what is the ideal male body fat %? what do women find the most attracting?

hamptontom

there's a lot of information and opinions here already, and mine and a dollar will get you a Nestle Crunch bar out of the vending machines in the cafeteria at my job...but having said that, I'm gonna put two things out here for your consideration. take them with as many grains of salt as necessary.

1. women who actually have checklists that include "the guys' BF percentage has to fall within this guideline" are probably not worth your time or effort, because as soon as you dare to venture outside this - or ANY - of their "checklist" parameters, you'll be on the outside looking in...because some people really are just that shallow. so why bother wasting your time in pursuit of that particular flavor of fickleness?

2. if you're pursuing weight loss/exercise/recomp/etc. with the sole motivation being "what will chicks like?", then i'm betting there are other areas of your life for which this is also the sole criteria.

please consider my words carefully on this one.

if you're looking at everything in your life from the perspective of how to attract women, you're doing it wrong.

women can smell desperation from the next time zone. they don't find it attractive in the least, and it's the absolute best way to chase them screaming from your presence.

if you want to actually attract a mate...and not just any mate, but the RIGHT mate - spend all that time and effort in defining who you are, who you want to be, and just go out and be that person.

because if you come up with an act, then you're gonna have to become the person you invent and stick to your script once you find someone, and that's exhausting...and you'll eventually let your guard down and they'll disappear anyway.

if you be yourself and find a mate, that's obviously the best case scenario.

if you be yourself and don't find a mate, that's actually your second best outcome.

if you put on a persona like a suit and find a mate, that's going to unravel on you the minute you change clothes, and you'll be right back where you started...except with a healthy dose of mental anguish to carry around with you.

Hornsby

8.8% is the number. That will attract more females than you will be able to handle. I read it in a magazine. My advice, you aren't going to get from 15% to 10% overnight. Even longer to go from 10% to 7% if you decide to go that far, so right now, focus on 14% and then 13% and so on. See how you feel as you progress. There isn't a particular body type that women are going to have a consensus on what is the "best". There are varying types of women preference just as much as there are are varying body types.