Are men meant to have 6 pack abs and are they that attractive?

[gorillahung]

Body fat serves a biological purpose. Is it really healthy to have low body fat year round? Us men think it's attractive to women but is it really that attractive?

 

[JaylovesDbol]

Thank god the dad-bod is 'trendy' now..

A healthy four or six pack is perfect.. nothing wrong with it, if your body fat isn't crazy low. You don't need 5% BF to have your abs pop out.

 

[stevesmi]

the healthiest men are actually in the low teens body fat wise

when you get too low of a body fat your test levels drop too

 

[3dwin]

i think whats more attractive to most women is a fat wallet

 

[gorillahung]

i think whats more attractive to most women is a fat wallet

That's obvious!

 

[Lev Butlerov]

I think that the truth is somewhere in the middle. There is no need to be at 5% BF to be attractive to women, but you should definitely not be a fat tard to be attractive. Interestingly, my wife does not like it when I am really low on BF, because I get all too hard, and it is not pleasant to hug a statue.

 

[muskate]

The optimal body fat percentage for a man is 8-12%.

Being lean and having a six pack - that's healthy

Being shredded to the bone with road map vascularity - that is unhealthy

 

[MasonicBodybuilder]

I think a healthy body fat is around 12%. I don't think being extremely low is healthy. Some women might find that look attractive but that is a different conversation than what is more healthy.