02/12/2025
Chris Bumstead: "Most girls do not like bodybuilders and competitors. If you're too big and too muscular, they find it kinda gross. When you're too lean, they think you're too lean. I know some girls who, when I’m in my off-season thinking I’m fat, they’re like, ‘Oh my God, you’re perfect.’ And then when I’m a week out from a show — shredded, abs, veins everywhere — they think it’s gross. They’re like, ‘That’s too much. I don’t like that.’
So it’s a pretty funny thing. Something you might start doing to get girls actually ends up pushing them away. Also, that could be why the Open bodybuilders hate Men’s Physique so much — because Men’s Physique guys are so much more appealing to girls, whereas girls don’t like Open bodybuilders. So maybe there’s a little bit of jealousy in there.”
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