"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.

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I hope I got the muscle right, the one that brings your stomach in, towards your spine. I was wondering if strengthening this particular part of your abs will cause your stomach to be "flatter" from a profile view. Even when I'm leaner, my lower part of my stomach seems to "round" out, as if I just ate a good sized meal. I really hate that...
 

"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.

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odds are nobody else notices, unless it's your posture.
 

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When I wear normal fitting shirts, its noticeable. Anyways, I just want to get it as flat as possible, so when I finally start building up the abs, and losing fat, it looks flatter from the side.
 

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This might be what I was looking for.

WUZZZAAAA
 

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I'm always suspicious of isometrics, but it couldn't hurt. Let us know how it goes.
 

"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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If you're squatting properly, your TVA should be bulletproof, and there'd be no need to do that crazy woman's exercise.

Lordosis can create the appearance of a bulging stomach - do you have a sway back?
 

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Define "sway back"
 

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manuva said:
If you're squatting properly, your TVA should be bulletproof, and there'd be no need to do that crazy woman's exercise.
I AGREE. :D

You may want to also train your posterior core more (hypers, glute ham raises, stiff leg deads, good mornings, pullthroughs etc). Also don't do reps for ab work, do lower reps with a plate or dumbbell on your chest. 2 x 10 is good.

As manuva says, you'll be hard pressed to find a good squatter who wasn't got a cast iron backside..
 

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Skilla_Staz said:
Define "sway back"
Fifteen seconds on google:

http://health.allrefer.com/health/lordosis-lordosis.html

Note the distended stomach on the second image.


I had a slight sway-back until an osteopath pointed out how tight my hip flexors were, which was tilting my pelvis forward and putting a curve in my spine. A couple of weeks of stretching allowed my pelvis to tilt back to a more natural position and rectified the problem.
 

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Hm. I don't think I've got that, but hell if I know.

What stretches?
 

"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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