# Are you attracted to competitive bodybuilders? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 21, 2011, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-attracted-to-competitive-bodybuilders/597067 "2011-09-21T14:42:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-attracted-to-competitive-bodybuilders/597067/141 "2011-09-30T20:14:33Z")
I suppose the **true hallmark** of someone currently using **only** anabolic steroids for an **extended** period of time would be _little nuts_. Of course, that person could get around that with hCG, and it would depend how far into a cycle that person was, but eventually I think the nuts atrophy without ancillaries. ---
**Author:** ![Chicagojeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b19c9b/32.png) [@Chicagojeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicagojeff)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-attracted-to-competitive-bodybuilders/597067/142 "2011-09-30T20:15:06Z")
There’s actually a really good video called “I want to look like that guy”, where pro bodybuilder/model Jeff Willett takes an ordinary guy and in a relatively short period of time gets the guy from being a pudgy couch potato to about 5’7 with 5% bodyfat and the guy competes in an amateur show. The fascinating thing about it is the complete dedication to calorie/carb watchiing. Also Willett admits at the end… to look like a fitness model you have to feel like shit. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-attracted-to-competitive-bodybuilders/597067/143 "2011-09-30T20:24:43Z")
> [@Meatros](#): > > I suppose the **true hallmark** of someone currently using **only** anabolic steroids for an **extended** period of time would be _little nuts_. > > Of course, that person could get around that with hCG, and it would depend how far into a cycle that person was, but eventually I think the nuts atrophy without ancillaries. Absolutely. When the body senses that testosterone is being supplied from outside, it shuts down the natural production in the testes. Without these ancillaries, when one stops the anabolic drugs, they are left with tiny testicles and a body that has a _very_ low natural testosterne level. This can very quickly erase any gains made by the steroids (and then some). The ancillaries are not limited to hCG, however. The female fertility drug Clomid is used often as an estrogen inhibitor, as well as the breast cancer drug Novaldex, which acts as an estrogen blocker. These drugs are used to “kick start” the body’s natural testosterone production once the anabolic drugs are ceased. ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-attracted-to-competitive-bodybuilders/597067/144 "2011-09-30T20:29:39Z")
> [@jamiemcgarry](#): > > The ancillaries are not limited to hCG, however. The female fertility drug Clomid is used often as an estrogen inhibitor, as well as the breast cancer drug Novaldex, which acts as an estrogen blocker. These drugs are used to “kick start” the body’s natural testosterone production once the anabolic drugs are ceased. Well yes, those are SERMs - I don’t think those help you regain your…um… ‘boys’ while you are **on** steroids. On cycle I would think they would be used to prevent excessive estrogen conversion. After you stop using steroids they would help, as you mention. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-attracted-to-competitive-bodybuilders/597067/145 "2011-09-30T23:05:06Z")
IMO, competitive bodybuilders’ physiques are a turn off. And outside of the gym, they wear ill fitting clothes because clothing manufacturers don’t routinely make clothes for someone with their dimensions. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-attracted-to-competitive-bodybuilders/597067/146 "2011-09-30T23:17:48Z")
> [@PunditLisa](#): > > IMO, competitive bodybuilders’ physiques are a turn off. And outside of the gym, they wear ill fitting clothes because clothing manufacturers don’t routinely make clothes for someone with their dimensions. No, I don’t think it’s so much that clothing manufacturers don’t make appropriate sizes for bodybuilder’s physiques’; rather I think that, as a whole, bodybuilders just have _ **horrible** _ tastes in fashion. :eek: There are even “bodybuilding lines” of clothing, which are _so_ awful and cheesy and are all tighty, gaudy clothes meant to show off one’s body. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-attracted-to-competitive-bodybuilders/597067/147 "2011-09-30T23:27:31Z")
> [@Meatros](#): > > Well yes, those are SERMs - I don’t think those help you regain your…um… ‘boys’ while you are **on** steroids. On cycle I would think they would be used to prevent excessive estrogen conversion. After you stop using steroids they would help, as you mention. Yeah, on-cycle they are used to prevent _man-boobs_ ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-attracted-to-competitive-bodybuilders/597067/148 "2011-09-30T23:28:12Z")
> [@jamiemcgarry](#): > > No, I don’t think it’s so much that clothing manufacturers don’t make appropriate sizes for bodybuilder’s physiques’; rather I think that, as a whole, bodybuilders just have _ **horrible** _ tastes in fashion. :eek: You mean like zubas? (Seriously, is it just me, or do a LOT of body builders dress in zubas?) _shudder_ ---
**Author:** ![pamela7777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e36b37/32.png) [@pamela7777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pamela7777)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-attracted-to-competitive-bodybuilders/597067/149 "2011-09-30T23:29:37Z")
I personally don’t like it especially when they over do it . It just looks so unnatural to me. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-attracted-to-competitive-bodybuilders/597067/150 "2011-09-30T23:37:41Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > You mean like zubas? (Seriously, is it just me, or do a LOT of body builders dress in zubas?) > _shudder_ I’m sorry, I don’t know what zubas are. ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-attracted-to-competitive-bodybuilders/597067/151 "2011-10-01T01:03:13Z")
> [@jamiemcgarry](#): > > I’m sorry, I don’t know what zubas are. Your life is better that way… ;-p ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-attracted-to-competitive-bodybuilders/597067/152 "2011-10-02T05:16:29Z")
[You asked for it](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zubas) Best worn with a neon-colored muscle shirt, high top shoes and a mullet. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-attracted-to-competitive-bodybuilders/597067/153 "2011-10-02T05:23:14Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > [You asked for it](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zubas) > > Best worn with a neon-colored muscle shirt, high top shoes and a mullet. Ohhh, _zebra pants_! lol People don’t wear that shit _now_ though, come on. 😛 I haven’t seen that in like decades. ---
**Author:** ![Crazyhorse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crazyhorse/32/31_2.png) [@Crazyhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazyhorse)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-attracted-to-competitive-bodybuilders/597067/154 "2011-10-02T06:55:47Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Ohhh, _zebra pants_! lol Mock the pants if you will, but that guy in the middle once deadlifted a platter of 1500 chicken wings at a Hooters in Reno. \*What \*is going on in that picture on the shelf behind them? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-attracted-to-competitive-bodybuilders/597067/155 "2011-10-02T10:53:13Z")
Straight male who is very unattracted to female body builders. That lack of subcutaneous fat is just a big turn off. In fact, I prefer women to have, at most, very little visible muscle definition. (E.g. a two pack is okay, but a six pack is too far.) I’m sure I’m not unusual in the former, but the latter is probably less common, since I hear guys talking about how hot certain female athletes are. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-attracted-to-competitive-bodybuilders/597067/156 "2011-10-02T23:36:16Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Ohhh, _zebra pants_! lol People don’t wear that shit _now_ though, come on. 😛 I haven’t seen that in like decades. You obviously haven’t shopped at my local Walmart. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-attracted-to-competitive-bodybuilders/597067/157 "2011-10-02T23:41:33Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > You obviously haven’t shopped at my local Walmart. Or any other, for that matter. (And no, I’m not one of those “protest Walmart by never shopping there” people, I’ve just never really had a reason to shop there) ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-attracted-to-competitive-bodybuilders/597067/158 "2011-10-03T00:57:08Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Football: > [Troy Polamalu](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v220/Guinastasia/TroyPolamalu8.jpg) > Or maybe [Ewan Mcgregor](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v220/Guinastasia/Ewan/sexykilt.jpg), or [Christian Bale](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v220/Guinastasia/pic07.jpg), as he looks in the _Batman_ movies. You, my dear, have given me some new inspiration. You see, Troy Polamalu and Ewan MacGregor are two of my favorite male celebrities to drool over. 😃 > [@No\_umlaut\_for\_U](#): > > Exactly! There’s nothing sexier than a carpenter’s arms, or the torso of a man who works hard in his physical occupation. I tend to like more of the “natural” look, and have a wide range of body types that I like. My upper limit for muscularity would be a guy like [Kofi Kingston](http://images.teamtalk.com/08/12/800x600/WWE-RAW-Kofi-Kingston_1612936.jpg), [John Cena](http://players24.blogspot.com/2011/04/john-cena-biography-wwe-wrestle-mania.html) or [Sheamus](http://www.expressnightout.com/2009/12/sheamus-wwe-tlc-celtic-warrior/) of the WWE. John Cena is still a little bigger than I’m really comfortable with, but Kofi Kingston and Sheamus hit the sweet spot for muscular bodies. I also find men like [John Leguizamo](http://cdn.buzznet.com/assets/users16/limare/default/john-leguizamo--large-msg-117789253479.jpg) (on the thinner side) or guys who are built like a [silverback gorilla](http://www.bodytrimmer.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/gorilla-info0.gif) to be attractive. I just happen to find the extremes to be gross, and really, really muscular is one of those extremes. [This](http://wwwdelivery.superstock.com/WI/223/255/PreviewComp/SuperStock_255-12704.jpg), [this](http://s2.hubimg.com/u/1054473_f520.jpg) and [this](http://popseoul.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/20080805-junjin-small.jpg) are all very unattractive to me. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-attracted-to-competitive-bodybuilders/597067/159 "2011-10-03T01:07:01Z")
> [@nashiitashii](#): > > You, my dear, have given me some new inspiration. You see, Troy Polamalu and Ewan MacGregor are two of my favorite male celebrities to drool over. 😃 > > I tend to like more of the “natural” look, and have a wide range of body types that I like. My upper limit for muscularity would be a guy like [Kofi Kingston](http://images.teamtalk.com/08/12/800x600/WWE-RAW-Kofi-Kingston_1612936.jpg), [John Cena](http://players24.blogspot.com/2011/04/john-cena-biography-wwe-wrestle-mania.html) or [Sheamus](http://www.expressnightout.com/2009/12/sheamus-wwe-tlc-celtic-warrior/) of the WWE. John Cena is still a little bigger than I’m really comfortable with, but Kofi Kingston and Sheamus hit the sweet spot for muscular bodies. I also find men like [John Leguizamo](http://cdn.buzznet.com/assets/users16/limare/default/john-leguizamo--large-msg-117789253479.jpg) (on the thinner side) or guys who are built like a [silverback gorilla](http://www.bodytrimmer.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/gorilla-info0.gif) to be attractive. I just happen to find the extremes to be gross, and really, really muscular is one of those extremes. [This](http://wwwdelivery.superstock.com/WI/223/255/PreviewComp/SuperStock_255-12704.jpg), [this](http://s2.hubimg.com/u/1054473_f520.jpg) and [this](http://popseoul.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/20080805-junjin-small.jpg) are all very unattractive to me. > **[Redirect Notice](https://www.google.com/imgres?q=john%2Bcena%2Bon%2Bsteroids&hl=en&sa=X&biw=748&bih=507&tbm=isch&prmd=imvnsofd&tbnid=JNOGrx_8MwKPgM:&imgrefurl=http:%2F%2Fwww.getbig.com%2Fboards%2Findex.php%3Ftopic%3D352909.0&docid=iUZ661Lwd_TXqM&w=223&h=331&ei=XgmJTti-GufEsQLprbTKBw&zoom=1)** If you like “natural” “non-bodybuilder” looks, _how_ can you claim to also like John Cena? ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-attracted-to-competitive-bodybuilders/597067/160 "2011-10-03T01:14:56Z")
People really do _not_ understand the concept of cutting for competitions; they must think that all bodybuilders walk around dry, vascular and totally cut all the time. They seemingly don’t realize that when not preparing for a contest, a natural bodybuilder would have exactly the kind of physique they’d probably find appealing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-attracted-to-competitive-bodybuilders/597067.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-attracted-to-competitive-bodybuilders/597067.md?page=9)