"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.

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Working out and Music

Celadus

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Lifting to music pumps me up and I'm stronger than when I don't have it. I've heard that listening to loud music(headphones) while working out might damage your ears?

Anyone know anything about it?
 

"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.

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NRM

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Listening to really loud music does damage your ears. Back in high school the teacher played certain frequencies on some "frequency playing thing" and it got to the point where some frequencies were heard by only 2 or 3 students. The older we get, the more frequencies we lose in our hearing. When we are just born, that is when our hearing is the strongest, loud music and loud noises kill the things that pick them up.

I forget what the physical part in your ear is called. But the point is, loud music hurt your ears, period. Most people won't stop listening to loud music, because it isn't going to kill you. And working out does NOT make a difference, unless you are wearing some sort of headphones that lock onto your ears and they get stuck to your squat bar somehow and you drop the bar to the floor, pulling your ears from your head and leaving them on the floor.

Other than that, loud music doesn't do any worse when you're working out than when you aren't. But very loud music IS bad.
 

Rith

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Yeah, I heard about a study done that said that people listening to high-tempo music ran longer than people who liostened to nothing. I say if it makes your workout better, either by making it more enjoyable so you have more motivation to do it or if you work out harder than when you have nothing, then do it. Just not loud, it should be comfortable to hear.
 

true|hockey

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I would say that the music itself over the volume effects my workout more.

Just not loud, it should be comfortable to hear.
 

"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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DJBen

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I have mine my home gym down in the shed with a stereo. I workout right before college, shower, then go leave the house - while I'm blasting music out, the neighbors are just leaving so I'm lucky.

Headphones however loud you want, as long as you wont lose yourself in the music and come close to dropping a 195lbs barbell on your face when close-grip benching [guy at my old gym almost did that, fool :rolleyes:]
 
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