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 10 rules for men:

1. never break your word and never break an oath, vow, or covenant;

2. protect those behind you and be loyal to those at your side;

3. Never beg for attention or recognition. Speak little, listen a lot;

4. never outsource the defense of your home, and never give up the tools to do so;

5. pray every day, bless your family, teach your children sound doctrine, be disgusted by sin;

6. take a cold shower;

7. dress well regardless of the occasion;

8. never take credit for work you didn't do, and don't covet what belongs to others;

9. eat meat, drink 4L of water a day, cut out sugars, ultra-processed foods and phytoestrogens;

10. never consume pornography.

#nostr 
 Those look to be biblical in most aspects. I cannot bring myself to do 5, due to my absolute fear of YHWH (Yes, I'm deathly mortified of Him (not in a good way), and that's since I was 16).

6 is actually based upon scientific evidence of energizing the metabolism, so I could see why that was added.