At my 1st powerlifting competition, I was just a sophomore in HS and I maxed on the benchpress. The thing is I didn't do ANY shoulder work leading up to that event and I pulled my delt while benching 195 lbs. back then. I've made sure to train delts since then and haven't had that problem again.
"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.
Work out shoulders
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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.
So I finished the DAY 2 routine today, but I have few questions.
How high should the incline be when I do the incline press?
When I did the should press with dumbbells, I was sitting down. When I push up the dumbbell, my back will leave the chair, and my upper back/should area will still be intact to the chair, so I think my back had an arc. I try to adjust it so my whole back stick to the chair but found it hard to push the dumbbell up. Is this normal or I need to adjust it?
How high should the incline be when I do the incline press?
When I did the should press with dumbbells, I was sitting down. When I push up the dumbbell, my back will leave the chair, and my upper back/should area will still be intact to the chair, so I think my back had an arc. I try to adjust it so my whole back stick to the chair but found it hard to push the dumbbell up. Is this normal or I need to adjust it?
After doing squats and calf raise, the place where my body touches the bar and the machine hurts really bad. For squats, I can't put too much weight because the bar puts so much pressure on the place in contact. And for calf raise, my shoulder area will hurt after doing them since it is pressing down while I am doing it.
Is this normal? due to weak lower body? I can see a thin red line around my upper back/shoulder area, my friend said it might be muscle tear? Any suggestion on how to correct these?
Is this normal? due to weak lower body? I can see a thin red line around my upper back/shoulder area, my friend said it might be muscle tear? Any suggestion on how to correct these?
I-tallionStallion
Master Don Juan
Forearm exercises are not needed IMO...the deadlifts will surely take care of that.
for squats, they make a pad that you can put on the bar, feel free to use it.
For the calves, do them on the leg press, I've had much better results on that.
As for the red line, if it gets worse, and doesn't heal. See a doctor.
for squats, they make a pad that you can put on the bar, feel free to use it.
For the calves, do them on the leg press, I've had much better results on that.
As for the red line, if it gets worse, and doesn't heal. See a doctor.
"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.
I-tallionStallion
Master Don Juan
they are called calve raises, you just push up with your toes really hard and hold it for ten seconds for 2x10. Do it with heavy weight. Trust me, it works.
When I did calf raises it was using the smith machine and some aerobic steps. Stood on the edge of the step and unracked the bar like in a squat. Held the bottom of the negative for 10 seconds - that was a killer.