Being tall and having a structure of god (I'm humble too) + knowing the way to dress well - I've got countless remarks/compliments/preachings/etc.. in the last 10 years. I've heard word "perfect" many times, from females usualy, but guys say nice words too, I guess I'm quite approachable person myself, so once they get to know me - their guard goes down (oh, and the questions begin.. esp. from drunk guys with fat bellies. And. esp. once they beome aware of my way to explain things, the way I go into the details they've never thought about, being an obsessive perfectionist that I am - I certainly can go on about the topic for a long time and sound like I'm a fukkin genius, well most of the time I am, but still...).
Females get "touchy", very noticeable, some literally fuck me with their eyes (the last one I remember was from a last weeken in one rave I went. Wore a nice thin sweater-shirt, my perfect lines were quite apparent, yep... oh, so she was turning her head and I could see when her eyes locked on my body in quite a shock/disbelief lol...then, as my peripheral vision is well developed, I could notice her constantly checkin me out. A tiny, cute girl, I guess - of the type that likes bigger guys).
I like another "effect" of being in shape - I could dress my worst clothes i the worst possible way, go to an official institution/place and still be treated very respectfully, while an ordinary person would get a "meh" look. This one especially works on guys, who work in official enviroment.
I'm an artist, I create my body, I carve it, and every artist likes to expose his art to the world, so I'm proud to show what I've created and fuck anyone who doesn't care, cares enough to "preach" me, or some fat slob who's just jealous as hell so he thinks it's "shallow". 20-30-40 or 50 (like that poster wrote above. BTW - Post was good till' I encountered word "religion". It always astonishes me how intelligent ppl can be religious at the same time. I mean - intelligent enough to express their thoughts in a way that not many can express) who cares, if you are bodybuilder (and it's a state of mind, an obsessioin, a fukkin illness) you are a bodybuilder till you are dead. I personally find guys who are in a ridiclously good shape at an advanced age to be even more respectful then someone young and jacked. It takes a dedication, some serious one (and usualy - certain risks too..)..
Remembered another one (plenty of stories like these): a month ago I was visiting germany, went to a fast-food place with a few ppl. A really fat guy was behind the counter. Once he became aware I don't speak german - he started praising my physique in english. A few days passed by, I was walking a few streets from that place again, a car is passing me by, the same dude almost falls out thourgh window all smiling and greeting me (not in a homo way). All that just because I'm above average when it comes to being "fit".
I think it's a biological reaction people have. You can be rich in one country, but in another you can be just an "average joe" (if many are as rich or richier) but if you've developed your body to something worth lookin' at - wherever you go - you will get some kind of a reaction. It's subconscious. Animal encounters another animal that is SUPERIOR. *bam* the neurons fire in the "ape brain", and the rest depends on the state of mind of a given person.