Fitness wise, which gender has to work the hardest to look good?

[CasaNorba]

In middle school I learned for the first time that it is a lot harder for women to get in shape do to their production of estrogens aka the female hormones that is also the hormones that are the most responsible at retaining fat. this obviously makes a lot of sense because women need to carry this large amount of fat in them in order keep their babies alive in them during pregnancy.

but lately I been noticing that it doesn't seem this way anymore. thanks to all these detox programs and clean dieting methods we have nowadays it seems that all women have to do is eat lots of fruits and vegetables, drink a lot of water and go for a long walk or jog and she'll look sexy and mouth watering in no time. I got the Instagram account to proof this.

us men in the other hand in order for us to look mouth watering hot we need to (talking from experience)...

- eat the right amount of protein/carbs/fat

- lift weights like crazy

- work the right muscle groups

- alternate from weightlifting to cardio

- take multivitamins, BCAAs, protein shakes, creatine, testosterone enhancers and many other supplements.

oh well i think the above are my views and there are a lot others who've said the same, but either way who has it the hardest in the finest world?

Men

Women

[Mrwoo99]

Appearance is most important for women rather than men because women are valued for youth, beauty and fertility but men are not because of a few reasons that some people cannot fathom.

The only reason appearance matters for men nowadays and in English colonial countries like US, UK, AU and most countries in the western hemisphere of the EU, is becuase of social conditioning, culture and capitalism in those nations. To make men concentrate on their appearance would generate profitable income as a business when selling fitness products or other appearance products as such, by doing that they need women to demand handsome men which is to alter society that we live in. It the same way feminism was created so they could get women out of the kitchen an to work so they could tax women where the elite could make money. Am only telling you in a nutshell because this topic is too complex to discuss in a comment section. Helathy genetics does matter to a certain degree but not as much as you think it does because a lot of it is society and culture.

Although if you go to other nations in eastern Europe, South America, Russia, Middle East and far East Asia. Women prioritise quality's beyond appearance when looking for a man and if you think about it also, feminism is non existent in any of these continents for a good reason and they're still traditional centric unlike in west. So back generations ago women didn't place importance on appearance up until now when elitists saw a profit to be made.

[BigJake]

Men have a harder time because our body standards are more stringent. Girls just have to not be fat, but guys need to have a substantial amount of muscle. It takes years to build a muscular physique, so naturally guys have it harder, as in most other aspects of dating.

[UnicornIRL]

The recipe for looking and being healthy is no different from one sex to another, but in the realm of building lean muscle mass, men have a natural advantage.

Women retain feminine fat in specific areas (hips, thighs, booty) that's especially difficult to get rid of.

Men (mostly younger ones) typically gain lean muscle a bit more quickly thanks to testosterone, unless they are of the "hardgainer"/ectomorph body type.

[CasaNorba]

Ok now why would a woman want to get rid of her hips, thighs, booty fat?

but I agree all the way with the rest

[UnicornIRL]

She wouldn't want to get rid of it all, because some of it is necessary fat, and because it's what gives a girl her lovely natural curves.

It does tend to accumulate there first when she's carrying any extra weight, though, and the excess weight in those areas is always the last to go (much to our annoyance) and leads to some unsightly cellulite if we're not careful.

[CasaNorba]

true, at least they don't have to retain it all in their midsection like us. now that is very annoying!

I used to be 220-240 lbs since 17 and last year I was finally able to make it to the 190s. but I still refused to give up so i was able to drop to 177 now yet I'm still overly bloated in my midsection area. sometimes I feel like I been genetically cursed

[Livinglogical]

Its harder for women to lose weight, even with diets. There's usually a point where no matter how healthy you eat your weight won't change... normally for that last couple of pounds you try to shift. If u can combine with exercise it can help but I think its harder for women to build muscle than men? and even if they do... muscle is heavier than fat so they technically could put on weight again haha.

[capturemyheartnow]

i have not voted. I will go for the third option-----Both Men as well as Women---Now a days demands to remain fit and look sexy have increased and everyone has to put their maximum efforts.

[AynonOMouse]

Men by far. Women can just be slim and they are fine, but men need to workout to get muscles and that takes much more work.
The athlete women would also know what I'm talking about.

[SuicidalTeen]

Women just have to eat healthy to get the body they want, if not, absolutely nothing. Men have to work out, eat healthy, and a few other things.

[COCOCHANEL]

i think both

[CasaNorba]

I heard neither have this problem in Japan. last time I checked you guys have the lowest obesity rate in the world, lol more reasons why I wished I lived there

[COCOCHANEL]

actually many people in japan (like a few of my exes) tend to gain weight easily so they take care not to. women especially have a lot of self-discipline when it comes to dieting and weight loss.

[madhatters4]

i think the expectations are higher for women

[ProbablyTooMature]

Oh man... Proofread. Holy shit.

[bubbletrouble]

Women because its harder for women to lose weight

[babeeeone]

Women

[alia632]

Men i think