As humans, we have evolved tremendously over the several thousand years, but we still carry many of our “primitive” conditioning. During the primitive ages, men were the hunters and women were the “home makers”. Men were naturally endowed with taut muscles, which helped them wield weapons and forage for long distances. Women on the other hand were naturally endowed with “smooth” muscles, which gave them a supple, curvaceous look.

So men are inherently wired to be attracted to “natural” looking women with a supple body, and many men are unconsciously turned off by taut “muscles” on a girl. It’s quite common for many guys to feel “threatened” by a girl who has a muscular body; they perceive her to be “non-feminine”. Men have traditionally associated soft, tender, slender, curvaceous and smooth with a female body.

Given a choice between a slender, curvaceous female body and a taut, muscular female body, a huge majority of men would go in for the slender, curvy one. Men don’t mind girls being slightly over-weight either, as long as she has a curvaceous body. But a muscular female body is definitely offsetting, simply because men are not conditioned to know a woman’s body to be muscular, and that primitive conditioning still operates.

It’s best to retain what is “natural”. Men are naturally muscled, and with a little weight training they develop very taut muscles. Women are naturally supple, with smooth muscles, and they need to do some really rigorous weight training to end up with a chiseled body. Women with “natural” bodies is what attracts men, and most men would rather see smooth curves than a six pack abdomen or a well muscled thigh.