• li10@feddit.ukEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Do women actually like strong biceps?

    I feel the more you go to the gym you realise that you just do it to impress other men…

    • byroon@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      I think the truth is women do like muscly men, but men tend to overestimate how muscly. Like swimmer physique is attractive, hollywood batman physique is male power fantasy; or something

      • Sombyr@lemmy.zip
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        3 months ago

        I can’t speak for every woman, but I can speak for my own experiences and report based on the things women I know have said. For me and those I’ve spoken to, we may like muscles, but the things you need to do to get those muscles often aren’t as attractive and cancel it out. Like, if you’re getting muscles by going to the gym every day, that’s only gonna attract women who are enthusiastic about the gym. If you get them from farm work, you’ll attract women enthusiastic about farm life.
        That’s why a lot of us like dad bods so much. It’s not that it’s inherently more attractive, it’s that it’s a body type achievable by living the kind of life style people who’re into that enjoy.
        In other words, yes, muscles can be attractive, but not nearly as attractive as shared hobbies and interests, and it just happens quite often muscles can be a quick indicator that you probably don’t share many.

  • StaySquared@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    This is hilarious.

    OP, ever heard of a gym thot? Do you… even go to the gym? 9 times out of 10, females going to the gym are only focusing on thighs and angus. 1 out of 10 is actually training for sport/competition.