>>76373040 (OP)
Itโs the opposite though. Leanness is a young manโs game. If you weigh under 200 lbs as an 30+ adult male you will never be respected.
Skinny / too lean in your 30s/40s looks fucking disgusting. You should have a healthy amount of fat and look like a man. Just get broad shoulders, big arms, big legs, run the man look. You are not the protagonist anymore you are the villain and women think that's hot
>>76373207
thank god for 4chan man, always a guy with the perfect meme in his pocket so you don't have to write an essay explaining to a fat fuck he's fat and nobody cares about his definition of manliness
>>76373040 (OP)
44 here. "Athletic" is what you're shooting for. You need some mass or you'll just be another skinny little drone, but not so much that it's hard to maintain or looks funny in anything other than a t-shirt.
I will say, though, I look around the pews at church and there's plenty of skinny old guys, but beyond a certain age there aren't anymore fat guys.
>>76373192
Past age 30 respect is given based on financial and social success. Being โbigโ isnโt a marker of either, at best you get to work as someone who is actually somebodyโs bodyguard.
>>76373334
You should be married and have children in your 40's and caring about your health (so you can take care of your children) and not giving a shit about aesthetics any more. If you are in your 40's and still giving a shit about looking manly, you have failed at life.