{"id":49,"date":"2010-05-11T16:04:29","date_gmt":"2010-05-11T23:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leanmeanvirilemachine.com\/?p=49"},"modified":"2010-07-21T22:27:55","modified_gmt":"2010-07-22T05:27:55","slug":"you-dont-have-to-be-a-bodybuilder-to-attract-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/theguycancook.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/11\/you-dont-have-to-be-a-bodybuilder-to-attract-women\/","title":{"rendered":"You Don’t Have To Be a Bodybuilder To Attract Women"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"<\/a>When I started lifting weights in high school, it was for one reason only: I wanted to become irresistibly attractive to the fairer sex. (Hey, at least I\u2019m honest!) I had it in my mind that women only wanted men with huge pecs, bulging biceps, and abs you could do laundry on. With so many other guys spending hours upon hours in the gym, I figured that this line of thinking couldn’t possibly be wrong.<\/p>\n

But boy, was it ever.<\/p>\n

It is deeply implanted in most guys\u2019 heads that when it comes to muscle mass, bigger is better. Look at the cover of any men\u2019s fitness magazine or book and you\u2019re likely to see models who have 2-4% body fat and veins popping out all over the place.<\/p>\n

Truth be told, we HAVE come a long way since the glory days of bodybuilding in the 70s, when most men looked at guys like Arnold Schwarzenegger as the pinnacle of health, putting in long hours at the gym and drinking lots of protein shakes in an effort to look like a champion bodybuilder.<\/p>\n

But is it really true that when it comes to women\u2019s preferences in men that beefier is better?<\/p>\n

Scientists studying the psychology of physical attractiveness have found that women are most interested in men with these three characteristics:<\/p>\n