"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"

She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.

Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.

The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.

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What shoes do you fellow runners/walkers use ?

"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.

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EyeOnThePrize

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I’m scouting for some good value running/fast pace walking shoes for wider feet. I been ritually running and power walking for the last month. My feet are a little achy with some tendinitis or pinched nerve on middle top of the right foot. I blame my sh1tty shoes.

Last resort would be to go to a running store and get some tailored for my feet.

so far I been looking at the Nike Pegasus and Brooks Ghost running shoes since they are praised on some running communities.
Some great picks in this thread already. I have some Brooks for off road runs and mizuno wave riders for street runs. I'll do shorter runs in vibrams since it's so much more taxing on all parts of the foot, but I believe that ideally I should be running in them all the time so I'm working up to it.

With the vibrams you start to feel like a monkey as you learn to really grip the earth with your feet. It's a game changer for wide feet and foot development in general.
 

Machine10033

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Idk I think this is a genetic thing. I go on lots of walks and hikes and there's always people who complain about their feet hurting despite them wearing nice shoes
I have completely flat feet… average around 20-30k steps a day in the summer. It’s a recipe for disaster if you have flat feet… your right genetics do play a big part in it. If you have a healthy arch your probably much less likely to suffer.
 

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ASICS have been good to me. Good price point for the quality and lots of support.
 

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Hoka for exercise and long walks (black)
Memphisto for dressier affairs (black or brown)
 

"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"

You paid for dinner. You drove. You said "whatever you want is fine" every single time. All the effort, no expectations.

And she left anyway — probably for a guy who makes her pick up the pizza.

Painful. Also predictable. Her mind quietly concludes that anything requiring zero effort from her is worth exactly zero. You became a free sample, and free samples get taken for granted.

The 22 Rules flip the dynamic. Small shifts that get her investing effort, money, and time in you — until SHE'S the one afraid of losing YOU.

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