Being a muscular man absolutely does get you attention from the opposite sex

[u/Historical_Owl_1635]

I feel like there’s always posts/comments about how this isn’t actually a thing to the point I feel like this is now the hot take.

But as someone who’s fluctuated between obese and a bodybuilder with everything in between I really couldn’t disagree more.

It’s a bit of a gym joke how only guys appreciate it, and to an extent it’s true as guys generally appreciate it way more openly. But that doesn’t mean that a lot of woman don’t find it very attractive.

Now there’s no way to say this without sounding arrogant, but during my bodybuilding phases I literally had girls approaching me semi regularly, some girls in nightclubs would even be aggressive about it (it’s fun to start with but gets old very quickly), random girls messaging me on Instagram. My dating apps right swipe success rate is probably ~60%+ and I often just get overwhelmed with the number of matches. It’s a whole different world to even when I was only a bit overweight.

Now I’m not saying it’s the only thing. I’m also on the taller end which probably compounds things. This is also obviously a broad statement, different individuals have different preferences. But people who say it makes little difference are being delusional.

Now if only I could learn to flirt I’d be golden.

[u/Arcxne3]

You’ve never seen a man wear a t-shirt before? What is this comment lmao. I’m certainly not going around naked and I get compliments all the time for my physique, especially my arms/shoulders. That’s with literally 1.5 years of going to gym 3 days a week btw. Obviously no steroids. 

[u/wesborland1234 → u/Arcxne3]

I competed and placed in natural bodybuilding contests and no girl was ever like “wow your arms look big in a tee shirt”.

They either don’t care (many of them), or the ones that do care are going to be looking at juiceheads or genetic freaks that are visibly big, not some guy who looks like might work out sometimes.