No other MALE athlete on campus is afraid to fight a XC guy.
not a golfer, gymnast, bowler, cheerleader etc...not 1
xc men are the least feared on the planet
Why isn't running seen as a masculine sport?
High School Running
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Toxic Johnny wrote:
I have heard many people say that, including women. Yet never, not once, have I seen a serious bodybuilder with a homely wife or girlfriend. Their girlfriends and wives tend to be very beautiful. And these are not wealthy men for the most part.
My conclusion? Women are actually lying when they say that. Probably they are not lying consciously. At some level they resist admitting that a freakish 18 inch arm attracts them. But an incredibly jacked physique is attractive to a woman in the way that a large pair of plastic jubblies is to a man. A man may say “I don’t like women with too much plastic, I like them natural”, but you’ll stare slack jawed at those mammaries. Well, women are the same with unnaturally muscular men.
Maybe physical image is just really important to people whose main hobby is taking care of their physical image? Bodybuilders choose pretty partners just like rich people choose rich partners or smart people choose smart partners. We look for partners who share our values
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derma wrote:
No other MALE athlete on campus is afraid to fight a XC guy.
not a golfer, gymnast, bowler, cheerleader etc...not 1
xc men are the least feared on the planet
what about a ping pong player? Without his paddle.
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Have you actually watched a runner run?
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Really? You have males prancing about in tights and you ask why isn't running seen as a masculine sport?
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Muscle Runner wrote:
Toxic Johnny wrote:
If we’re being honest, swimming suffers from the same thing. The men might be as straight as an arrow, but wearing a Speedo and shaving one’s body just isn’t seen as masculine.
Wrong.
No, I’ve been around the sport quite a lot, and young boys and men are reticent to wear speedos and shave their bodies. It keeps men from the sport. I accept this to be true, and understand that swimming will never be as big or as popular as field sports.
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valjean wrote:
Toxic Johnny wrote:
I have heard many people say that, including women. Yet never, not once, have I seen a serious bodybuilder with a homely wife or girlfriend. Their girlfriends and wives tend to be very beautiful. And these are not wealthy men for the most part.
My conclusion? Women are actually lying when they say that. Probably they are not lying consciously. At some level they resist admitting that a freakish 18 inch arm attracts them. But an incredibly jacked physique is attractive to a woman in the way that a large pair of plastic jubblies is to a man. A man may say “I don’t like women with too much plastic, I like them natural”, but you’ll stare slack jawed at those mammaries. Well, women are the same with unnaturally muscular men.
Maybe physical image is just really important to people whose main hobby is taking care of their physical image? Bodybuilders choose pretty partners just like rich people choose rich partners or smart people choose smart partners. We look for partners who share our values
I think the phenomenon goes much deeper than that. Women rarely, if ever choose a poor unemployed man. They might if that is what is available to them, but all things equal, they will choose someone rich, even if they are very very poor. Fat men who never exercise want slim and fit women.
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A lot of male posters on this site struggle to admit to themselves what is plainly true: the long distance runner physique is objectively less attractive to women. There have been plenty of studies on this, and there is no doubt. This does not mean they are doomed to live their lives in monkish solitude. there are plenty of great women out there, that you won’t have to steal from the local bodybuilder. But it absolutely means that all other things equal, marathoners are less attractive to women than a man with muscles who remains somewhat lean.
Again, this isn’t the end of the world. But really serious male distance runners need to understand it as one of the few drawbacks of a great sport.
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Ummm...see grant fisher. Any other questions?
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Toxic Johnny wrote:
the long distance runner physique is objectively less attractive to women.
This is 100% true. Even women runners find men runners unattractive. Speed goggles only work one direction.
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okay!@! wrote:
Toxic Johnny wrote:
the long distance runner physique is objectively less attractive to women.
This is 100% true. Even women runners find men runners unattractive. Speed goggles only work one direction.
Really cause I know a sh*t ton of runners who got with other runners. The generalizations are wild here. Do any of you even date? What about other factors like height and general attractiveness level in the face? Or perhaps the biggest thing missing here: sometimes people really into running are boring and it’s all they talk about/their only hobby.
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Toxic Johnny wrote:
valjean wrote:
Maybe physical image is just really important to people whose main hobby is taking care of their physical image? Bodybuilders choose pretty partners just like rich people choose rich partners or smart people choose smart partners. We look for partners who share our values
I think the phenomenon goes much deeper than that. Women rarely, if ever choose a poor unemployed man. They might if that is what is available to them, but all things equal, they will choose someone rich, even if they are very very poor. Fat men who never exercise want slim and fit women.
I agree. Evolution rewards women who value socioeconomic support structures that protect them while birth/nursing leave them physically vulnerable and rewards men who value the physical support structures that will produce their children. On top of that, evolution further rewards coherent social units share specific goals e.g. cultivation of physical fitness, wealth, intelligence
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