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i think a lot of people tailor their preferences to what they really feel they are capable of attracting. like a fat guy saying he doesnt like fit girls.
seems like 90% of men over 40 are overweight. Is that not a turn-off for most women? I would think they'd at least prefer guys who look fit.
You would think so.
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at what point does a guy become a beefcake?
i think a lot of people tailor their preferences to what they really feel they are capable of attracting. like a fat guy saying he doesnt like fit girls.
I agree. I wonder what the difference is between someone who goes to the gym and lifts weights and a "beefcake", whatever that is.
And I wonder if people aren't attracted to the beefcakes because they are overweight themselves and know that the beefcakes wouldn't want them?
I like men who lift weights, because there is a common interest there. I would prefer a person who lifts over someone whose ass is stuck to the couch and looks pregnant.
I like it when guys have active hobbies, because I do, to, but I'm generally not interested in gym rats, because I like to do things OTHER than fitness related ventures, too.
I also find the amount of time a guy works on his six-pack to directly correlate to how much of a narcissist he has the potential for being, and that's a big turnoff.
Basically, I like somebody who's compatible with me in that arena...enjoys exercising regularly, but not obsessively...prefers to embed exercise into other activities (hiking with the dog, riding bikes around town, etc), and isn't overly body-image conscious.
I don't know why but the word beefcakes just cracks me up.
im also a fan of the word. i use the term frequently to refer to anything strong. like ill call a car with a lot of horespower beefcake. ill also call my 22 month old's daughter's arms beefcake and her chubby legs are "look at those beefcake legs!" i also sometimes call myself a "beefcake studmuffin" but thats a joke. even at my most beefcakieness i dont think i qualify as a "beefcake."
i always just called those people "ripped". When did beefcake come into play?
According to the OED, "beefcake" was first used in 1949:
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beefcake n. /ˈbiːfkeɪk/ [humorous, after cheese-cake n.] (slang, orig. U.S.) (a display of) sturdy masculine physique.
1949 in Amer. Speech (1954) 29 282 Alan Ladd has a beef—about ‘beefcake’, the new Hollywood trend toward exposing the male chest.
1954 Sunday Pictorial 18 Apr. 15/1, I learned that beefcake was bunk because one of my jobs in the circus was lacing the strongman's shoes.
1963 Guardian 29 June 5/4 The other poster‥shows Albert Finney in a beefcake pose with his shirt slit to the navel.
i always just called those people "ripped". When did beefcake come into play?
i dont think ripped is good enough. you could be 150 pounds and "ripped" but not big enough to be a beefcake. some people would suggest you could be 250 pounds of muscle but not super defined and still be a beefcake. you could also be a 250 pounds ripped beefcake.
I think ive used "swell" more than ive used "beefcake"
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