Do athletic women find men attractive? What about unathletic men?

[Anonymous]

I’m an athletic female, 30s. I find normal-athletic men attractive. I do not find it attractive if you look like you power lift 2 hrs per day. That is a no for me. But if you are a heathy weight with toned muscles that appear to get some regular use through sports/work/gym in reasonable intervals, that is attractive. Taking care of yourself is attractive but being obsessed with looks and muscle bulk is not attractive

[Anonymous]

The hottest athletic feature a guy can have is a huge bank account and / or powerful job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The hottest athletic feature a guy can have is a huge bank account and / or powerful job.

What if he looks like a walking Snorlax?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The hottest athletic feature a guy can have is a huge bank account and / or powerful job.

What if he looks like a walking Snorlax?

People confuse who women want to have hot sex with vs who they want to settle down with.

[Anonymous]

You don’t need to be Fabio to hike, play golf and otherwise enjoy the great outdoors. Once again women want men to match their level of obsession with everything. Wanting to be equals yet won’t ask a man out.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm married female who works out about 1.5-2 hours per day. If I was ever single again, then the guy would need to be at least moderately active. He wouldn't have to match my level of fitness, but he would at least need to do some moderate exercise and eat a somewhat healthy diet. I'm not a health zealot like I used to be, and now I splurge on higher calorie/fat meals too. I love good food and could never go back to totally clean eating all the time.

1.5 - 2 hours a day is a lot. Are you a triathlete? They seem to keep pretty heavy training schedules. People training for the IronMan will
peak at 18-20 hours per week.

No, I'm not a triathlete. I do cardio, light weights, crunches, and stretches. Sometimes yoga and tennis too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m an athletic female, 30s. I find normal-athletic men attractive. I do not find it attractive if you look like you power lift 2 hrs per day. That is a no for me. But if you are a heathy weight with toned muscles that appear to get some regular use through sports/work/gym in reasonable intervals, that is attractive. Taking care of yourself is attractive but being obsessed with looks and muscle bulk is not attractive

yes! I'm a fit female and have had boyfriends who were obsessed with getting huge and working out -- i really did not like the result. he was a controlling person and got very aggressive right after workouts. when we broke up he flexed his biceps and said "say goodbye to these!" i think obsessive weight lifting for men is the equivalent of anorexia in women... need for control.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m an athletic female, 30s. I find normal-athletic men attractive. I do not find it attractive if you look like you power lift 2 hrs per day. That is a no for me. But if you are a heathy weight with toned muscles that appear to get some regular use through sports/work/gym in reasonable intervals, that is attractive. Taking care of yourself is attractive but being obsessed with looks and muscle bulk is not attractive

yes! I'm a fit female and have had boyfriends who were obsessed with getting huge and working out -- i really did not like the result. he was a controlling person and got very aggressive right after workouts. when we broke up he flexed his biceps and said "say goodbye to these!"i think obsessive weight lifting for men is the equivalent of anorexia in women... need for control.

Omg, I love that guy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m an athletic female, 30s. I find normal-athletic men attractive. I do not find it attractive if you look like you power lift 2 hrs per day. That is a no for me. But if you are a heathy weight with toned muscles that appear to get some regular use through sports/work/gym in reasonable intervals, that is attractive. Taking care of yourself is attractive but being obsessed with looks and muscle bulk is not attractive

yes! I'm a fit female and have had boyfriends who were obsessed with getting huge and working out -- i really did not like the result. he was a controlling person and got very aggressive right after workouts. when we broke up he flexed his biceps and said "say goodbye to these!"i think obsessive weight lifting for men is the equivalent of anorexia in women... need for control.

Omg, I love that guy.

That guy f**ks!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm happily married, but if i ever get divorced it's important for the women I date to be athletic, childless, very successful and prosperous, highly intelligent, unusually attractive and about 20 years my junior ... and somehow still interested in me.

I can totally relate to this! I am an overweight, somewhat lazy, relatively unattractive single older woman and I am not dating now but if I was I would want the guy to be at least ten years younger than me, able to perform sexually although I'm ok with pharmaceutical aids, childless or has grown children who live far away, plenty of money and very generous with it, likes to read especially on a beach, taller than 5" 10", not more than 20 lbs overweight, decent teeth and still has some hair on his head and his chest...and somehow appreciates my sparkling personality, great sense of humor and high intelligence while ignoring or tolerating my flaws.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm happily married, but if i ever get divorced it's important for the women I date to be athletic, childless, very successful and prosperous, highly intelligent, unusually attractive and about 20 years my junior ... and somehow still interested in me.

I can totally relate to this! I am an overweight, somewhat lazy, relatively unattractive single older woman and I am not dating now but if I was I would want the guy to be at least ten years younger than me, able to perform sexually although I'm ok with pharmaceutical aids, childless or has grown children who live far away, plenty of money and very generous with it, likes to read especially on a beach, taller than 5" 10", not more than 20 lbs overweight, decent teeth and still has some hair on his head and his chest...and somehow appreciates my sparkling personality, great sense of humor and high intelligence while ignoring or tolerating my flaws.

No fitness or “size” preferences?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m an athletic female, 30s. I find normal-athletic men attractive. I do not find it attractive if you look like you power lift 2 hrs per day. That is a no for me. But if you are a heathy weight with toned muscles that appear to get some regular use through sports/work/gym in reasonable intervals, that is attractive. Taking care of yourself is attractive but being obsessed with looks and muscle bulk is not attractive

yes! I'm a fit female and have had boyfriends who were obsessed with getting huge and working out -- i really did not like the result. he was a controlling person and got very aggressive right after workouts. when we broke up he flexed his biceps and said "say goodbye to these!" i think obsessive weight lifting for men is the equivalent of anorexia in women... need for control.

I laughed so hard when I read this. What a tool.

[Anonymous]

I'm a woman into powerlifting and I don't think I could date a weak, out of shape man. I also couldn't date a bodybuilder, because they tend to be super regimented about food. People between those endpoints would be fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm happily married, but if i ever get divorced it's important for the women I date to be athletic, childless, very successful and prosperous, highly intelligent, unusually attractive and about 20 years my junior ... and somehow still interested in me.

I can totally relate to this! I am an overweight, somewhat lazy, relatively unattractive single older woman and I am not dating now but if I was I would want the guy to be at least ten years younger than me, able to perform sexually although I'm ok with pharmaceutical aids, childless or has grown children who live far away, plenty of money and very generous with it, likes to read especially on a beach, taller than 5" 10", not more than 20 lbs overweight, decent teeth and still has some hair on his head and his chest...and somehow appreciates my sparkling personality, great sense of humor and high intelligence while ignoring or tolerating my flaws.

Exactly ... we are people who appreciate (and insist upon) excellence.

[Anonymous]

Great thread but hiking? That would be a full stop for me if would be partner hiked.