"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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Where do you work out?

Fuglydude

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Just would like to get an idea of where most of the guys in here train, and what physical activity/sports they're involved with in addition to working out...

for me:

- work out at a few gyms (a couple of commercial gyms and the University gym). I'm a part-time personal trainer and also have a gym membership to another gym and also go to school fulltime...so I have the luxury of having access to many different facilities.
- Do stairs once in a while at the park.
- Train in the "dungeon" at the university (has mostly powerlifting and olympic lifting gear).

How about you?
 

"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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Triple T

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My local Gym.

Anybody know of those "ghetto builders"?
They are those guys who can't afford a gym membership but instead just traing at parks and these guys are BUILT!

I remember seeing it somewhere.
 

BMX

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Weightroom I set up in my basement. Soon I'll be working out at the college gym. Also proud to say that in a few days I'll be putting the finishing touches on an MMA facility.

I road cycle most streets in my town.
Sometimes I'll do Rosstraining's never gymless workouts inside or in the yard.
 

Maxtro

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My Jr. College gym. Place is kind of small but it works. The price is great. It's regularly $20 which is the cost of one unit and it's good for the semester which is about 4 months. But since I get financial aid it's free!

I'm going to sign up for summer school and my only class will be the weight room :p
 

"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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Flyer

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Where?
Commercial Gym mostly. (Fitness First)
Occasionally, I run in the suburbs and use the playground equipment at the park.

Sport?
Nothing real these days. Weightlifting is a sport I guess.
 

mikeyb

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On the road/on a track, free weights at home, pool at gym.


Sport
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Triathlon
 

wolf116

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At an underground powerlifting dungeon (lol) and in my garage.
 

"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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