Everybody dreams of having the ripped, muscular, and in shape body that all the movie stars and professional athletes have. This body type, however perfect it may be, is nearly impossible to achieve unless you have a personal trainer, god-given talents, or spend more time in the gym then on school. Right now, an in shape body is just not maintainable, because lets face it most college students would rather spend their weekends drinking heavily and seeing how much food they can eat rather than seeing if a person can out-lift the other.
With this new change in lifestyle that most college guys are going through, their body's are also changing from the in-shape ones that they had while they were in high school competing in sports to the new body type that a college guy has which includes being a little bit more round in the stomach area, but at the same time looking like you work out every now and then throughout the week in order to party as much as you want on the weekends. This new body type is called "The Dad Bod" and it is taking over male college students on campuses all throughout the country.
There are many perks of having a good "Dad Bod". The first of which is that you do not have to workout everyday to maintain it. Many people hate going to the gym, and in a lot of college student's lives there is just not enough time in the day for it. If you do not have enough time to go workout during the day, then do not worry about it. As long as you can make it to the gym maybe once or twice a week you should be able to do whatever you want on the weekends and get away with it. Having a "Dad Bod" will also make your parents proud too, because with all of the time you will not have to spend in the gym trying to maintain a healthy lifestyle, you can instead spend in the library studying for exams or working on projects which will then reflect on your grades at the end of the semester.
Having a "Dad Bod" is also great for intramural competition as well. Instead of being pretty skinny, you are able to add some width around you which will help posting up the defender in basketball as well as blocking during flag football. The best part of having a "Dad Bod" though is the fact that girls are extremely into it. Most girls do not want to have a person who is slim and in shape, because they want a guy who has some meat on their bones and is not afraid to stand up for them if they are at a party or a bar. Another perk of it is if you are lucky enough to find the one you want to spend your life with in college, then you will already have the body you will most likely have in ten years.
The "Dad Bod" is one of the most popular trends right now in college, and as time goes on it's popularity is going to rise.
