"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.
What Could Lead to Muscle Loss More? Jogging or Running on an Elliptical
- Thread starter Frank2500
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"She Wants a Man, Not a Boy"
You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.
Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.
Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.
Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.
Frank2500 said:I'm going to have to do the dreaded cardio pretty soon, so I need help deciding on which choice between the two might have the most minimal effects in terms of muscle loss.
elliptical
Wow, that's interesting. And I always thought jogging on the street (pavements, to be specific) would cause you to lose more muscle than the elliptical, since jogging is known to make people skinny and lean. Either way, I think I'll stick with the "fat burn" option on the elliptical because the weights are right nearby, so I can immediately lift after that...whereas I don't have that option in my neighborhood.
Warboss Alex
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If you are losing muscle while trying to lose fat you simply don't know how to diet. You should be gaining strength throughout your dieting, if not lean mass also (depending on how aggressive your diet is).
spesmilitis
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"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.
Maxtro
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So anyways I do the elliptical for about 25 min three times a week.
Teflon_Mcgee
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Eat right and lift right and don't sweat losing mass from cardio.
I ask these questions out of genuine curiosity, TeflonMcGee. Not trying to be silly here at all. As far as cardio goes, whether you're doing the elliptical or running on the street, aren't you bound to sweat and at least lose some muscle mass either way? It's hard in my opinion to avoid ending up sweating when you do cardio in general.
Maxtro
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are you being intentionally obtuse? he meant stop worrying, not stop (literally) sweating.Frank2500 said:Iaren't you bound to sweat and at least lose some muscle mass either way?
moderate quantities of cardio do not eat muscle, and sweating certainly doesn't either.
"I just moved here from Florida."
That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?
She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."
She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.
I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.
Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.