The aesthetic ideal is not the athletic ideal. And the athletic ideal comes in many shapes and sizes.

Judging an athlete the way you would judge Chris Hemsworth or Hugh Jackman from that one 60 second sequence in a movie every two years is stupid and a disservice to the athlete. 

Firstly, most athletes who play cricket, tennis or any sport would not be well-served maintaining the low body fat levels and dehydrated status that would be a requisite for a jaw-dropping topless scene in a movie. 

Second, judging how much force or deceleration a muscle can produce by its appearance is an exercise in futility. 

Athletes react quickly and forcefully to produce a highly technical, practiced reaction. This requires more than just lots of visible muscle. It requires supple tendons that stiffen rapidly and efficiently. It requires ligaments to stabilize joints as the athlete moves quickly and aggressively. 

You cannot see a stiff tendon like a flexed bicep. You can’t see a robust ligament like a serrated six pack. But they exist and they are uncommon. 

The best athletes you pay to watch may have less muscle than your average body builder. But they have more than enough muscle to produce all the force needed to swing, throw or slash with an implement. 

They have brains that can quickly send an impulse to get muscles to fire and produce a reaction. The brain can quickly recruit much more muscle than the recreational athlete. 

Their hearts pump out more oxygenated blood and quickly clear out CO2 and other waste. 

The best athletes have traits you cannot see or admire in any aesthetic sense. When you comment on a high performance athletes ‘body’, it tells me you have zero clue what it takes to perform as the athlete does.