male physique preference?

[rainbow22]

if you had to choose between a GQ type physique, a national level competitive bodybuilder, a fairly accomplished recreational bodybuilder, or an average joe,,,,,,who would you choose based on looks alone?

 

[CAROLINACHICK]

I'd have'ta say the recreational bodybuilder.

I'm not into the tall, thin type but yet I don't lik'em too big w/ huge veins. And who would settle for average?

 

[Audacious1]

I am probably the odd ball, but i am into the tall thin ones. My husband is very tall and quite thin, yet he has awesome muscle definition, not an ounce of fat on him. That is what i find sexy...tall, thin, and cut.

 

[katz]

Recreational bodybuilder!

 

[MS]

A cross between GQ and the recreational BB would be nice. I prefer cut to big anyday, so it would have to be a recreational BB that knows how to stay fairly lean, and in my experience that rules out most recreational BB males!

 

[FitFossil]

I'd vote for the "fairly accomplished recreational BB" too. I'm glad you put in "fairly accomplished" as a qualifier to rule out guys who only do bench press, never work legs, who walk around with imaginary lat syndrome, or only use the squat rack for bicep curls, etc. Gotta be fairly lean too, not necessarily ripped, but I like seeing those muscles. Smaller and leaner (as long as they're bigger than me!) is preferable to bigger/fatter.

 

[BronzedGoddess]

Pro bb 20 years ago. Guys like Frank Zane and Arnold back in the day.

 

[NY Muscle]

A cross between GQ and the recreational BB would be nice. I prefer cut to big anyday, so it would have to be a recreational BB that knows how to stay fairly lean, and in my experience that rules out most recreational BB males!

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[smallmovesal]

i'm not much into guys much bigger than a recreational bodybuilder... but i'd be quite happy with an average joe as long as he was in decent shape.

 

[JLo]

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Ditto!

 

[muskles]

funny u bring this up..

i was watching a movie w/ my fiance last night, and there was this guy who had a super hot face.. very chiseled looking.. but then later in the movie he was wearing a tank shirt and doing these karate moves.. uh... he looked SO SMALL.. many of the guys i dated in college were about his same size and that USED to be what i was attracted to.. now that my own physique goals have changed, and i know what it takes to put on muscle, my tastes in men have evolved as well.

i must admit that my perceptions of all sportsmen used to be more of dumb jocks.. but now that i'm more athletic, and i read what the men on this board have to say (and, of course, my fiance) i realize how much intelligence it takes to put muscle on while remaining lean.

so, i guess i'm into the accomplished recreational bb look.. and i agree w/ others.. lean and muscular is sexier

 

[rainbow22]

bodytype

fit fossil you crack me up..."imaginary lat syndrome"..hehehe..do you really think most males who don't compete but still pursue the physical ideal are somehow lacking in the ability to get lean? i resemble that remark.

 

[FitFossil]

Re: bodytype

fit fossil you crack me up..."imaginary lat syndrome"..hehehe..

do you really think most males who don't compete but still pursue the physical ideal are somehow lacking in the ability to get lean? i resemble that remark.

I don't think I said anything like that in my post (or at least did not mean to) but...
I think males have a much better ability getting lean than females, because they don't have all that damn estrogen (and I'm jealous !) Society puts more pressure on women to be lean, probably more so if they're muscular. Women add even more pressure on themselves, even if there's not a tangible reason like a competition. (For a woman "just because" is often reason enough!) Men are more sensible about such things, but also I think society is more accepting of men of varying shapes and sizes.

 

[NY Muscle]

Re: Re: bodytype

I don't think I said anything like that in my post (or at least did not mean to) but...
I think males have a much better ability getting lean than females, because they don't have all that damn estrogen (and I'm jealous !) Society puts more pressure on women to be lean, probably more so if they're muscular. Women add even more pressure on themselves, even if there's not a tangible reason like a competition. (For a woman "just because" is often reason enough!) Men are more sensible about such things, but also I think society is more accepting of men of varying shapes and sizes.

And women can get laid MUCH easier...just walking into a damn store she has 100 options.

 

[rainbow22]

physique

its true you must take the good with the bad. men have their own male oriented type pressures and concerns. for example, i store my bodyfat almost entirely in my abdomen, so at 12% i look fat. since women store bodyfat in various areas but usually not the abdomen, it allows a female to look in shape with 12% bodyfat. on top of which men practically have to have a signed presidential edict. all women have to do is walk down any street in america. its patentl

 

[SheHuLK]

i'd say Arnold, 75 Olympia. Lou Ferrigno looked great too. IMO their physiques looked incredible, i prefer that and think it looks better than someone like Ronnie Coleman

 

[The_Monster]

My greatest fear in life is being small. I sacraficed quite a lot of muscle at one point (I was 270+) for business reasons in an attempt to be more "commercially appealing". After a while I realized that I cant do that. I need to be bigger than the average man, so Im climbing the mountain back to my old weight and beyond.

I respect everyones opinions and if someone is happy with how they look then Im happy for them (most of the guys know are basically fat), but I see these guys in the gym that are lean year round at around 175-180lbs. Staring at their defined 13" arms in the mirror while they do curls and I think to myself (and again, this is not meant to offend anyone), I would kill myself if I looked like that.

I most obviously have psychological issues at play here, but Id rather be a full, thick 240lbs than a ripped 180lbs.

I guess this isnt a reply about my physique preferance, its more a reply about my physique preferance for myself... mabye its just the manic ramblings of a lunatic... mabye its a little of both?

 

[Vortexx]

Being a natural bb it's the medium sized complete package looks i strive for, I value elegance over the raw sized yates looks

Some good examples of really good proportion:

http://www.darkwoods.net/bodybuilder/male/bb/gallery/fullsize/clairm10.jpg

http://www.darkwoods.net/bodybuilder/male/bb/gallery/fullsize/aranit01.jpg

Maybe these guys juice too, but at least they are not trading a small tight waistline for 24" arms

 

[The_Monster]

Maybe these guys juice too, but at least they are not trading a small tight waistline for 24" arms

But they trade in their dignity and all morality to compete as naturals and as liars.
They tell themselves GH isnt a stroid, deca isnt testosterone, and on and on. I friend I used to obtain my gear from said he sold a lot of deca to a couple of high level natural BBers. On in particular is very much on a soap box about being natural, and he uses a very low dose of sustanon in tiny cycles.
The whole natural scene is a farce. The actual guys who are natural are not given a chance and never will be, the "magazine cover naturals" (unnaturals?) take all the spotlight...

 

[NY Muscle]

But they trade in their dignity and all morality to compete as naturals and as liars.
They tell themselves GH isnt a stroid, deca isnt testosterone, and on and on. I friend I used to obtain my gear from said he sold a lot of deca to a couple of high level natural BBers. On in particular is very much on a soap box about being natural, and he uses a very low dose of sustanon in tiny cycles.
The whole natural scene is a farce. The actual guys who are natural are not given a chance and never will be, the "magazine cover naturals" (unnaturals?) take all the spotlight...

There is no such thing as a “natural” show, there never has been and if anyone is foolish enough to believe that there is then they need to wake up. Sure the shows are titled “natural” but 60% if not more are on juice, one of the local gym owners in my area runs these “natural” shows, 4-5 times a year, and he even told me, without the guys who juice competing in my shows, no one would bother coming to watch. So these people are NOT lying to themselves or anyone else, these guys are not telling themselves or convincing themselves that the drugs they take are natural so I’m not sure where you get that from?….it’s the stupid public who believes these guys are natural, shit I have known this one kid whos been doing shows since he was 16 yrs old, he denounces steroids like the plague, always hated on people who took juice, was the resident “natural teen”, when he was 19 and after doing maybe 5-6 shows he was arressted after being pulled over with…now get this….a few dozen XTC pills and something like 25 vials of sustanon, 40cc of winny, and a bunch of lose tabs…. Hmm “all natural” I don’t think so. Funny thing is I always thought he was natural, he never really looked “juiced” (well who does these days, most juices are lazy fucks who look worse than natural guys/girls), the only time I ever suspected him of doing juice is when I noticed that his arms are awfully big for someone who competes on stage at 145lbs, his arms wee like 17 inches at 145lbs and age of 16-17, so that’s the only thing that was making me wonder if he was juiced.


My other buddy is 37 and lifetime natural and you can tell, but it kills me that he continues to compete knowing that most of the guys up against him are juiced up and tine and time again i told him he cannot win unless he fights fire with fire....but he refuses to juice which in a way im glad, but i want him and everyone to know and to wake up and fight on an even playign field.


The old saying around my area is…the difference between a “natural” show and a “drug” show is the size of the competitors GUT…. I think there’s a bloated distended gut requirement to compete in a pro or upper level NPC show....how pathetic.

 

[oicu812 - chargeback]

i would definitely choose the recreational bodybuilder... I am not attracted to protuding veins--- some is okay but i cannot handle buldging veins 24/7... maybe i'm just different... my honey is a sexy, handsome man!!! he's puuurfect!!!!

 

[The_Monster]

I’m not sure where you get that from?….

I get it from these guys submitting to drug tests and lie detectors to attest to being "natural".
I dont know how many shows do this, becauser I dont bother following "natural" events.
Most of the real, genuine natural competitors are just cut. Thats it. They dont have much more muscle than the average couch potato, they just know how to diet the fat away...

 

[b fold the truth]

Just waiting for someone to say that they like 300lb athletic guys...with a small belly.

Where is my baby at???

B True

 

[Cheetarah]

I'm liking these stats on this guy:

height: 5'11"
weight: 219 lbs
body fat: 5.5 %
Eyes: hazel
Hair: brown
biceps: 19"
waist: 27"
chest: 48"
quads: 28"
calves: 18"

 

[The_Monster]

Im NOT liking the homo-erotic nature of his picture!

 

[Temple]

Personally I like big strong men and don't care if they are particularly lean or not.

 

[kennyT]

The guy in that pix is a good, old friend of mine, philly phil barone.......he would laugh if he saw it. You can watch him in the up coming UFC on pay per view in the middleweights.

 

[Night Fly]

I'm gonna add my own category here...lol. I like BIG and STRONG guys. I always thought my expectations were too high...and that I was never going to find a NICE big, strong guy. I figured they were all like football players with the same attitude. Well...I got really lucky, because my guy's physique is perfect, IMO. He is huge, strong, lean, and carries just enough fat for me to use him as a teddy bear!

OH...must be tall, too...and he is 6'2". I feel I got very lucky!

 

[b fold the truth]

 

[Cheetarah]

The guy in that pix is a good, old friend of mine, philly phil barone.......he would laugh if he saw it. You can watch him in the up coming UFC on pay per view in the middleweights.

Wow, small world! Well next time you see him you can tell him I think he has the perfect physique. I posted his pic on another BB board I visit as well whenever the same subject came up, lol. So his photos have been used to demonstrate my idea of the perfect physique more than once!

 

[Reebok]

Average build, tall, moves sexy. Chilled guy who appreciates all the hard work I put into my hard body. Hey, that's my bf!

 

[Reebok]

Male bbers are good to look at and admire their muscle development but I don't find it a turn on.

 

[Robert Jan]

i dont think i could ever stay lean all year. some guys can add mass while staying like 7-8%.

thats what i cut down to in summer, IF im lucky.

 

[fawnmarie]

Re: physique

... so at 12% i look fat. since women store bodyfat in various areas but usually not the abdomen, it allows a female to look in shape with 12% bodyfat.

RECREATIONAL BODY BUILDER!

Definitely! I like a guy with lot's of muscles, but a little body fat on top of it. I don't want to date an anatomical diagram! Give ME 12%, or even 16%, if it's on top of enough muscle!

BTW - 12% *IS* in shape for a woman. Actually it's pretty lean. Normal, healthy bodyfat percentage for a non-competing "average" woman is about 18-24%, depending on age. The women that you seen running around that are NOT bodybuilders, but relatively lean and in shape are about 18-20%.

Sorry - hope I didn't ruin your perspective.

Fawn

 

[Cheetarah]

Re: Re: physique

...BTW - 12% *IS* in shape for a woman. Actually it's pretty lean. Normal, healthy bodyfat percentage for a non-competing "average" woman is about 18-24%, depending on age. The women that you seen running around that are NOT bodybuilders, but relatively lean and in shape are about 18-20%.

Fawn

True, very true. I've been active and athletic all my life and before I got into bodybuilding, my bodyfat hovered in the 18-22% range. I always wanted to be leaner than that though, to have more muscle definition so once I found out how to get there, I started working towards getting leaner. Now I'm around 15% and I get asked all the time how I got so toned and if I do cardio everyday, LMAO, yeah right! I tell those women, if that were true I'd have been this lean a LONG time ago! I'd really like to get to 12% but as strict as my diet is now, I'm not sure if it's realistic for me to get down that low, let alone try to maintain it. I sure would like to though! I got a friend (course she competes, I don't) who walks around 12% most of the time. I'm thinking, if she can do it, surely I can do it! I just may have to kick in more cardio to do it, whatever it takes. And here's me, rambling again...

 

[littlesurfer]

I guess I'm another odd one. I like athletic guys on the smaller side-- cross country runners and soccer players are my favorite.

 

[Lady Viking]

I also like big and strong guys. And no need tobe very lean.