Would Michelangelo’s David pass a looksmaxxing audit?

By Samuel Cornell, Research Fellow in Public Health, The University of Queensland
Konstantine Panegyres, Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History, The University of Western Australia
Timothy Piatkowski, Senior Research Fellow in Public Health, The University of Queensland

If you’ve ever ventured into the fitness corners of social media, you may have come across influencers peddling the ideal of a “Greek god” physique.

They may try and sell you supplements or programs to attain said ideal – or direct you to AI apps, like UMAX AI or Physiqmax, that purport to tell you whether or not you meet the standard.

Looking to ancient Greek sculptures as the paragon of fitness isn’t new. In fact, bodybuilding as we know it may

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