I'm curious if any pro thinks that women find their physiques attractive? 
I know Tom Prince was under this delusion and I don't think he is the only one. Muscletech seems to want us to believe that women would go for Branch Warren or Dave Henry (the blonde with him in the ad was probably standing on her knees in order to appear shorter than him). Possibly their target market has a double digit IQ or are just virgins and don't know any better.
Maybe 1% of women are attracted to a pro size physique (if that). The kicker is that far less than 1% of men can provide this, so it's a good match.
Most pros show signs of acromegaly. I had girls at my place tell me that Gunter looked good, but even he would look better if he dropped about 100 pounds of muscle (and hopefully reverses some of the GH sides if that is possible).
I just watched the new Gary Strydom DVD from www.muscletime.com. In the DVD a woman who saw him train in the venice pit asked if he was married and felt his arm. A moment later a younger woman got a picture with him and felt his arm. None of this was faked (at least it didn't look it at all). Gary is a tall, classy looking guy and as massive as he is, just isn't as grotesque as most pros, physique wise.
Check out his myspace and check out the comments from younger girls:
www.myspace.com/champwbf
I don't doubt at all that this guy can get his share of young hotties with ease. Isn't sex appeal supposed to be some part of working out? Yeah, yeah - do it for yourself. But by virtue of looking good for yourself, you would think others would agree with your standard.
Compare:
www.myspace.com/branchwarren
Mostly comments from male bodybuilding enthusiasts as would be expected.
When precisely did bodybuilding stray from being about balance and health and looking good to just being a freakshow? 1970? Maybe earlier?
Pros who I would aspire to be of the new age would be Milos, Chris Cook, and Dennis Newman, and some others. Most I almost feel sorry for because I don't think acromegaly is reversible.
Bob Paris said he wanted to prove it was possible to care about health and balance and looking good while also being a bodybuilder. Check out any old footage of him. He always had the right idea.
The "Get big muscles; get the girls" adage has been used since the days of Charles Atlas. Remember the scene in
Pumping Iron where Arnold Schwarzenegger has THREE girls around him: one grasping each leg, lustingly gazing upon him and a third one propped on his shoulders?
I thought that myself, when I was a kid. Of course, most of the guys I saw with big muscles were pro wrestlers. The guy that got the girls on WWF Superstars was the late "Ravishing" Rick Rude. Rude has two versions of what he called the "Rude Awakening", The first was his finishing move on an opponent, also known as a neckbreaker. The second was performed post-match, as follows:
Rude's manager, Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, would pull a woman from the audience and ask her canned questions, regarding how privileged she was to be in the ring with Rude. After, obligatorily answering "Yes" to those questions, she would get the green light from "The Brain" to enjoy herself. After which, The Ravishing One would proceed to bust some slob (that is, french-kiss) the young lass, simultaneously lowering her to the ring. With the woman swooning in near-orgasmic bliss, Heenan would declare, "We have another winner!!", while Rude would stand over her, doing his famous gyrations.
Funny you should mentioned the guys on MuscleTech. It seems that their supplements have a patented "Jungle Fever" effect on black bodybuilders, as white girls can't seem to stop pawing them, once they join Team MuscleTech. The interesting thing is that the company actually has one black woman on staff, Alicia Marie (co-holder of the Ms. Muscle & Fitness title). But for some strange reason, she doesn't feel like fondling Darrem Charles, David Henry, or Johnnie Jackson.
