"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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Your max bench press.

Whats your max bench press


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PhatE1vis

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Is there a way to estimate a 1 rep max from a set? I don't have anyone to spot me so I never max out, but I can do 235 x 8.
 

"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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Quagmire911

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PhatE1vis said:
Is there a way to estimate a 1 rep max from a set? I don't have anyone to spot me so I never max out, but I can do 235 x 8.
I'd reckon 290-310, depends on your fibre makeup.
 

playa99

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playa99 said:
lol i dont i can only deadlift 150lbs 1RM lol but my bench 1RM is 205lbs and my squat 1RM is 264lbs,so yeah need to work on deadlift a lot ;)
lol i as being a little ***** doing deadlifts when i said it was 150lbs 1RM for my deadlift tested today and was 220lbs:)
 

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DoctorLW said:
Let me clarify. I did a "full" squat but I did not subscribe to the "ass to the grass" philosophy which is what many people seem to consider the only true type or "full" squat. I believe squatting to parralel is fine.

Don't tell me that I didn't grow. I did. I'm a very experienced lifter and probably know all sorts of things you have no idea exist. My quads (and rest of my legs except calves) grew so fast that I literally had to stop doing legs for 3 months because I didn't want permanent stretch marks on my legs. The stretch marks were so bad I looked like a bengal tiger down there.

Yes, I could squat 600 pounds.

Finally, if I was such an idiot about it how come every single day I had personal trainers coming up to me to tell me how impressed they were with what I was lifting? Granted, not all personal trainers know what they are doing but most have a good grasp on personal fitness and I doubt they would compliment someone who is clearly doing something incorrectly or dangerously.

The point I was making in my original post was this: there is no "RIGHT" way to do things. There is the way that works for you, and that is all that matters.
Neither of them have big legs and/or squat that much weight, so don't worry too much about it. BTW 272 kgs? No offense but I'm very skeptical of that number. That's probably more than Jay Cutler can squat. So you must have competed in powerlifting comps?

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"She Laughed All Night. Then She Ghosted You. Here's Why."

Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.

Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?

You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.

Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.

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