Quote: (07-22-2012 10:12 AM)rhodey Wrote:
Quote: (07-20-2012 07:56 PM)Magic Bullets Wrote:
I think Marky Mark had a great physique in his music vids and when he modelled for Calvin Klein. He also looked good in The Fighter. His latest movie Pain and Glory with the Rock, he has over bulked. He looks too rounded, good pecs, bis etc, carries a pot.
This is pretty close to how my physique looks right now, although I'd say my chest is a bit bigger and more well defined, while my arms (biceps/triceps) are smaller, but more cut. I'm 190 lbs at 5 ft. 10.5 in., definitely don't have anything close to a six-pac, but I don't have a gut, though I think I could probably stand to lose a few pounds of body fat.
I think most women prefer the shredded look, but the thing is they can't really tell how cut you are unless you have your shirt off. When you have more muscle mass you are definitely a bit bulky, but your size is more apparent to women, whereas if you're really cut you might just look thin, unless you're rocking super tight fitting clothes.
I might catch some serious flak from some guys who are following this thread, but from my experiences and observations I'm starting to think that height is much more important to women (at least in the U.S.), then a guy having a muscular physique. This is mainly based on the reactions I get versus friends who are way less muscular, but taller than I am.
Also, I have heard countless times women talking about how height is so important to them and they love tall guys, but I rarely hear women talk about how such and such guy is so ripped. Now I'm sure women love ripped guys, and there are some who are way more into muscular men than others, but overall height seems to be more of an advantage.
My observation is partially based on when I go out with a bro of mine that I've recently been rolling with to the bars. Just a quick background as I stated I"m 5 ft. 10.5 in and weigh in at 190 lbs., while my friend stands 6 ft. 2 in, but is skinny at 165 lbs. I'd say realistically he's a bit more handsome than me, but I'm not a bad looking guy myself, and definitely dress very well when I go out, and edge him for sure in the style category.
Point being, he seems to get way more attention right off the bat when we're in the bar, he get's approached flat out by chicks way more frequently than me, and the girls he attracts tend to be cuter than me. When I've winged for him on groups of 3+ chicks, I've heard them talk about how they like how he's tall. I have a way more ripped and muscular physique and have 20 lbs of muscle on the guy even though I'm 3.5 in. shorter than the guy, but that doesn't seem to gather as much attention from the females.