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Motivation Quote by Ronnie Coleman

"Women really do pay attention to a man's glutes. A tight, compact ass is often voted even more desirable than muscular arms and chest. So, if you're lacking, start squatting!"

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Coleman’s line reads like locker-room candor dressed up as a training tip, and that’s exactly why it lands. He’s not arguing aesthetics as philosophy; he’s selling a simple, actionable premise in the blunt, motivational register that made bodybuilding culture legible to the mainstream: lift heavy, fix the “lacking,” get results. The glutes become the punchline and the hook, a body part suddenly promoted from embarrassing afterthought to competitive asset.

The intent is practical and promotional: reframe squats from tedious leg-day suffering into a shortcut to desirability. But the subtext is bigger than “do squats.” It’s Coleman translating the male fitness gaze back onto men, using women’s attention as both proof and pressure. Desire functions as compliance: if you want to be wanted, train the parts you’ve ignored. The language is deliberately reductive - “women” as a single jury, “often voted” as a pseudo-democratic verdict - because simplicity is persuasive in fitness marketing. Nuance would slow the rep.

Context matters: Coleman is a titan of a sport built on extreme bodies and extreme discipline, speaking during an era when men’s fitness shifted from strength to sculpting, and the “functional” squat got rebranded as an aesthetic tool. There’s also a quiet cultural tell here: the rise of the glutes as a mainstream fetish point didn’t just reshape women’s beauty standards; it expanded the checklist for men too. Coleman’s joke is really a mandate: masculinity is negotiable, and it’s measured, now, in angles and firmness as much as power.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Coleman, Ronnie. (2026, January 15). Women really do pay attention to a man's glutes. A tight, compact ass is often voted even more desirable than muscular arms and chest. So, if you're lacking, start squatting! FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/women-really-do-pay-attention-to-a-mans-glutes-a-172932/

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Coleman, Ronnie. "Women really do pay attention to a man's glutes. A tight, compact ass is often voted even more desirable than muscular arms and chest. So, if you're lacking, start squatting!" FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/women-really-do-pay-attention-to-a-mans-glutes-a-172932/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"Women really do pay attention to a man's glutes. A tight, compact ass is often voted even more desirable than muscular arms and chest. So, if you're lacking, start squatting!" FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/women-really-do-pay-attention-to-a-mans-glutes-a-172932/. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.

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Ronnie Coleman (born May 13, 1964) is a Athlete from USA.

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