"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"
Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."
You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.
She's been waiting forty minutes.
Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.
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"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.
5 x 135 lbs
5 x 225 lbs
5 x 255 lbs
5 x 275 lbs
4 x 295 lbs
2 x 315 lbs
12 x 225 lbs
Pullups
10 bodyweight
5 bodyweight
5 x 60 lbs
5 x 70 lbs
5 x 80 lbs
10 bodyweight
Rings
6 sets of 10 dips
3 sets of 5 inverted hangs
Rack Pulls
3 x 135 lbs
3 x 225 lbs
3 x 315 lbs
3 x 405 lbs
5 x 405 lbs
5 x 435 lbs
5 x 455 lbs
1 x 475 lbs
1 x 500 lbs
then 6 strict ohp reps of 135 lbs for kicks
5 x 135 lbs
5 x 225 lbs
5 x 255 lbs
5 x 285 lbs
5 x 315 lbs
3 x 335 lbs
1 x 355 lbs failed the 2nd because I got out of my groove, got overzealous, so I sat in the bottom as long as I could before laying the bar to rest on the safety bars
1 x 315 lbs 5 sec pause
1 x 225 lbs what felt like a 20 sec pause
4 sets of ring dips were peppered throughout
Conventional Deadlift
3 x 135 lbs
3 x 225 lbs
3 x 315 lbs
3 x 405 lbs
ended with ring dips til exhaustion
warmups
8 x 135 lbs
5 x 145 lbs
3 x 155 lbs
5 x 145 lbs
8 x 135 lbs
Ring Dips
bout 6 sets of 10
Trap Bar Deadlift
3 x 135 lbs
3 x 225 lbs
3 x 315 lbs
3 x 405 lbs
3 x 435 lbs
1 x 455 lbs
Rack Pulls
3 x 225 lbs
3 x 315 lbs
3 x 405 lbs
3 x 455 lbs
Pullups
3 sets of 10
Inverted Hangs/Rollouts on the rings
3 sets of 5 each
"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"
Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."
You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.
She's been waiting forty minutes.
Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.
Deep Pause Squats bout 3-5 sec pause
10 x bar
10 x 135 lbs
8 x 185 lbs
6 x 225 lbs
4 x 255 lbs
2 x 275 lbs
1 x 315 lbs
was gonna go for 325 lbs but my legs were trembling and I didn't feel like failing a rep
3 x 225 lbs with 10 sec pause each rep
Deficit Deadlifts don't know how tall the box was, but the tops of my feet were touching the bottom of the bar, did em like a clean kind of
5 x 135 lbs
5 x 225 lbs
3 x 315 lbs
3 x 335 lbs
3 x 315 lbs
1 x 335 lbs
3 x 315 lbs
5 x 315 lbs
Inverted Hangs on the rings pretty much just lever myself into an inverted hang keeping my body as straight as possible
8
6
5
3
1
OHP
strict
10 x bar
10 x 95 lbs
5 x 135 lbs
5 x 135 lbs
5 x 135 lbs
push
5 x 135 lbs
T Bar Row
25 x 1 plate
15 x 2 plates
10 x 3 plates
5 x 4 plates
5 x 5 plates
Incline Bench Press
10 x 135 lbs
5 x 185 lbs
3 x 225 lbs
3 x 225 lbs
Ring pullups/dips
alternating 5 sets of 5 each
Here's yesterday's
Bench Press
10 x 135 lbs
10 x 225 lbs
8 x 255 lbs
6 x 275 lbs
T Bar Row
10 x 1 plate
10 x 2 plates
8 x 3 plates
6 x 4 plates
5 x 5 plates
Incline Bench
10 x 135 lbs
5 x 185 lbs
6 x 225 lbs
Pendlay Rows
10 x 135 lbs
8 x 185 lbs
8 x 185 lbs
8 x 185 lbs
Ring Dips
3 sets of 10
ended with 10 inverted hangs
"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.
Back Squat very explosive
3 x 135 lbs
3 x 155 lbs
3 x 175 lbs
3 x 195 lbs
3 x 215 lbs
3 x 235 lbs
3 x 255 lbs
3 x 275 lbs
3 x 295 lbs
1 x 315 lbs
1 x 335 lbs
1 x 355 lbs
1 x 365 lbs decided to stop here because I felt if I'd have gone to 385 I would have had to grind it out...didn't want that
3 x 315 lbs
3 x 225 lbs long pause
5 x 135 lbs super super close stance
Deficit Pulls
3 x 135 lbs
3 x 185 lbs
3 x 225 lbs
3 x 275 lbs
3 x 315 lbs
wasn't too bad. every rep had a nice pop to it, got the bar flexing on squats
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Jesus Christ, keep up the good work!
I've decided I will only update when anything noteworthy goes down. Since I'm here anyway, here's today's workout:
Back Squat (getting deeper every session...I think my injured knee from a few years ago is slowly gaining more flexibility...knee can bend to about a 45 degree angle now, whereas my good knee can go calf to hamstring)
3 x 135 lbs
3 x 155 lbs
3 x 175 lbs
3 x 195 lbs
3 x 215 lbs
3 x 235 lbs
3 x 255 lbs
3 x 275 lbs
3 x 295 lbs
3 x 315 lbs
1 x 335 lbs
1 x 355 lbs
0 x 375 lbs I descended way too fast
1 x 315 lbs 5 sec pause at the bottom
2 x 315 lbs
Then 4x8, 2x5 ring dips and ab rollouts
The squats were really popping, could get bar flex at only 235 lbs
Back Squat
5 x 135 lbs
5 x 225 lbs
3 x 260 lbs
3 x 280 lbs
5 x 315 lbs
5 x 315 lbs
5 x 315 lbs
5 x 315 lbs
3 x 225 lbs super long pauses at the bottom, really sat with it
Trap Bar Deadlift
5 x 135 lbs
5 x 225 lbs
3 x 315 lbs
5 x 405 lbs
5 x 405 lbs
5 x 405 lbs
5 x 405 lbs
Incline Bench Press
5 x 135 lbs
5 x 185 lbs
5 x 225 lbs
5 x 225 lbs
5 x 225 lbs
Pullups
5 bodyweight
5 x 50 lbs
5 x 50 lbs
5 x 50 lbs
5 bodyweight
Ab Rollouts/Jump Rope
10 rollouts
50 normal jumps + 50 double unders
x4
ended with a few more sets of dead hang pullups
Also rack pulled 30 reps of 405 lbs in about 3 minutes, did a set of 15, 8, 7 in quick succession backing off a peak 495x3
"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.
High Bar Back Squat
5 x 185 lbs
5 x 245 lbs
5 x 275 lbs
5 x 295 lbs
5 x 315 lbs
then 5 sets of 3 with 315, working on explosiveness
Conventional Deadlift
5 x 135 lbs
5 x 225 lbs
5 x 315 lbs
worked on speed
3 x 365 lbs
3 x 365 lbs
6 x 365 lbs
Bench Press/Pullups
10 x 225 lbs bench
10 pullups
8 x 225 lbs
8 pullups
6 x 225 lbs
6 pullups
4 x 225 lbs
4 pullups
2 paused reps x 225 lbs
2 pullups
Then 3 sets of 10 ab wheel rollouts
6'2"
235-240 lbs just depends on the day
if I don't eat much and drink a lot of water and piss a lot I can get down to about 228 but that's always unintentional
took a squat form video yesterday, maybe I'll post it when I find the time
"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.