I feel kinda dumb right now but oh well.

Situation:
I was just at the gym like usual since I work out 6 days a week. I usually don't talk to girls at the gym unless a reason presents itself. However I was on one of the cardio machines like usual and I'm usually in my own zone and it was pretty quiet tonight when this HB8 on the machine next to me starts a convo with me. I was a little suprised since it doesn't happen often but I went with it and we had a nice talk for about 10 minutes and I just flowed with the conversation and talked about whatever came to mind . It was hard for me to talk since I was working out but it was ok.

I told her I was a residential advisor in the athletic dorm for my university which is pretty large so I think that was a good DHV. She was like oh wow. I told her how I moved around my entire life as a military brat which was another DHV.

She asked my name first which was a major IOI but about 8 minutes more of talking she said she had to leave and it was good meeting me and she repeated my name to remember and I did the same.

But I just didn't number close. I felt in my head that it wasn't appropriate and I needed more talking time for it to be appropriate. I also didn't have my phone on me. I'm not beating myself up but what should I do next time in that situation? What should have I done? How should I number close? What is the timing with number closes?

There's a few awesome things about that man. The first being that she was into you. Usually when a girl opens you up you can take a little more liberty with your actions because she gave you the approach invitation which is basically like an IOI from the onset. Props on the DHVs as well. As you both connected on physical fitness and you conveyed that you were the leader of men to a large degree which is even better.

I personally think you could have asked for her number right there she was obviously interested in you. Timing however it is entirely situationally dependent and as I was not there I can't tell you 100% you could have number closed. The one thing I will say is this girl gave you all the signals and is the last girl I'd be beating myself up over.

For a situation like yours a simple number close just trust your gut - our instincts tend to be right on par with most situations. As for a closer, something simple should do such as, "I have to get going, but what steps can we take to continue this conversation?" and hand her your cell.

Something as simple as that should do but any number of things could happen. For example, a while ago I took a trip to the gym so I could work my abs and arms. After about 20 minutes after I had finished on the bench and moved to work on my abs, I met and had an awesome conversation with a college cheerleader. Eventually I left to work on my abs.

After I went over to a mirror some random conversation happened. After about a minute and a half I told her I needed to get back to excercising to display my willingness to walk away. Later on we talked a little more. I left again to work out...we talked again later. After I was done we sat for about 30 minutes talking and teasing each other.

Then I left to do some cardio and to my surprise she came with me. After that I was getting ready to leave and we continued to talk all the way to my car. From there I just said let’s go see a movie and she got in my car - it was an instant date.

Let me know how it goes.