OK, go to a crowded place and of the couples see how many of the men are muscular.
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I think @BrickHead is right, most women donāt care at all, probably because most women are not willing to put any effort into their own fitness and are more interested in other things (which vary person to person).
Personally, I like strong men, but it doesnāt have to come from a weight room. Active outdoorsy guys are just as good. Numbers are meaningless to me. You built a stone wall? Iām impressed. You cut down trees and split 5 cords of firewood? Sexy. People keep calling you to help move? Nice.
Actually, editing to add that I find men who lift only to chase numbers or physique much less sexy than men who lift to be functionally strong and healthy. Itās like driving a Humvee through the streets of Dallas, TXā¦for what purpose do people do this? Vanity is not manly.
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Women like fit men. A good shoulder to waist ratio is I believe a subconscious evaluator. I donāt think they care if you lift and or how much.
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Woman like men telling them what they like.
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No, most women canāt even count the weight on the bar anyway lol
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the women who I like pretend to, even if they really donāt
They like a man with a cool head and a firm hand, someone to make sense when their ovaries go bonkers.
ducks,runs, hides from flying pans, shoes, etc.
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tbh, I think itās more of a ānon-lifterā thing, not a female thing
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Of course I was a bit jesting, but even around most female girls I know that lift, they canāt count.
They donāt count the bar, or are not sure, or when they pass by when thereās a big bar on the floor they say outlandish numbers
On the other hand when I go to the powerlifting gym itās another story and they are almost as strong as me 
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And a slap on the arse whilst calling them sweet cheeks.
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Yep.
If thereās one thing men know all about, itās women. 
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If there is one thing all women want, itās me.
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The only woman Iāve gone to the gym with is my wife. And that was after we got married. I really donāt think she was very impressed. She was shocked and more concerned about my safety than anything thing else since, that time, she couldnāt even squat with the bar and I was going to a large public gym where few people were training seriously enough to lift the weights I was lifting.
EDIT:
To put things into perspective, that was in 2013 or so after I had stopped training for about 7 years IIRC and had lost around 60+lbs(EDITED from ākgā because Iām so used to using the fucking metric system lol). But, as we all know, muscle memory is a thing and I was so into technique I had even gone to an Olympic lifting facility to learn the olympic lifts prior to my long layoff so I was lifting a lot more than anyone my size while I slowly gained weight.
Guess I didnāt milk my beginner gainz.
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This was my wifeās response to coming over to my buddies gym/house. It was ME day for a couple of guys and it was straight up mayhem.
She left and expressed that she never wanted to come back.
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I find that most women rely on their evolutionary insticts when finding a suitable mate.
The amount of weight a man can lift directly correlates to the quality of his seed; therefore, women are uncontrollably attracted to men who lift more in the gym. No other qualities have been confirmed to be important.
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A point of contention in my marriage is that my wife canāt remember my one rep PRs to save her life. Like that is a lot easier to remember than a birthday or something stupid. The other day she asked āwhatās your best deadlift, 500?ā. I just told her it was 600, but was thinking, āhow do you not know this, it was a long time goal that I talked about a lotā.
As far as weight lifted, I donāt think it matters much. I think build has a subconscious say in attraction though. They have done studies where they put the same head on different bodies, and women prefer a taller body, wide shoulders, and a narrow waist (on average of course).
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This is why so many powerlifters make their way into the movie industry after retirement, Hollywood needs the sex appeal that only powerlifters can provide.
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Only if youāre helping her move! LOL
Seriously though, women donāt care how much you lift but they do appreciate what I call āfunctional strengthā which means you are capable of hard work and taking care of shit.
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How is this supposed to be a helpful comment? Maybe I am beta. Whatās your point? I would hope that this is the kind of group where men help each other and try to lift one another up, rather than divide one another and two winners and losers, and beat the perceived losers down because they donāt understand something as well as the winners do. Iām just conducting a survey to see what kinds of answers I can get. If anything, my working assumption is that women really donāt care a whole lot how much a guy lives. Then again, I can see how they might be impressed by a guy who can lift a lot, but arguably not as much as men are haha.
If anything, I think a man who can lift a lot would demonstrate that he has some kind of dominance, and thatās actually what is important.