Question to female users: do you generally prefer men who are slim or musclebound?

[Blondie]

like that? lol

Fatboy Slim

[Benyzero]

Could a related question be asked here?

Which belly shape is preferable:

a) a relief "bricked" belly obviously shaped by everyday training

b) a more natural and loose looking yet equally strong belly

Most men have difficulties to build defined abs. I think it looks good but it's not a realistic goal to have it, bodyfat and the liquid in the body will cover it normally, that's why bodybuilders fasting before challenges.

[Mopi Licinius Crassus]

i think mopi-dhole is maybe the ideal, the benchmark here

no ?

[Rumata]

Most men have difficulties to build defined abs. I think it looks good but it's not a realistic goal to have it, bodyfat and the liquid in the body will cover it normally, that's why bodybuilders fasting before challenges.

Yes. But some people naturally have little fat (lean, flat-bellied build) and I include them in the option a).

[Kamal900]

Fatboy Slim

Me too, sis.

[Tooting Carmen]

soft and fat = low T

People who look like this naturally have high T


https://imgur.com/4uPU9m7


The problem in many European cultures is that they associate big strong with big fat.
Breeding to optimize lean body mass hasn’t happened in Europeans ever since they went farmer.

Thus why Europeans rarely have pure mesomorph body types who are big with low body fat. And it’s more common in Polynesians and West Africans.

Polynesians have weird builds - they look both fat and muscular simultaneously, as oxymoronic as that may sound.

[Seya]

Polynesians have weird builds - they look both fat and muscular simultaneously, as oxymoronic as that may sound.

u got that right. same impression

[Celestia]

Dad bods >

[Daos777]

Polynesians have weird builds - they look both fat and muscular simultaneously, as oxymoronic as that may sound.

It’s because they have huge bones. Being muscular with huge bones is optimal because your frame can actually support your large muscle mass and your internal organs also scaled properly due to bigger ribcage. That’s why Polynesians are big and athletic at the same time. Look at some of their rugby players.

But they have plenty of people who are just shredded. I grew up around a lot of them. Also LOTS of obese people but that’s due to them not being suited to western diet.

[ixulescu]

Dad bods >

Dad bods are a necessity, if you want dads attached to children - which requires less T. Less T is also protective in middle and old age (fewer cardiovascular diseases).