Ladies - is not wanting a toned body on a partner abnormal?

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The second guy may not be totally sculpted, but he's pretty muscular. Most of the men in my class would be a little bit intimidated by him, physically. If he's the kind of guy you go for, I'd say you go for muscle, just not necessarily athletes.

I remember one time a girl I knew mentioned to me that she preferred a belly to a flat stomach on men of the same build, which did surprise me. She said it reflected a "difference in priorities", which I found interesting. It might have reflected her feelings about her current boyfriend, who was one of the greatest students I've ever known. I imagine he hid a bit of flab under his shirt, since he did not seem athletic, but I have no first-hand experience of course.

Maybe this is the same as some girls thinking guys like girls with big breasts or something = /

I mean Some people make it sound like girls only like guys who are ripped and what not.
And some make it osund like girls only like girls with big breasts.

Same. It just does nothing for me. I prefer having something to cuddle with.

Toned and ripped mean different things. I think toned generally means a person has at least some muscles of which to speak, and has average body fat. Ripped means very low body fat, often accompanied with muscularity.

What's wrong with guys having hair on their chest?

Oh... I just gagged. YUCK

I thought "getting ripped" was a corny ad-man's phrase to market weight training gear and dodgy body-building drinks. Didn't think anybody took it seriously, apart from a few oddballs.

It might be some kind of turn-on for a few women but I think most of them put a higher priority on other criteria. I think most of the women I know would laugh at the idea of a muscle man as a partner.

One relative of mine did the muscle thing - he even made a good living from a muscle shop - but now he's a bit older, he can't be bothered to keep doing all the exercises, and his body is starting to look weird as the muscles shrink and the skin doesn't....he's also getting some other health problems that are related to his muscle-building hobby, though I don't know the details.

the second guy looks really strong. far more so than the other guy. I'd agree that living such a restricted lifestyle just to get a six pack is pretty boring really.

If he was really huge, there's a significant chance he was roiding, and now is feeing the effects of decreasing the steroids. Yes, I know, he had the supplement shop, but those things are mostly snake oil. The dirty secret in bodybuilding and fitness modeling (e.g. the models in those supplement ads) is that almost everyone does steroids.

For more info on this, watch "bigger stronger faster."

Incidentally, there are "all-natural" bodybuilding competitions -- those guys are much more normal looking and closer to pic #2 than how folks look on the covers of fitness and muscle-building mags.

Also, common misconception -- steroids in and of themselves are not a bad thing, but dosage is the main factor. People who take steroids to get bigger muscles often do dosages way higher than normal. People who are on testosterone supplements as part of hormone replacement therapy to extend their lives or combat health problems, for instance, supplement only enough to keep their levels to normal vs. what a younger man would have.

Gives you something to play with.

Pretty sure that's what nipples are or.

Yes but why would one only confine themselves to only one form of entertainment?

Thats a body builder. I'm talking about regular toned guys.

I don't like guys too muscular.

I really, Really, don't go for muscle tone. I go for beefy and strong. That was the only example picture I can find.



I know girls don't only go for guys with toned muscle. But i'm pretty sure society expects us to drool over it.



Yes ok then, i'll have to re-word my thread title.

Trust me, most guys don't want their chest hair played with. lol