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On December 29 2010 00:52 blitzkrieger wrote:Show nested quote +On December 08 2010 19:32 BasilPesto wrote:On December 08 2010 06:12 blitzkrieger wrote:
Ok heres some real tips
-Strength training is the best way to lose weight and burn calories for men OR women AND it will make you strong if your a man and if your a woman you won't gain any muscle.
-Running for long distances is for hamsters or the severely obese. Google HIIT and burn calories all day with 15min of exercise.
-You can't train for cardio (endurance) and strength at the same time because its two types of muscle fibers that interfere. Just lift weights and maybe do some HIIT.
Stretching is BAD. Unless ur a hot chick there is no reason to get super flexible. It actually hurts strength and risks injury. There are a few dynamic stretches and things for people who don't have full mobility but that yoga garbage isn't good for you. Thing like your lower back are for stability not motion. This is especially true before strength training as you lose the elasticity so you can't lift as much weight and risk injury.
*most people need stretching because they sit all day, but once you get to a certain point its bad. Standing at your computer or doing hip mobility stretches a few times a day is important.
-Drink 1 gallon of water per day or more
Actually this is gonna be too hard and take too long. Stronglifts.com has all teh answers u need. I can't really explain everything in detail here or enough. Life trick: Ignore most of the quote above. I don't know how else women gain muscle (and strength) except through strength training/weight lifting. The info about stretching sounds like rabid ranting from a gym junkie. Women are generally afraid to lift any weights b/c they think they will get bulky and don't understand that weight and body fat are different things. Women can't get much muscle unless they train super hard and even then they wont get much since they dont have the testosterone to build it. Stretching is good for most people but a lot of people take it too far. I said that stretching too much actually hurts your strength which it does. It also increases risk of injury. Certain parts of you aren't meant to stretch.
You totally can train cardio and strength at the same time. As the name "cardio" suggests it's training for your cardiovascular system. What you refer to is strength endurance, which indeed makes variavle muscle fibres change to the endurance type instead of the strength type, but that's not cardio. Just better split it up on different days. 3 hours per week greatly reduce risk of cardiovascular disease, more than that doesn't help anymore.
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On December 08 2010 18:43 Frobert wrote:Show nested quote +On December 08 2010 06:12 blitzkrieger wrote:
Ok heres some real tips
-Strength training is the best way to lose weight and burn calories for men OR women AND it will make you strong if your a man and if your a woman you won't gain any muscle.
-Running for long distances is for hamsters or the severely obese. Google HIIT and burn calories all day with 15min of exercise.
-You can't train for cardio (endurance) and strength at the same time because its two types of muscle fibers that interfere. Just lift weights and maybe do some HIIT.
Stretching is BAD. Unless ur a hot chick there is no reason to get super flexible. It actually hurts strength and risks injury. There are a few dynamic stretches and things for people who don't have full mobility but that yoga garbage isn't good for you. Thing like your lower back are for stability not motion. This is especially true before strength training as you lose the elasticity so you can't lift as much weight and risk injury.
*most people need stretching because they sit all day, but once you get to a certain point its bad. Standing at your computer or doing hip mobility stretches a few times a day is important.
-Drink 1 gallon of water per day or more
Actually this is gonna be too hard and take too long. Stronglifts.com has all teh answers u need. I can't really explain everything in detail here or enough. Humans are made to run long and run far. Yes, we can sprint and do intense bursts of activities, but we really shine when it comes to long distance running. Humans are actually the best long distance runners on the planet, and its healthy for us to stay in shape for distance running. Unless you're a powerlifter, stretch. Being flexible allows you to actually use your strength for activities other than weights. Drinking a lot of water is good for you in some ways, but don't get too hung up on getting too much. You can be perfectly healthy and not obsessively drink water. What is the best gauge of how much water you need? Thirst. Trust your body to tell you what it needs.
Google persistence hunt.
There is a lot more to stretching than people consider and everyone pretty much thinks that all stretching is good. There are certain stretches that can cause problems and there are also other things to do for proper mobility such as soft tissue work. Stretching right before lifting in the wrong way can lead to injuries.
If you are thirsty you are already dehydrated. I'd judge by the color of my urine rather than how thirsty I am. Also drinking more water helps with digestion and getting rid of fat and tons of other stuff. Finding your amount and reaching that quota is important. Its not obsessive to drink the optimal amount of water.
I'd way rather be ripped and strong than be able to run farther.
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On December 29 2010 00:59 TzTz wrote:Show nested quote +On December 29 2010 00:52 blitzkrieger wrote:On December 08 2010 19:32 BasilPesto wrote:On December 08 2010 06:12 blitzkrieger wrote:
Ok heres some real tips
-Strength training is the best way to lose weight and burn calories for men OR women AND it will make you strong if your a man and if your a woman you won't gain any muscle.
-Running for long distances is for hamsters or the severely obese. Google HIIT and burn calories all day with 15min of exercise.
-You can't train for cardio (endurance) and strength at the same time because its two types of muscle fibers that interfere. Just lift weights and maybe do some HIIT.
Stretching is BAD. Unless ur a hot chick there is no reason to get super flexible. It actually hurts strength and risks injury. There are a few dynamic stretches and things for people who don't have full mobility but that yoga garbage isn't good for you. Thing like your lower back are for stability not motion. This is especially true before strength training as you lose the elasticity so you can't lift as much weight and risk injury.
*most people need stretching because they sit all day, but once you get to a certain point its bad. Standing at your computer or doing hip mobility stretches a few times a day is important.
-Drink 1 gallon of water per day or more
Actually this is gonna be too hard and take too long. Stronglifts.com has all teh answers u need. I can't really explain everything in detail here or enough. Life trick: Ignore most of the quote above. I don't know how else women gain muscle (and strength) except through strength training/weight lifting. The info about stretching sounds like rabid ranting from a gym junkie. Women are generally afraid to lift any weights b/c they think they will get bulky and don't understand that weight and body fat are different things. Women can't get much muscle unless they train super hard and even then they wont get much since they dont have the testosterone to build it. Stretching is good for most people but a lot of people take it too far. I said that stretching too much actually hurts your strength which it does. It also increases risk of injury. Certain parts of you aren't meant to stretch. You totally can train cardio and strength at the same time. As the name "cardio" suggests it's training for your cardiovascular system. What you refer to is strength endurance, which indeed makes variavle muscle fibres change to the endurance type instead of the strength type, but that's not cardio. Just better split it up on different days. 3 hours per week greatly reduce risk of cardiovascular disease, more than that doesn't help anymore.
Im too lazy to find anything and I just woke up so my brain isnt working but
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1608/is_7_20/ai_n6160508/
Steady state long distnace cardio interferes with strength. Two types of muscle fibers, cant train em both. Its been documented in several studies but I can't be asked to find it. Better off just strength training with some HIIT and in the case of obesity steady state cardio helps until you are fit enough to HIIT. More muscle = more calories burnt at rest.
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Ok, here's one for Mcdonalds (My bum of a brother taught me this)
McDonalds' drive-through has a place where you order, a pay window, and then a pickup window. At the order place order a large cup of water. Then proceed to the Pay window. They will tell you, "oh, just drive through to the next window then" or something like that. Then when you arrive at the pickup window just accept the bag of food and drive off. (The person who is in line behind you's food).
This works because Mcdonalds doesn't have order no. or paperwork for a cup of water, so you'll almost always get the person behind you's food.
Note: works only if there is a separate pay and pickup window. Also I tried this once in a town that didn't let you order a cup of water at the drive-through and only let you order bottled water (thus it didn't work.)
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make sure all of the ingredients are there before you try to make anything, even two ingredient things like toast and cereal, It sucks to have toasted bread and no butter, or dry cereal, or everything ready except the silverware.. etc.
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On December 29 2010 00:59 TzTz wrote:Show nested quote +On December 29 2010 00:52 blitzkrieger wrote:On December 08 2010 19:32 BasilPesto wrote:On December 08 2010 06:12 blitzkrieger wrote:
Ok heres some real tips
-Strength training is the best way to lose weight and burn calories for men OR women AND it will make you strong if your a man and if your a woman you won't gain any muscle.
-Running for long distances is for hamsters or the severely obese. Google HIIT and burn calories all day with 15min of exercise.
-You can't train for cardio (endurance) and strength at the same time because its two types of muscle fibers that interfere. Just lift weights and maybe do some HIIT.
Stretching is BAD. Unless ur a hot chick there is no reason to get super flexible. It actually hurts strength and risks injury. There are a few dynamic stretches and things for people who don't have full mobility but that yoga garbage isn't good for you. Thing like your lower back are for stability not motion. This is especially true before strength training as you lose the elasticity so you can't lift as much weight and risk injury.
*most people need stretching because they sit all day, but once you get to a certain point its bad. Standing at your computer or doing hip mobility stretches a few times a day is important.
-Drink 1 gallon of water per day or more
Actually this is gonna be too hard and take too long. Stronglifts.com has all teh answers u need. I can't really explain everything in detail here or enough. Life trick: Ignore most of the quote above. I don't know how else women gain muscle (and strength) except through strength training/weight lifting. The info about stretching sounds like rabid ranting from a gym junkie. Women are generally afraid to lift any weights b/c they think they will get bulky and don't understand that weight and body fat are different things. Women can't get much muscle unless they train super hard and even then they wont get much since they dont have the testosterone to build it. Stretching is good for most people but a lot of people take it too far. I said that stretching too much actually hurts your strength which it does. It also increases risk of injury. Certain parts of you aren't meant to stretch. You totally can train cardio and strength at the same time. As the name "cardio" suggests it's training for your cardiovascular system. What you refer to is strength endurance, which indeed makes variavle muscle fibres change to the endurance type instead of the strength type, but that's not cardio. Just better split it up on different days. 3 hours per week greatly reduce risk of cardiovascular disease, more than that doesn't help anymore.
What I don't get is how to know which types of exercises to be doing.
For example, I just want to lose excess weight. I want to reduce body fat and be toned (i.e. not be jacked, but be at a healthy weight).
Will doing kalisthenics (sp.?) and cardio do this?
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Protip; pinch and twist an itch on your balls instead of fruitlessly scratching.
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This might not be a life hack, but here's a knowledge bomb anyway.
Despite what you were taught in grade school, let it be known for the record that it is absolutely improper to double space between sentences, to indent the first paragraph of an essay/letter/etc, and to indent AND leave an extra line between paragraphs.
Double-spacing was invented as a byproduct of typewriter technology, due to their mono-space nature. Mono-spacing refers to the rotating letter-board a typewriter held, where every piece of lead or plastic that contained a letter was the same width, regardless of whether it was the letter i or the letter W. Due to this, you needed 2 spaces to truly separate a sentence, for ease of reading.
Example: Here, you will see Courier, a typewriter-esque font. Aside from
looking at the sentences, note how letters line up with one another (mono-spaced).
Teamliquid has ponies. I love Teamliquid.
Teamliquid has ponies. I love Teamliquid.
I would show you a single-space/double-space comparison of Teamliquids primary font, Arial, but, if you highlight your own double-spaced text from posts in the past, you will notice that they smartly delete double spaces because of this.
With modern technology, letters have differing widths, not to mention customizable kerning for the more advanced people. You only need 1 space because 1 modern space is wide enough to separate a sentence. Having 2 is redundant and, thus, false. Admittedly, I would bet the average employer won't even realize it nor care. Despite knowing this, I double space on accident all the time.
Similarly, the purpose of indenting a paragraph is to indicate the separation of two. By indenting the first paragraph, you are separating it from nothing, leaving a redundant space. I realize this goes against all you've learned in grade school, but in the rules of typography, it is true.
Also, you should not indent if you leave an empty line between every paragraph (not to be confused with when professors ask you to double-space a paper, you still indent there). You will notice in all of my paragraphs that I hit enter/return twice to separate my thoughts. While many of us have become accustomed to that on forums because the tab button switches you off the text box, or out of sheer laziness, the fact is that this format is one of two proper ways of typing, the other of which would be a single enter/return followed by an indentation. By both adding a line and indenting you are, once again, committing an act of redundancy.
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On December 29 2010 05:28 LazyMacro wrote:Show nested quote +On December 29 2010 00:59 TzTz wrote:On December 29 2010 00:52 blitzkrieger wrote:On December 08 2010 19:32 BasilPesto wrote:On December 08 2010 06:12 blitzkrieger wrote:
Ok heres some real tips
-Strength training is the best way to lose weight and burn calories for men OR women AND it will make you strong if your a man and if your a woman you won't gain any muscle.
-Running for long distances is for hamsters or the severely obese. Google HIIT and burn calories all day with 15min of exercise.
-You can't train for cardio (endurance) and strength at the same time because its two types of muscle fibers that interfere. Just lift weights and maybe do some HIIT.
Stretching is BAD. Unless ur a hot chick there is no reason to get super flexible. It actually hurts strength and risks injury. There are a few dynamic stretches and things for people who don't have full mobility but that yoga garbage isn't good for you. Thing like your lower back are for stability not motion. This is especially true before strength training as you lose the elasticity so you can't lift as much weight and risk injury.
*most people need stretching because they sit all day, but once you get to a certain point its bad. Standing at your computer or doing hip mobility stretches a few times a day is important.
-Drink 1 gallon of water per day or more
Actually this is gonna be too hard and take too long. Stronglifts.com has all teh answers u need. I can't really explain everything in detail here or enough. Life trick: Ignore most of the quote above. I don't know how else women gain muscle (and strength) except through strength training/weight lifting. The info about stretching sounds like rabid ranting from a gym junkie. Women are generally afraid to lift any weights b/c they think they will get bulky and don't understand that weight and body fat are different things. Women can't get much muscle unless they train super hard and even then they wont get much since they dont have the testosterone to build it. Stretching is good for most people but a lot of people take it too far. I said that stretching too much actually hurts your strength which it does. It also increases risk of injury. Certain parts of you aren't meant to stretch. You totally can train cardio and strength at the same time. As the name "cardio" suggests it's training for your cardiovascular system. What you refer to is strength endurance, which indeed makes variavle muscle fibres change to the endurance type instead of the strength type, but that's not cardio. Just better split it up on different days. 3 hours per week greatly reduce risk of cardiovascular disease, more than that doesn't help anymore. What I don't get is how to know which types of exercises to be doing. For example, I just want to lose excess weight. I want to reduce body fat and be toned (i.e. not be jacked, but be at a healthy weight). Will doing kalisthenics (sp.?) and cardio do this?
Eat healthy, thats the main key to sucess. Work on your diet. With proper diet and moderate ecerise youll lose weight. Now im not saying to diet and starve urself. Just eat better proper meals.
7 meals a day smaller, takign into account how much protein carbs and fats your body requires to function.
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It's much better to have balanced, tiny, and numerous meals then 3 or 2 big meals a day. the smaller the better, that doesn't mean you have seven bags of chips a day obviously.
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That being said you want to eat less, too. Eating smaller meals more often just helps set your metabolism in a good cycle and keeps you from being hungry throughout the day.
The general rule (I heard, anyway) is that if you want to maintain a weight, say, 150 pounds, add another 0 at the end of it and that's your target calorie intake per day. Mind you, that is to maintain a weight. If you, for example, are 300 pounds and want to be 150, you may want to ween down your diet (300 to 250, 250 to 200, 200 to 150) because otherwise you won't have enough energy to work out period.
As for type of exercise, I believe cardio is the typical choice for sheer weight-losing. It burns fat, that's it. If you're looking to build muscles, weightlifting and whatnot will replace fat with muscles and you'll end up weighing the same (which is how steroided bodybuilders are still 300lbs and how NFL linemen are half-fat half-muscle are 300lbs).
Mind you, I am absolutely the farthest thing from being an expert. I'm currently 280 and was just about to begin dieting/working out, myself. This kind of stuff is simply what I've found through research.
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I've been working on my weight in small steps. First, I stopped drinking soda so much (two liters or more daily down to rarely more than a 20 oz. bottle) and started drinking a lot more water. Second, I stopped eating such large portions (instead of having a full plate and going for seconds, not even filling the plate in the first place). I've been busy and had a hectic schedule, so finding time for cardio wasn't easy and I decided I wanted to do it on a routine, and not just whenever, so I just gave up.  I'm going to go to a gym soon and do cardio there, as my joints and shins hurt if I run/jog on streets and such.
Any suggestions on what I should or shouldn't do for cardio at a gym? I'm told running is the best cardio there is, so I'm not sure if I should just use a treadmill or if other cardio machines are worthwhile, too.
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On December 30 2010 06:28 Alekh47 wrote:
It's much better to have balanced, tiny, and numerous meals then 3 or 2 big meals a day. the smaller the better, that doesn't mean you have seven bags of chips a day obviously.
You want to do the exact opposite when drinking or eating sugary foods else it will be very bad for your teeth.
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File Sharing/ Syncing Tool: Drop Box !
- allows you to have a virtual folder that you can access on multiple computers
(it looks just like a regular folder, but it can be synced across multiple computers)
- share folders with your friends to share files
- free backed up data on the internet! good for essays, projects etc
FREE
link to intro video + download:
http://db.tt/OvlfxIt
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Life trick:
Use tinyurl when posting referral links to trick admins.
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On December 30 2010 06:43 LazyMacro wrote:I've been working on my weight in small steps. First, I stopped drinking soda so much (two liters or more daily down to rarely more than a 20 oz. bottle) and started drinking a lot more water. Second, I stopped eating such large portions (instead of having a full plate and going for seconds, not even filling the plate in the first place). I've been busy and had a hectic schedule, so finding time for cardio wasn't easy and I decided I wanted to do it on a routine, and not just whenever, so I just gave up. I'm going to go to a gym soon and do cardio there, as my joints and shins hurt if I run/jog on streets and such. Any suggestions on what I should or shouldn't do for cardio at a gym? I'm told running is the best cardio there is, so I'm not sure if I should just use a treadmill or if other cardio machines are worthwhile, too.
A lot of what blitzkrieger is saying is correct, except for the stretching part which is complete bogus (stretching is very good for you, regular stretching like yoga is also very good for you), sorry to not sight any sources but google it and form your own opinion.
Step one to weight loss is making sure you have some endurance, if you can't run for a mile then you really need to work on that, strictly doing HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) can help with that. If you can already run then just jump to step two.
Step two is strength training, your body naturally burns fat at rest, but muscle burns fat 4-5 times faster than fat does (yes indirectly fat burns fat). So you want to gain muscle find a good weight regiment that works good for you, you just want to make sure you are gaining muscle; the way you know you are gaining muscle is if your muscles that you focused on are sore after your workout (and at the start maybe a day or two after your workout).
Do not combine HIIT with weight training, like blitzkrieger said when you do HIIT training you are actually breaking down the fibers that your body uses for muscle building (or something like that, not sure on the exact details but I do know it is counter-productive to combine the two). If you still feel the need to get your endurance up while weight training then do an HITT session no more than once a week.
While you are weight training you can also do cardio work (but make sure your heart rate does not go into the endurance ranges that HIIT puts them in). cardio work just burns fat if you have your heart rate in the right range (The range is different for everyone, I'm 21 and my fat burning range is 150-170, any higher is training endurance). The best cardio work is something that you enjoy doing that you can do for about an hour without having to take breaks, if you like running with music do that, if you enjoy basketball do that, or participate in one of the many classes your gym likely has for free.
Once you get some muscle on you you can go back to HIIT and cardio work combined, this will get your endurance up and help you lose a lot of weight, you will also burn off some of that muscle but that's fine, just make sure to go back to weights every now and again.
I'm no expert on this but I am very confident in what I've laid out, I got all my info from talking to different instructors and doctors at my gym, and google.
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- show people your hands when you are talking to someone. they need them to understand what you are saying.when your hands are hidden, people will feel more sceptic about you. when you show them your hands (no matter how, let it flow) they will trust you more.
- be aware of peoples mimiks, gestures and so on. think about what their bodylanguage could truly mean instead of what they are saying. 97% of communication is not by words. words are very primitive, can easily beeing misunderstood too.
- every dream you have is beeing able to come true. to achieve it, you need to make a plan. write down a goal, think about how it can be reached, define smaller goals step by step. talk to someone about your goals. you will be amazed how fast you will achieve them by pure luckiness.
- you are not your body, you are not your head, you are even not your mind. you are a node in a big web of life which is all connected. infact the world is not around you its inside you and everything you see and experience is only a part of yourself. you are not divided, seperation is an illusion.
- no one ever on this planet got poor by giving. as more you are able to give someone, as more you will gain in return its a flow of energy, like ac/dc. when you sit around with your friends or people, make small gifts or greetings and cheers to them. if you have something to eat or to drink, share it with the people around you. you will gain far more back then you may expect.
- try to expand your social cicle as much as possible. dont deny inventions, be open mindend.
- people love it when you listen to what they have to say. they will remember you as a great conservator, even if in reality you just talked nearly nothing about yourself.
- the concept of APM can be used in RL, try it, its amazing, it leads to more awareness. you do not need to hurry, be calmy but aware of every splitsecond. its a beauty mindset.
- alcoholic shooters are only for usage after a well and good dinner with your friends/family. dont drink them on party, especially when you have drunken something else. stick with one sort of longdrink the whole night. wine is not for partying, one bottle is only for sharing meaning only 2 glasses of them at home. before going to bed, drink a lot of water. following this rules makes you a partycannon without any bad next days and you have full memory.
- if you want to find a girl, you need to be in awareness-mode. catch them doing something and say something nice or help them on what they are doing. girls love awareness men. also to find a girl you NEED to approach them. but they are giving you signals before. thats your key to approach. a signal is a smile, a longer look at you or a hand in their hair after looking at you. do not wait for too long or you will be considered too shy and not interesting anymore.
- do sports! no matter what. do sports. there is no way around. you dont need to do much, but you absolutly need to do it. i dont want to explain the many reasons you will understand when you do.
- sometimes feeling is better than understanding. your feelings never lie. awareness helps.
- read a book at least one day in the week.
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On January 20 2011 02:33 pantaray wrote:
- people love it when you listen to what they have to say. they will remember you as a great conservator, even if in reality you just talked nearly nothing about yourself.
I have to disagree - people are creeped out when they find out that you can actually recall/recite most conversations with them. That is because of the high level of "white" lies that have become part of our communication: listening easily dismantles those.
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+ Show Spoiler +On January 20 2011 02:33 pantaray wrote:
- show people your hands when you are talking to someone. they need them to understand what you are saying.when your hands are hidden, people will feel more sceptic about you. when you show them your hands (no matter how, let it flow) they will trust you more.
- be aware of peoples mimiks, gestures and so on. think about what their bodylanguage could truly mean instead of what they are saying. 97% of communication is not by words. words are very primitive, can easily beeing misunderstood too.
- every dream you have is beeing able to come true. to achieve it, you need to make a plan. write down a goal, think about how it can be reached, define smaller goals step by step. talk to someone about your goals. you will be amazed how fast you will achieve them by pure luckiness.
- you are not your body, you are not your head, you are even not your mind. you are a node in a big web of life which is all connected. infact the world is not around you its inside you and everything you see and experience is only a part of yourself. you are not divided, seperation is an illusion.
- no one ever on this planet got poor by giving. as more you are able to give someone, as more you will gain in return its a flow of energy, like ac/dc. when you sit around with your friends or people, make small gifts or greetings and cheers to them. if you have something to eat or to drink, share it with the people around you. you will gain far more back then you may expect.
- try to expand your social cicle as much as possible. dont deny inventions, be open mindend.
- people love it when you listen to what they have to say. they will remember you as a great conservator, even if in reality you just talked nearly nothing about yourself.
- the concept of APM can be used in RL, try it, its amazing, it leads to more awareness. you do not need to hurry, be calmy but aware of every splitsecond. its a beauty mindset.
- alcoholic shooters are only for usage after a well and good dinner with your friends/family. dont drink them on party, especially when you have drunken something else. stick with one sort of longdrink the whole night. wine is not for partying, one bottle is only for sharing meaning only 2 glasses of them at home. before going to bed, drink a lot of water. following this rules makes you a partycannon without any bad next days and you have full memory.
- if you want to find a girl, you need to be in awareness-mode. catch them doing something and say something nice or help them on what they are doing. girls love awareness men. also to find a girl you NEED to approach them. but they are giving you signals before. thats your key to approach. a signal is a smile, a longer look at you or a hand in their hair after looking at you. do not wait for too long or you will be considered too shy and not interesting anymore.
- do sports! no matter what. do sports. there is no way around. you dont need to do much, but you absolutly need to do it. i dont want to explain the many reasons you will understand when you do.
- sometimes feeling is better than understanding. your feelings never lie. awareness helps.
- read a book at least one day in the week.
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don't not lift weights because you don't want to get really big, you won't get that big unless you're really really trying to, but lifting weights 3-4 times a week will make you look way better
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