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'''Muscle Theory''' is the theory that increasing muscle mass and decreasing body fat is the easiest way to get laid for free via online dating or bar hopping in your immediate location. That muscle is more important than height, face, personality, or frame in attracting women, especially if the person isn't severely physically deformed or a midget.  

 

There is also allegedly greater online, self-reported appreciation for "dad bods" in America. There really is no universally accepted definition of, "Dad bod", but all definitions include surplus of abdominal fat. This made the news to due an online study, not by any academic source. The "study" was by Kelton Global, a company which owns the gym Planet Fitness. This "unbiased study" showed a small majority of women self-reporting that "dad bods" are sexy.<ref>https://finance.yahoo.com/news/planet-fitness-study-finds-love-130000740.html?guccounter=1</ref> And a larger majority preferring to marry men with Dad Bods, than men with a six pack.<ref>https://blog.bcbsnc.com/2018/06/dad-bod/</ref> If these results are true, they simply only show self-reported preference, not actual preference. In other words the women were simply asked in writing, it was in no way a blind study. Additionally, according to anecdotes, it may be true women have an actual preference for less muscular men in marriage, and this would follow the theory of the [[dual mating strategy]].

 

According to Aaron Sell, Aaron W. Lukazsweski and Michael Townsley in a blind, academic, peer-reviewed study, '''cues of upper body strength account for most of the variance in men's bodily attractiveness'''.<ref>https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2017.1819</ref> In the study, women were asked to rate photos of men, and while height and leanness played a role, perceived strength played the largest role in which pictures women picked, with women choosing the men they perceived as stronger, and not ones they perceived as weaker. In fact, the women never chose weaker men, and there was no nuance to the results. '''Zero of the 160 women surveyed showed a statistical, actual preference for weaker men.'''<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/12/12/women-rate-the-strongest-men-as-the-most-attractive-study-finds/</ref>

 

This theory is promoted by [[MGTOW]] youtuber [https://tome.is/w/LFA_(Youtube_Vlogger) LFA]. It is also the dominant mode of thinking on [[Bodybuilding.com]]. Those incels who are naturally not masculine in [[personality]], or hate masculinity in general may avoid muscle-maxxing despite it's proven benefits and they may hyperfocus on less studied [[looksmaxxing]], such as [[fashion]].

 

[[William]] agrees with the theory and takes it a step farther. Suggesting abs is the single most important physical trait in men on online dating apps. While not as quantifiable as regular muscle theory, abs theory is hypothesized based on shirtless men with abs always getting dozens of matches on tinder during catfishing experiments. Studies have indeed shown that the majority women indicate they find well developed abdominal and oblique muscles to be attractive.<ref>https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1474704919852918#</ref>