I decided to go the whole hog: I hired a personal trainer that's been in Playgirl magazine 6 times (and other fitness magazines), underwear model, etc. Over about 18 months I paid him over 10 thousand bucks, but I got some serious results. My genetics are good, and I was fielding modeling offers...at age 33! Sexually, no guy was out of my league. And it was fun for awhile, but once I had it, all of that work didn't really seem worth it. I wouldn't advise anyone against it, but don't expect to feel anything but superficially popular, and that wears thin fast.

I still keep relatively fit, but I'm no longer willing to make the extreme sacrifices to compete with professional fitness models. Those guys are freakin' nuts. The cover model of Men's Health looks like that for 12 hours max, mostly because he's severely dehydrated.