It is thought, with bodybuilders, women are making their selection on the trouble of having to cook for three men to feed one guy.
I also found on a divorce site a poll that suggests the most attractive man to a woman is a man with a soft look to him.
Truth: “Women having no clue what they want, except that it has to currently be not theirs.”
I don’t know about a “soft look to him” unless they mean expression. We ladies do love it when our men give us soft looks — those tend to melt us. We also like men who are “soft” (in the sense of kindly) toward those weaker than them, children, the elderly, etc. — and, of course, towards us. Bullies are a huge turnoff, except to sicko women. And that half-smirk thing some men do is a big “ick!”.
Think of the big heart-throbs of Hollywood. Gregory Peck could look tough when the situation called for it, but got that “soft look” when he interacted with children, his leading ladies, and the downtrodden in his movies. We ladies really go for that. (Sorry to go so far back in time, but old movies and stars are the ones that stick in my mind.)
We ladies really aren’t nearly as interested in mens’ physiques as men seem to be. I imagine the men who knock themselves out going for the bodybuilder look (even when not extreme) do it more for themselves and to impress other men.