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RE: Are women attracted by muscular male bodies? (Part 1 of 2)
Good post, but I would disagree. Strong body = strong mind. Testosterone is also very important for happiness in males and is a potent cognitive enhancer. The strongest lifters and best fighters, especially at the lower weight classes are often the smartest. Also, often, when your mind is about to explode from thinking too much, the best way to go calm your mind is meditation with the iron -- lifting heavy ass weights. Physical strength, sexual attraction, and intelligence are all so interconnected that it's impossible to separate them.
I more-or-less agree with everything you said. It's just that strong body ≠ Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson's body. If you saw a natural strong body and a regular body at the beach, you'd scarcely be able to tell them apart. Watch any UFC fight. Yeah there's some muscular dudes in there, but most of them just look normal. That may partly be because you have to go below 9% body fat for your muscles to show, and in nature fat is valuable - the body tries to keep as much of it on as possible, instead of trying to shed it like we do in the current culture.
And thanks for your comment!
The Rock is definitely on a good amount of anabolics, but I'd say although a natural athlete might not look superhuman, he still is far from looking like your average guy. Women might not want the He-Man, but they sure would take Ronaldo's body over that of your average overweight or skinnyfat guy. I'd say fair enough if women prefer the pro tennis player body over the bodybuilder, but promoting the 'dad bod' is unethical.
No, dad-bod is definitely not what I'm talking about or endorsing. I'm talking about, like you said, the tennis body, or the Nate Diaz body above. Overweight is not what I consider a natural body. But neither is below 9% fat (the point at which your six-pack starts to show) a natural body, given how nature will do anything to hold on to the fat, so there's no way to get rid of it whilst maintaining your muscle without the aid of modern fitness science. So I can only draw the (admittedly tentative) conclusion that women in our culture were brainwashed to like six-packs, bodies with visible veins, etc. It's more natural for women I think to like the kind of bodies the various incarnations of James Bond sported over the years (with the exception of the last one - a telling cultural development!) .. Some of this will be addressed in the second part of the article..