Hiring: A retrospective

[gallahadesquire]

As I look over my life, and think about the guys that I've hired, there's one thing that stands out:

 

The truly good ones ... great personality in particular, but also with stellar physiques ... all started out as "runts". Small, mostly weak. Very aerobic, in most cases.

 

They fought their weakness by having wonderful personalities, and working hard to buff up their bodies.

 

Even my current favorite muscle dude was a soccer player before he got all muscly.

 

So I think I'm going to abandon my bodybuilder search ... my last experience with one, just before he retired (thank goodness!0 was particularly awful.

 

Anyone share a similar experience?

[bigvalboy]

So I think I'm going to abandon my bodybuilder search ...

 

Not me Sir Gallahad...I love the big boys, and that's not likely to change.

[Rudynate]

I love muscle.

[+ Funguy]

A little muscle, some hair, a lot of knowledge, maturity, and a great personality and I'm in heaven.

[MikeyGMin]

Even my current favorite muscle dude was a soccer player before he got all muscly.

This is my favorite kind of guy. They already have great lower bodies from all of the sports, then they hit the gym and add some mass and definition to their upper body. They are muscular and athletic looking but not cartoonish.

 

I have never hired a big juiced up bodybuilder because I don't like the look, but I can't imagine they have very good stamina. I admit that I could be completely wrong since I have no firsthand knowledge.

[+ Charlie]

I have always been more turned on by men who look like they got their muscles from work rather than from work-outs.

[Rudynate]

I have always been more turned on by men who look like they got their muscles from work rather than from work-outs.

 

I agree.Muscle acquired through hard physical labor has a different character and quality. I'm not fussy. I like either.

[+ nycman]

I'm glad I've met some serious bodybuilders through this hobby.

 

It helped me "grow up". Many of them were either boarderline narcissists

or massively insecure. And strangely enough, they were often both.

 

The majority stunk at Sex.

 

And even with the sexually mature ones, it was like making love

to a mountain of rocks.

 

I admire the hard work and dedication it takes to get that huge.

It's just not for me.

[BasketBaller]

It's so interesting what everyone prefers. I most like tall lean guys with hard bodies but not bodybuilder muscles. Since I played basketball since I was a kid, that was the physique I spent all my time around, so maybe that conditioned me to be attracted to it.

[+ oldNbusted]

Perhaps there is also another contributing factor, that people who have successfully overcome adversity have more interesting personalities? Is the inverse true, that people who have never had to overcome anything are boring?

[OCClient]

I agree. I like lean and hard bodies. The muscular types begin to look out of balance when the pecs begin to balloon. Too much breast tissue for me. Is it all those hormones in the beef that brings those man boobs?