Do women like muscles?

Do you like a lead with more muscles?

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ticolora

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Question for ladies.

Suppose you are engineering a lead for yourself. You have 100 points to spend. Assume you put enough muscle tone to be a really good lead. Would you spend any extra points for extra muscles - just for the show/feel, and no practical benefits? To rephrase the same question, given two identically skilled leads, would you enjoy one with extra bulk than the slimmer type? Is it something you appreciate/enjoy or notice?
 
with muscle bulk, there is most often a loss a of flexibility...therefore, no...not for dance

that being said, even in my personal life, in terms of aesthetic, I generally prefer the muscular build of a basketball or soccer player over the look of a football or even baseball player....
 
fascination said:
with muscle bulk, there is most often a loss a of flexibility...therefore, no...not for dance

that being said, even in my personal life, in terms of aesthetic, I generally prefer the muscular build of a basketball or soccer player over the look of a football or even baseball player....
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Muscles built in the right way can still maintain flexibility... it just takes the right work. Most men who do muscle building don't focus on flexibility as well.
 
I'm a guy, so I won't vote in the poll - but my general impression is that from a social dance standpoint, they typical lady couldn't give a rat's behind. From a competitive standpoint, my experience is that it depends on the dance. As much as there are guys like Begunov who can pull the more muscular look off, whenever I get on an exercise jag, my instructor gives me warnings against bulking up parts of my body too much. The shoulders, for example, always get a comment. That is, of course, slightly silly. I'm not saying I *couldn't* bulk up, but it would take vastly more effort that I'm realistically willing to undertake. And even there, there would be limits - I have a comically narrow frame.
 
Socially - couldn't care less, as long as he can dance.

Competitively - well, he'd better have some to be able to keep up... but as long as they are sufficient to produce the needed effect and handle the training load, we're good.
 
My pros absolutely forbid shrugs as an exercise for me. They don't want huge traps. The said they will kill my trainer if he makes me do them lol.

But I love my sumo hi lift with my beast kettle bell (48kg). I just don't tell anyone I do them .... uh wait ... oops:eek:
 
Muscles have nothing to do with the quality of dancing in social situations. I don't care.
For competitive dancing, I agree lack of flexibility hurts men with more muscles.
However, it's more pleasing to the eye when partners match in their overall physical built. So if a female partner is tall, muscular or just has a little extra weight, then I think a male partner with a little more muscles would be more aesthetically pleasing.
I actually know one competitive male dancer who was encouraged to gain weight either in fat or muscles or to match his athletic-looking partner. He was tall, but very skinny and his partner looked out of proportion and even though she wasn't "fat" by any of the common dance standards, in comparison to him, she looked "big".
 
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Funny story: three of the pros my partner has worked with have all told him he needs to skip upper body day. Too much muscle gets in the way, they tell him.
 
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