Ironically, they often consume such ridiculous quantities of food that they spend as much time in the bathroom as in the gym and they manage to put on a layer of fat despite their interest in "physical fitness."
Subspecies Number 2 -- Narcissists:
Narcissists workout for very similar reasons as muscleheads, except with a slightly different focus and intended audience. Whereas muscleheads workout to impress everyone in general and to intimidate other males in particular, narcissists workout strictly for cosmetic purposes to maximize their sexual appeal to women (or to other men, in some in cases). Sometimes, gym narcissists become so obsessed with their workouts that they end up spending their weekend nights in the gym instead of trying to meet someone, seemingly undermining their reason for working out in the first place. In many cases, gym narcissists are very similar in their habits...
Certainly, they are less likely to obsess about their physiques in theory; however, in practice, many of them seem to workout for the dual purpose of improving their performance and their physiques simultaneously. Some athletes may share the muscleheads' motivation to intimidate other men while others spend a suspicious amount of time watching themselves in the mirror while supposedly working out strictly to improve their athletic performance. At the deepest level, sports may actually play the identical role in the psychological identity of athletes as an imposing physique plays for muscleheads and physical attractiveness does for narcissists.
