BRING BACK DAD BODS!

Muscly, ripped torso on a man or soft, rounded paunch? Julie Cook, 47, knows which she'd choose...

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There's no doubt about it, I am a self-confessed lover of the 'dad bod.' Don't give me muscles and taut six packs, I just want a paunch I can snuggle up on.

Recently singer Olly Murs displayed before and after pictures of him in the gym. In the before picture he had a 'normal' body for a man of his age. Still some muscle tone but a bit rounded. In the second, after weeks of training, he had a V-shaped torso, ripped muscles everywhere and thighs you could crack nuts on. Of course he looked great. But when I asked myself which image I preferred, it was the first (sorry, Olly!). And I'm not alone. His pictures caused huge debate. When polled on X (formerly Twitter) as to which picture they preferred, 79% of women said they liked Olly's 'before' body better, compared to just 35.65% of men.