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Re:From Mr Average to Superman: Craig Davidson's account of ... by jtheory on Wednesday September 04, 2013 @06:04AM (#6326542)
Height correlates with income; an appearance of health and vitality is likely important; but I highly doubt muscularity beyond what you'd get from a normal healthy lifestyle and good genes will have a positive influence on how others judge you in the world at large (at the gym or similar context is different, of course).

I don't know what research has been done, but my own snap judgements of unusually muscular people tend to be negative; couple the muscles with an exaggerated strut and they go strongly negative.

Re:From Mr Average to Superman: Craig Davidson's account of ... by jacques_chester on Wednesday September 04, 2013 @08:10AM (#6326907)
I joke that I wear my coke-bottle glasses to avoid been mistaken for a professional rugby league player. It's half true. The stereotype of a meathead is neatly offset by the stereotype of an arch-nerd.
Re:From Mr Average to Superman: Craig Davidson's account of ... by iopq on Wednesday September 04, 2013 @07:11AM (#6326712)
I have really bad genes, this is why I have to lift to look like someone with good genes.