Aesthetics
The Ideal Female Body Shape (According to Men)
This article is about the ideal female body according to men. I’m writing this because women read my article about the ideal male body according to women, and they wanted me to do the same for them. That article went into the science of beauty, but it was also based on thousands of survey responses from women, who rated photos and illustrations I drew.
So, I did the same for women. Over the past fifteen years, I surveyed thousands of men from cultures all around the world. You can see the results of one of those surveys here. Different cultures sometimes prefer slightly different things, but I’ll focus on what was universally preferred across all of them.
Some of these findings might surprise you. Most women have a fairly good idea what other women prefer, but they aren’t nearly as good at guessing what men find most attractive.
This article is long, so I understand if you don’t want to read the whole thing. Here’s a quick and simple trick to make yourself instantly sexier: have a drink. It will boost your attractiveness (to yourself) by 50%. This is known as the Beauty is in the Eye of the Beer-Holder effect (study). You don’t even need to have a real drink. The participants who drank the placebo beer got the same attractiveness boost.
If you’re looking for a longer-lasting improvement, or perhaps one that other people would notice too, that’s what the rest of this article is about.
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How to Make Your Butt Bigger in a Week
There are four ways to make your butt bigger in one week:
- Do a few sets of glute exercises to get a muscle pump. That will make your butt look bigger for about 30 minutes. It isn’t much, but it’s a start.
- Train your glutes hard enough to cause some soreness and swelling. That swelling will make your buff look bigger for a few days. If you train your glutes every few days, you can keep them looking fuller and harder forever.
- Eat enough carbs and calories to pump your muscles full of glycogen. When you eat more food, especially when that food is rich in carbs, your muscles will start holding onto more glycogen (which is made of carbs). That glycogen makes your muscles look harder and fuller. Training your glutes will cause them to store even more glycogen.
- Build muscle! Building muscle takes time, and you won’t gain a noticeable amount in a single week, but you might see noticeable progress in a month, and you’ll certainly see progress within a few months.
I’ll explain how to do all of this, and then we’ll give you some extra butt-building tips.
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Female Weight Lifting Transformations—4 Case Studies
See how these women combined lifting weights, nutrition, and lifestyle changes to see amazing before-and-after transformations. Inside we’ll take a closer look at four women as they set goals, begin lifting weights and eating differently, and see their monthly progress updates.
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Survey Results: The Most Attractive Female Body Composition (Muscle, Fat & Proportions)
I surveyed 1,072 men to see which female body shapes, body fat percentages, and features they found the most attractive. I drew dozens of different illustrations, adjusting them in subtle ways, so that men could pick between women with varying amounts of muscle and fat, different muscle proportions, and different bone structures.
I also surveyed 394 women, asking them how much muscle they wanted to build, their ideal body fat percentage, and which muscles they wanted to emphasize in their training.
Unlike with male bodies, where men and women preferred different physiques, men and women tended to agree on which female bodies were the most attractive. Most of the men and women we surveyed voted for the same degrees of muscularity and leanness, and preferred women’s bodies with the same general shape and proportions.
In addition to asking which body shapes men preferred (giving them one choice), I also asked which bodies they found attractive (allowing them to select as many choices as they wanted). Most female body shapes and body fat percentages were attractive to at least some men.
In this article, we answer a few questions:
- How muscular is the most attractive female body?
- What’s the most attractive female body-fat percentage?
- What muscle proportions do men prefer?
- Do men prefer thicker thighs in women?
- Do men prefer bigger butts in women?
- Do men prefer thinner or thicker women?
- How do men feel about women getting cosmetic surgery?
The Women’s Guide to Squatting for Muscle Size
Squats are the bulking lift for women. They’re amazing for bulking up their quads and glutes, and they stimulate more overall muscle mass than any other lift, with the possible exception of the deadlift. But there are many different squat variations, each with its own distinct advantages and disadvantages.
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How to Get Wider, Curvier Hips Naturally And Fast
If you’re a naturally skinny woman with naturally narrower hips, you might be wondering: is it even possible to get bigger, wider hips? Why do some females have narrower hips? Are there any exercises to widen the hips? What’s all this talk about the waist-to-hip ratio, and how can I improve my ratio naturally?
These are questions we get a lot. So inside this article, we’ll be talking about why so many women want to have wide hips with a small waist, what we can’t change, what we can change, and some action steps you can take today to quickly start adding inches to your hip measurement to immediately start improving your waist-to-hip ratio.
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Benefits Of Lifting Weights For Females
If you’ve ever been curious about the benefits of lifting weights for women, and if it’ll help you reach you build muscle, burn fat, and become more attractive, then this is the article for you. We cover 3 main areas: attractiveness, health, and lifestyle.
There are exceptions, of course, women who are pregnant need to be careful with lifting. Always talk to your doctor first before beginning any workout or nutrition program.
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Is It Bad Being Skinny?
There’s this movement going on where people are trying to make it more socially acceptable to have a higher body fat percentage, proportionally thicker bones, shorter limbs and a larger waist. The photo above is a good example, where bulimia.com has taken 10 female video-game characters and transformed their physiques into what they feel better represents the average woman. These “realistic” makeovers have been shared to millions of people via BuzzFeed and HuffPo, among others.
Some people argue that these aren’t supposed to be average women. They’re supposed to be legendary action heroes. Due to their world-class genetics and lifestyle focused on training, you could argue that their having a lower body fat percentage is more realistic.
That makes sense, but that’s not my issue with these makeovers. I don’t think the person doing the makeover was concerned about what made sense for the fictional character but rather what would have the best impact on the self-esteem of her fans. That intention seems good, and if this can help people with bulimia feel better about their bodies, then this is great.
My issue is that this backlash against the thin ideal is making it seem like it’s wrong to be thin.
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