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If training properly, soreness goes away and basically never comes back, after about 2 weeks of training. It has absolutely nothing to do with growth, whatsoever.

15 quality/effective reps per muscle group for novices is sufficient for maximum adaptation rate. 2 minutes minimum rest periods is what the science supports as optimal. Only the last 5 reps of each set (would-be sets to failure) count as “effective reps” — so 15 effective reps amounts to 3 sets. Eventually this 15 number becomes 25+ (5+ sets, and generally not all on one exercise) but only at an advanced level (generally well over a 405lb deadlift). Each rep is “even more effective/quality” if using maximum bar speed on the concentric/contraction phase. So by doing this from rep 1, you may have to take 10lb off the bar at first, but you’ll progress significantly faster. 5 sets for compound lifts is major overkill. Though it’s good for people who can’t lift heavy weight / it’s a good way to get more workload since the weight will be so light. Otherwise (and even for those people, really), 3 sets is generally optimal. Adaptation period lasts no more than 48 hours. So 3d/wk full body is optimal until you’re quite strong (at least 315lb for parallel or even deep squat). Then 4d/wk upper/lower is generally best if you’re in a calorie excess — upper Mon/Fri; lower Wed/Sat. Don’t regularly go to failure on the exercises with asterisks. You’ll run your nervous system and adaptation reserves into the ground. Though you will have to sometimes to know when to do 10% resets. 2 steps forward 1 step back basically (probably works out to more like 9 steps forward, 2-3 steps back). Smaller movements like curls can and should be done to failure. Muscle soreness only lasts like 2 weeks. Just start light so it’s not too bad, and train through it. It will be gone in a couple weeks and basically never come back unless you add new exercises or do way too much, thereafter. The only way you’d continue getting very sore with the same exercises, beyond about the 2 week mark, is if you trained poorly — at too low a frequency; like 1x/wk per muscle group.

Top 4 ways: 1. Take psychedelic 2. Take dissociative 3. Desire it 4. Meditation (preferably at least 60min a day or enough to enter jhana)

The question actually has a correct answer: knowing that there is no possibility of you doing anything wrong or unattractive. That’s it. But yeah how you get there can be more complicated but in the end it’s as simple as that. Basically acting as if you already got the girl and that you’re the best option for her.

How about do a google search with ncbi in the terms to actually find out the truth. Spoiler: basically nothing helps (and it doesn’t really matter as much as you’d think). But for some it actually does matter — get enough sleep, get your test levels tested, and go on TRT if doc recommends it.

Just a little known fact of muscular adaptation: If you’re focusing on max size, you won’t get as big as if you focused on max strength. If you’re focusing on max strength, you won’t get as strong (and therefore big) big as if you focused on max power. Therefore, maximum speed on the concentric portion of the rep, from rep one, is a bit of a cheat code. As far as the routine outline, this is the simplest while still optimal for a novice; thought optimal is not necessary: *Squat 3x5 *Bench 3x5 (eventually can do before SQ) *Deadlift 1x5 / *Row 3x5 *Press 3x5 Chin 2x8 / Curl 2x8 Facepull 1x20 Abs 1x20 3 nonconsecutive days / week *Asterisk means to use maximum bar speed on the concentric from rep 1 (to 5), and add weight every single session. Reduce any individual lift by 10% when you miss your reps 3 sessions in a row.

If you have good game and are attractive but are uncalibrated socially and spiritually/consciously, the girl will think "yo dude I want to have fun with you but you're not treating me like a human being." So being high consciousness and having good game and calibration actually do somewhat go hand in hand.

Direct is almost always better except in very specific situations such as waitresses and strippers. And it's a bit of a sliding scale of course -- in day game you escalate slower and are less physical than night game. Day game should be an afterthought though, or the place where in daily life you use your game skills -- not practice; you practice / get good game and calibration in night game, and to a lesser extent online game. Though online game is really good for getting good at dates.

If you're already friendzoned (if you've spent a significant amount of time with her without getting physical, this is almost certainly where you're at), then you have an uphill battle -- just find new girls. If you insist on trying to make it work with this one, I would not recommend doing so unless you're also finding at least some new girls too, otherwise the frame will be too needy -- female intuition is far more powerful than male and you won't be able to hide your neediness with any decent likelihood of success. The way you prevent friendzoning in the first place is getting physical On. The. Open... Hand on her lower back is probably enough... At least on her shoulder after handshake, but that's usually not enough. The way you get out of the friendzone is by inventing a time machine -- or by totally changing your vibe such that she begins to respect you as a sexual threat. Adding light non-friend things to your convos with her, in escalating fashion, always calibrating after the fact, not before. Say whatever comes to mind; do not filter. If you push too fast, it will take longer but that's fine, but play it off as a joke, back off, vibe more, and try again with better calibration. Always have multiple conversation threads running and constantly update them such that the ones with poor response are let go of, and apply more of the ones with good response.

#1: Knowing that there is no possibility of anything going wrong; knowing that there is no possibility of you doing anything wrong or unattractive. Easier said than done, sure… but literally everything attraction-related naturally flows from that.

It may be mediocre but it’s still completely unmatched by anyone else who has proof, anyway — that much is a fact. Didn’t say he was high consciousness, just that it’s the most effective game that’s available in one place. Todd V’s manifesto’s on Sergio Sorokin’s channel are perhaps tied with the best material to learn theory from though, imo — tied with JAL and PWF, imo. Give it another year of putting constant effort into game before you agree. That’s just what I predict though. Not trying to convince you.

Yeah once your game is good, then is certainly the time wherein one can forget about night and online game and just meet women as they come in daily life. But good luck getting to that point in a short period of time without getting most of your reference experience from online and night-cold-approach. If you're already there, then what I said doesn't apply to you. I completely agree otherwise.

Yeah, I empathize with that. But it's about getting the guys who actually have a lot to offer, to compete with the guys who naturally always got laid because of circumstance but can and do fuck women over and don't care. Getting guys laid who naturally have the inclination: "leave them better than you found them." Rather than "fuck them and love bomb them and lie to them and screw them over" -- the likes of Andrew Tate and actually way fucking worse bc even he isn't that bad compared to many guys who get laid a lot.

Yeah I might wish the guy with undoubtedly the best game in history didn't seem like a total fucking scumbag, but that's just not what we get, lol

Let me just set everyone a bit more straight on this whole game thing. More realistic expectations. Just a few minor tweaks: If you game in a half way efficient manner, your lays will primarily (80-90% at least) come from just two places: 1. numbers from night game, and 2. numbers from online game. It might seem like day game and social circle would actually be a high percentage of this but in my experience that is flat false (maybe it's just me, but I doubt it). Same-day pulls from night/club/bar game are the most fun and they're the goal of course, but usually it will just be a number. You can expect to turn 1 out of every 10 numbers into a close/new-lay, at best, so volume is key. And some of those will stay on (preferably once a week) rotation. And depending on your game you can expect to turn 1-10 out of every 10 opens into a number, some of which will be solid, but some will be weak. So once your game is decent (probably best not to assume this will occur at <1000 approaches), you can only then expect a close rate of 1-10%... again, at best. So yeah, it is indeed a numbers game. Until you've approached a fair amount of women (probably between 80 and 2000, depending on the person), unless you've had success with women in the past, your rate will likely be zero. Therefore, a huge part of game is actually texting... In-person is far more important, but your game is only as good as the weak link, so make sure you focus at least as much on texting once you get the vibe down: Always assume attraction, be unflinchingly high value framed, find out logistics from the start, sexualize and avoid platonic convos, have multiple convo threads and try to add new ones so that you have multiple threads active in case any good ones die off, escalate as fast as possible but no quicker, and set yourself apart from other guys with hot girls by being normal with them (and use high value storytelling as long as it's not forced/clunky... and maybe qualification as long as it's genuine). In order to do that last one you will need to slowly work your way up from 6's and 7's (specifically, as low as you're attracted to, but no lower -- if you're attracted to 5's that gives you an edge; if you're not attracted to under 8 that'd be a huge impediment, but it can't be fixed so deal with it; never ever game women you aren't attracted to) as you just won't be confident enough with hot girls right out of the gate unless you're a psychopath. Also, you can and should use the usual g-spot two-finger technique, but with one tweak to make them cum even harder and faster: with the other hand, use the thumb (lick it first) to lightly and very quickly stimulate the clit at the same time that the other (dominant) hand is stimulating the g spot. So the two pressure points (where you are touching her) are almost pressing against each other on either side of her anatomy. And you can stimulate the g spot with your penis too by sort of "angling your dick upwards on the way out." Todd's manifestos are great -- found on Sergio Sorokin channel only; the free shit on Todd's channel is hit or miss, if not absolute total shit. A broken clock is right twice a day, and when it's right, it's perfectly right, but if you're a beginner you won't know the difference unless you're extremely intuitively gifted with understanding women. Best game material to learn from, apart from that: 1. John Anthony Lifestyle, and 2. Playing With Fire (Alex) -- they have way, way better game than Todd (despite how it may seem at first glance, Todd being so intelligent and technical). John has documented quadruple digit lay count and has more impressive testimonials than pretty much anyone by a huge margin -- He's not high consciousness by any stretch but then again basically no one in this space is, but if you actually want to buy a product I personally would run the hell away from everyone except for those two guys (John and Alex). But again, there is very valuable info to be found on "Sergio Sorokin" YT channel (it's 100% Todd V content), which has basically all the info found in Todd's paid programs, but it's available for free.

I is a figure of speech that is self explanatory (literally). But as for what the I / self / consciousness refers to… Nothing is actually relating or referring to anyone or anything separate from everything. In a sense, the true frame is the one in which this is exactly what is longed for. Awakening is an extremely powerful force. Not to be taken lightly. It’s beyond the self, in a way that is indescribable.

In reality, everyone is, contrary to the experience, not what they believe themselves to be — rather, they are the only and the most awake being in existence. If you manage to understand that conceptually, it does indeed sound like a logical error, but that’s just how it appears. The paradox is that there is no paradox at all. Awakenings can be preceded by a thought-energy along the lines of “I really thought this had something to do with me… Oh wait... Who?”

Sleeping with her on the first date -- max second date -- is not likely to fall into the frame of the standard romance story wherein the man waits 10 dates before the woman "let's him." It's all about your frame. If you don't want a particular type of relationship, make it known, and leave if it doesn't turn out that way. Simple as that.

Occam's Razor is of course a great tool or pointer for these matters, as Truth is that which cannot be simpler.

Just plain ole good sex does it for some women.

Depends if you already are friends with them and want to take it to the next level, or if it's a cold approach. For the former: start saying things that are more man/woman than friend/friend, such as "Woah, the way the light just touched your hair just then? Don't know how I didn't notice before, but you're not bad looking. Don't let it go to your head, girl." Then do the usual stuff like disqualifying the relationship ("you're a lot younger than I usually go for;" I don't know if we're going to get along;" hell you can even use the ole "I have a small dick"), push-pull, and being colder the hotter the girl (being sweeter to 7's than 10's). For the latter: after getting her attention, say something like "you know what you're cute but I can't decide if I trust you yet." Then hold the frame "I wonder if she'll win me over" and then transition to the frame "you and me against the world." Making sure to push-pull throughout ("nvm I'm not so sure I like you after all... nope false alarm, I still love you"), telling her to stop doing things that are good ("stop being so sweet"), and give objections along the way before she gives them ("it's not happening tonight"). When dealing with counterintuitive outcomes, resisting those outcomes often makes them even more likely to happen. So resist the close as if it's an inevitable thing that you're doing your best to avoid while knowing it's futile -- that's the winning frame. The goal throughout is to provide an emotional rollercoaster to the girl while being a source of validation for the girl.

I'd perhaps suggest 25ug LSD-25 -- Better than other lysergamides, in my experience.

Feeling the body. Self-Love is super fantastic but it doesn’t appear to be “the one true way.” For instance: A sort of naturally-arisen (not forced) energy/feeling of “being downright apoplectic toward oneself” might be able to overcome the impetus to look away from exactly where ego doesn’t want you to look (as ego attempts to put up a fear barrier around that place/question/thought being avoided). Feel the fearful/painful/intense/blissful sensations as what they are — plain ole freakin’ body sensations. What a cosmic joke that may ensue upon taking this all the way. You have no idea. It’s a doozy alright. ? Fuck, as long as it’s coupled with radical forgiveness and/or faith or perhaps any authentic high-virtue or sila at all, even self-hate could bear bountiful awakening fruit, so to speak. Relentless inquiry into truth; fearlessly feeling the energy body, that’s what matters. It appears it’s not so simple, in that sense. Certainly not saying that’s a better way than Self-Love, but it’s a way, and it’s actually not even really a worse way. It’s not like it’s hatred of your true self, it’s hatred of false self anyway.

Just read the first post. That’s all we need. Girl sounds like a typical adult-child. Breakup is the only sound advice on this one.

Very likely the beginnings of piti (meditative joy; rapture; kundalini). Culadasa's The Mind Illuminated can tell you a lot about piti and how to deal with it. Just ignore it and continue with the practice as is. If piti arises, something was done right, so continue doing that, i.e. don't do anything different such as focusing on the piti -- focusing on the piti is obviously not what caused piti to arise, since it wasn't there yet.