dead end in personal fitness
OHP
warmups
3 x 140 lbs strict
3 x 160 lbs first 2 were strict
4 x 180 lbs push (rep PR)
3 x 135 lbs strict
Pullups
5 bw
5 x 65 lbs
5 x 75 lbs
3 x 85 lbs
3 x 95 lbs
3 x 105 lbs
4 sets of 10 bw
Incline Bench
3 x 230 lbs
3 x 230 lbs
1 x 235 lbs
1 x 240 lbs
1 x 245 lbs
1 x 250 lbs
1 x 255 lbs
1 x 260 lbs
1 x 225 lbs
Mini Circuit
jump rope
20 singles+30 doubles
10 rollouts
5 box jumps on 36 inch box
x4
then 10 more box jumps
worked up a nice good sweat
Purefilth
Master Don Juan
I'm also curious.TheStig said:Thanks for the compliments
I'm curious as to why you say this.
I'm not a bodybuilder, but also fitness doesn't interest me.
Getting big and fvcking strong does.
If I wanted to get fit I would go and ride a bike or some ****.
"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.
Pause Squats (oly style)
3 x 225 lbs
3 x 225 lbs
3 x 245 lbs
3 x 265 lbs
3 x 285 lbs
3 x 295 lbs
3 x 315 lbs
1 x 325 lbs
1 x 335 lbs
1 x 325 lbs
3 x 315 lbs
3 x 295 lbs
3 x 285 lbs
3 x 265 lbs
3 x 245 lbs
3 x 225 lbs
3 x 225 lbs
Coming back down the ladder was harder than going up the first time. These really make me feel great. Flexible and powerful.
5/3/1 - Bench Press Day (cycle 7, wave 3, day 1)
Bench Press
warmups
5 x 250 lbs
3 x 285 lbs
1.5 x 315 lbs
5 x 225 lbs close grip long pause
Pullups
5bw
5 x 70 lbs
5 x 70 lbs
4 x 85 lbs
3 x 100 lbs
3 sets of 10 bw and another set of 5
Dips
5 bw
5 x 100 lbs
5 x 100 lbs
5 x 100 lbs
2 sets of 10 bw
Incline Bench
warmups
5 x 205 lbs
5 x 225 lbs
3 x 225 lbs
3 x 225 lbs
3 x 225 lbs
2 x 225 lbs
A little shorter but it was good
5/3/1 - Squat Day (cycle 7, wave 3, day 2)
Back Squat
warmups
5 x 285 lbs
3 x 320 lbs
1 x 360 lbs
extra work
1 x 370 lbs
1 x 385 lbs (PR for my reworked ATG form)
10 sets of 3 ATG pause squats with 315 lbs, was pretty intense
Rack Pulls (just a few explosive reps to get the blood flowing)
3 x 225 lbs
3 x 315 lbs
3 x 365 lbs
even though high bar squats are easy on the back, front squats are even easier, and my back was pretty tight at this point from not being used to a ton of back squatting
Pullups
5 sets of 5, dead hang, 20 sec rest between sets
Dips
5 bw
3 sets of 5 with 100 lbs
5 bw
Woooo
OHP
warmup
5 x 155 lbs strict
3 x 175 lbs push
2 x 195 lbs push (rep PR)
3 x 135 lbs strict
Incline Bench/Pullups
3 x 225 lbs incline
5 dead hang pullups
10 sets
3 x 235 lbs
1 x 245 lbs
1 x 265 lbs
5/3/1 - Deadlift Day (cycle 7, wave 3, day 4)
Trap Bar Deadlift
warmups
5 x 345 lbs
3 x 385 lbs
4 x 435 lbs (rep PR)
1 x 455 lbs
Dips/Pause Squats
3 pause squats at 225 lbs
3 dips with an 80 lb dumbbell
5 sets
nothing crazy
"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.
Bench Press
5 x 225 lbs
5 x 255 lbs
8-9 x 285 lbs (huuuuuuuge hit of tork, kinda went blank, big rep PR)
2 x 315 lbs (rep PR)
5 x 225 lbs close grip pause
Pullups
5 bw
5 x 65 lbs
5 x 80 lbs
4 x 100 lbs
4 sets of 10 bw
Incline Bench
5 x 225 lbs
1 x 245 lbs
1 x 265 lbs
missed 275 fvck
3 x 225 lbs
OHP
4 sets of 10 strict, 100 lbs
5/3/1 - Squat Day (cycle 8, wave 1, day 2)
Pause Squats (alllll paused today)
warmups
5 x 255 lbs
5 x 290 lbs
5 x 330 lbs
1 x 350 lbs
1 x 370 lbs
5 doubles of 315 lbs
2 singles of 335 lbs
2 singles of 345 lbs
1 x 350 lbs to finish
Pullups
5 bw
5 x 60 lbs
5 bw
5 x 60 lbs
3 bw
3 x 80 lbs
3 bw
3 x 80 lbs
3 bw
3 x 100 lbs
2 sets of 10 bw
Dips
5 bw
5 x 100 lbs
5 x 100 lbs
5 bw
5 x 100 lbs
5 x 100 lbs
5 bw
Ab Rollouts
3 sets of 10
Bench Press
warmups
3 x 235 lbs
3 x 270 lbs
5 x 305 lbs (rep PR)
3 x 235 lbs paused close grip
3 x 250 lbs paused close grip
Pullups
5 bw to warmup
3 x 70 lbs
3 x 80 lbs
3 x 90 lbs
3 x 100 lbs
3 x 110 lbs
5 bw dead hand to stretch out
Incline Bench
warmups
3 x 225 lbs
3 x 225 lbs
3 x 230 lbs
3 x 240 lbs
3 x 250 lbs
Dumbbell Row
5 x 110 lbs
5 x 120 lbs
5 x 130 lbs
"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.