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Male beauty: Before fat wallets replaced big muscles, six packs

“Nowadays muscles can still attract women, but they can’t keep them around."

Unlike today when it’s common to see manicured, potbellied young men with powdered noses and relaxed or curly kit hair, there was an era in the 70s and 80s when men were largely defined by their muscles.

Back then, there was a gym culture across the country, which made body building almost like a national pastime among young men.

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