If your muscles got your foot in the door, and you made the most of it...I'd say they had a whole fucking lot to do with it.
My GF loves my body, tells me every day. She loves ME too as far as a person..but physical attraction is HUGE in a long term relationship.
I'm in one over 4 years with a very desirable woman, married 12 years to a very attractive woman as well...you?
Not looking to start shit. Serious question
Again, fallacy of personal experience. You assume what is true of you must apply in general. I know people who can dislocate their shoulders and restore them in the socket with no pain or weird contortions. But 99% of people can't do it. It's a debating technique that's as old as the sun and is derided by people in debates who recognize it from the getgo.
History doesn't support your thesis. Most men are not in any shape we could qualify as decent on this site. Most men don't desire to be. Yet they have no problem finding partners, getting married, or having families. If being in your shape was a precondition for obtaining a woman, logically we would've gone extinct by now. So what I think you mean to say is that for you, being in above-average shape has opened doors that might've been closed otherwise with the opposite sex. I can tell you that for me, it made no difference. I've dated while fat and while ripped. Those women were mainly focused on what I did for a living and my views on family, the environment, relationships, and my hobbies. But when my appearance did come up, they consistently complimented my eyes, lips, or hairstyle. Only one ever told me she liked the veins on my arms or my ab development. Women like faces more than bodies, 9 times out of 10.