all the fitness bros lost their minds

Reminds me of that meme about how Hugh Jackmen is depicted on the cover of Men's Magazines vs Women's Magazines

Those men are doing this for other men's approval without realizing it.

I quit power lifting because the only people that cared were other dudes

FYI, it was singer Olly Murs and this comparison:

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I personally find shredded people in a different category all together. The type of people I wouldn’t consider having an intimate relationship based on past experiences with others who are also shredded.

I’ve also noticed that when I was friends with guys who were, it seemed like they were basically obsessed with…themselves. Like, they only seemed to care to talk about topics that branch off of body building. Like, do you have other interests? I love painting!

I’m a lesbian so not the best source on what women like in men. But I find shredded people (women and men) less attractive because of the muscles, I don’t like it, and I don’t mean to be rude or disrespectful but find them kinda gross. I also find Adam’s apples disturbing like they look painful

I dated a super shredded objectively hot gym bro for awhile. The sex was mid af and indeed, he always wanted to leave the party early and / or not drink or eat anything.

Jacked men attract gay men more than anything else. Im not sure if they realize that.

I say it all the time but by instinct men peacock to other men and women often signal to other women. 

The lady is thinking about her outfit which most men don’t really care about and those same men are thinking their biceps counteract any dumb things they say but it’s just signaling what we notice in others, not what the others want to see necessarily. 

Humanity for ages has looked to the animal kingdom for validation in what they do (social Darwinism, or just two mountain goats going town fighting for a hot goat lady) and men like to think of buffalos and rams head butting but they instead should think of birds or birds of paradise. You wanna impress a lady? Get your fuckin nest cleaned up, throw your brightest most patterned shirt on and give them something to look at, peacocks aren’t doing squats to show off, their pretty tails do the talking instead. 

Constant protein and a near obsessive attendance at a gym does not communicate stability lol, it communicates dedication sure, but can also suggest that you are only interested in working on the parts of yourself that can be solved by picking up heavy things instead of like working on your anger problems… 

This applies to men and women both obviously as there are thirsty gals wanting a fuckboy and guys looking for the most revealing outfits but thy can have their fun, actual partnership requires more than biceps and THAT is why the gym bros are mad. You can’t put your childhood trauma on a weight rack and push through it, you have to deal with your shit homie and grow up, not just get lost in some hobby as a distraction betting on making people lusty instead of trying to make yourself a better person all around. Not saying all fitness people are assholes but let’s not pretend there isn’t an overlap there lol.

It’s so funny that the men didn’t believe the women who were outright saying what they preferred. It’s the entire crux of the “man-o-sphere” where a bunch of dudes tell you what women want even over the objection of women. I promise if you listen to women, particularly the ones you’re trying to date, they’ll tell you want they’re looking for.