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Title: Is bodybuilding a sport ?
Post by: Bluto on May 07, 2007, 02:59:29 PM
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Title: Re: Is bodybuilding a sport ?
Post by: Stavios on May 07, 2007, 02:59:58 PM
Intensone said many times that it is in fact a sport
Title: Re: Is bodybuilding a sport ?
Post by: Bluto on May 07, 2007, 03:02:32 PM
thats true
Title: Re: Is bodybuilding a sport ?
Post by: alexxx on May 07, 2007, 03:04:03 PM
What else would bodybuilding be?

It is the hardest sport on the planet but so many people make a mockery of it because of their own insecurities.
Title: Re: Is bodybuilding a sport ?
Post by: Dballn247 on May 07, 2007, 03:05:32 PM
Here we go again...............If you compete yes, if not still yes.  You have to train, practice, and actually participate in the event in which you did the said work.  If you do the first two but don't do the third it is recreational sport or hobby.

Let's here some other responses.  Particularly from some of the people who claim it is not a sport.  
Title: Re: Is bodybuilding a sport ?
Post by: Debussey on May 07, 2007, 03:05:44 PM
Bluto = teh genius
Title: Re: Is bodybuilding a sport ?
Post by: Bluto on May 07, 2007, 03:05:50 PM
i hear your alexx and that is a valid point
Title: Re: Is bodybuilding a sport ?
Post by: alexxx on May 07, 2007, 03:10:19 PM
I would like to add that bodybuilding is what you make it to be. It does not have to be about prancing around onstage in a thong. BB to me is to forge a physique worthy of your own satisfaction. You are the artist and you are the canvas. What you do to the canvas is up to you. I am aiming to build a masterpiece!
Title: Re: Is bodybuilding a sport ?
Post by: Bluto on May 07, 2007, 03:11:45 PM
yes but do you see yourself as a sportman or a sculptor
Title: Re: Is bodybuilding a sport ?
Post by: alexxx on May 07, 2007, 03:14:40 PM
yes but do you see yourself as a sportman or a sculptor

I am a sportsman with the insight of a grand artist. I build my physique one fine stroke at a time. :)
Title: Re: Is bodybuilding a sport ?
Post by: davidpaul on May 07, 2007, 03:15:30 PM
First of all we need to define sport.
Title: Re: Is bodybuilding a sport ?
Post by: davidpaul on May 07, 2007, 03:26:48 PM
Muse defines it as a sport -- they are the final say.

Speak more on this.
Title: Re: Is bodybuilding a sport ?
Post by: Mr. Intenseone on May 07, 2007, 03:27:07 PM
Intensone said many times that it is in fact a sport

BLOW ME!!
Title: Re: Is bodybuilding a sport ?
Post by: Mr. Intenseone on May 07, 2007, 03:29:09 PM


It is the hardest sport on the planet but so many people make a mockery of it because of their own insecurities.


Yes, of course, those 3 sets per bodypart with 3 min rests are killer ::)
Title: Re: Is bodybuilding a sport ?
Post by: Bluto on May 07, 2007, 03:30:46 PM
Yes, of course, those 3 sets per bodypart with 3 min rests are killer ::)

whatabout a sprinter they only perform for 10 seconds or less
Title: Re: Is bodybuilding a sport ?
Post by: Mr. Intenseone on May 07, 2007, 03:38:04 PM
whatabout a sprinter they only perform for 10 seconds or less


Alexxx stated it was the hardest "sport" on the planet but since you brought up sprinting.........it's much physically harder than bodybuilding diet aside.
Title: Re: Is bodybuilding a sport ?
Post by: Bluto on May 07, 2007, 03:38:16 PM
some claim bodybuilding isnt a sport because it aint physical, but there's a lot of stuff that is physical that isnt classified as sports - sex with midgets for example
Title: Re: Is bodybuilding a sport ?
Post by: Saxon on May 07, 2007, 03:40:40 PM
Unless you are an IFBB Pro your opinion doesn't matter if it is a sport or not  ::)
Title: Re: Is bodybuilding a sport ?
Post by: Mr. Intenseone on May 07, 2007, 03:40:59 PM
some claim bodybuilding isnt a sport because it aint physical, but there's a lot of stuff that is physical that isnt classified as sports - sex with midgets for example


IMO to classify something as a sport, you would have to assume there are athletes involved........I have clients who train much harder than some of the current pro's, would you classify them as "athletes"?
Title: Re: Is bodybuilding a sport ?
Post by: Bluto on May 07, 2007, 03:44:42 PM
IMO to classify something as a sport, you would have to assume there are athletes involved........I have clients who train much harder than some of the current pro's, would you classify them as "athletes"?

so whats an athlete
Title: Re: Is bodybuilding a sport ?
Post by: Mr. Intenseone on May 07, 2007, 03:49:45 PM
so whats an athlete

Someone who has the attributes of an athlete should possess Strength, conditioning, speed, skill, agility, balance, coordination and flexability.
Title: Re: Is bodybuilding a sport ?
Post by: Bluto on May 07, 2007, 03:54:31 PM
Someone who has the attributes of an athlete should possess Strength, conditioning, speed, skill, agility, balance, coordination and flexability.


would it be enough to possess, but not use it, and would having some, or one, but not all do?

Title: Re: Is bodybuilding a sport ?
Post by: Tre on May 07, 2007, 03:54:44 PM
http://www.ftppv.com/ftvideo/showthread.php?t=2241

If they're trying to ban cameras at public events, then no, it's not a sport.
Title: Re: Is bodybuilding a sport ?
Post by: Mr. Intenseone on May 07, 2007, 04:05:52 PM

would it be enough to possess, but not use it, and would having some, or one, but not all do?



Yes, but since bodybuilders do not follow the same protocol of training as athletes they would be running a serious risk of injury!
Title: Re: Is bodybuilding a sport ?
Post by: Mr. Intenseone on May 07, 2007, 04:08:34 PM
Kewl, so you're in agreement -- bodybuilders are athletes.

Only one way to find out........next month I start the second sessions of my strength camps for my combine athletes, if they can hang for lets say the first 45mins, I might reconsider my position.
Title: Re: Is bodybuilding a sport ?
Post by: Bluto on May 07, 2007, 04:10:48 PM
Yes, but since bodybuilders do not follow the same protocol of training as athletes they would be running a serious risk of injury!

i dont know, what protocol would that be? for someone into bobsleigh or something. or archery.
Title: Re: Is bodybuilding a sport ?
Post by: Earl1972 on May 07, 2007, 04:37:21 PM
yep

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Title: Re: Is bodybuilding a sport ?
Post by: Bluto on May 07, 2007, 04:42:56 PM
the next question is - does it matter?

is somethign more of an achievement, accomplisment because it's defined " a sport " ?

isnt some of the greatest things in life, non-sports? art? writing? composing? sculpting?

maybe bodybuilding isnt a sport, maybe its something far greater!
Title: Re: Is bodybuilding a sport ?
Post by: Earl1972 on May 07, 2007, 04:46:49 PM
no it doesn't matter

I just like pointing out facts 8)

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Title: Re: Is bodybuilding a sport ?
Post by: Mr. Intenseone on May 07, 2007, 05:00:59 PM
the next question is - does it matter?

is somethign more of an achievement, accomplisment because it's defined " a sport " ?

isnt some of the greatest things in life, non-sports? art? writing? composing? sculpting?

maybe bodybuilding isnt a sport, maybe its something far greater!


You're right, if you love what your doing it doesn't matter, it maybe far greater for some, I used to think that way too.
Title: Re: Is bodybuilding a sport ?
Post by: Mr. Intenseone on May 07, 2007, 05:04:09 PM
Only one way to find out........next month I start the second sessions of my strength camps for my combine athletes, if they can hang for lets say the first 45mins, I might reconsider my position.
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Title: Re: Is bodybuilding a sport ?
Post by: SirTraps on May 07, 2007, 05:32:17 PM
Name another sport that involves Synthol and participants routinely collapse while posing from weakness.  ;D
Title: Re: Is bodybuilding a sport ?
Post by: CARTEL on May 07, 2007, 05:45:18 PM
Name another sport that involves Synthol and participants routinely collapse while posing from weakness.  ;D

Modeling?
Title: Re: Is bodybuilding a sport ?
Post by: Anabolic Outlaw on May 07, 2007, 06:11:46 PM

I am turning people on to my religion. I'm a bodybuilding priest in a sense.
- Tom Platz, Muscle & Fitness, July 1980

It's a cult!

Hope this helps.

Sincerely,
Dennis L. Bates
www.MuscleMissions.org

Title: Re: Is bodybuilding a sport ?
Post by: Mr. Intenseone on May 07, 2007, 06:13:32 PM
Cool cuz I'd say Hide meets all your criteria. Last week he did the splits...so that covers flexability, balance, skill, agility and coordination.

Yesterday he did an insane bout of hack squats for The FitShow which covered: Strength & conditioning. Speed...hmm...he did them really fast (no rest between sets and no pauses between reps).



So would he be willing to come to the camp?

BTW, he meets the criteria to flexability, the others remain to be seen.
Title: Re: Is bodybuilding a sport ?
Post by: SteelePegasus on May 07, 2007, 06:18:08 PM
is a beauty paegant a sport?
Title: Re: Is bodybuilding a sport ?
Post by: War-Horse on May 07, 2007, 06:58:33 PM
Probably more of an art (sculpting) flexing.    But the sport in the gym....now my head hurts from thinking. >:(
Title: Re: Is bodybuilding a sport ?
Post by: alexxx on May 07, 2007, 07:16:42 PM
Yes, of course, those 3 sets per bodypart with 3 min rests are killer ::)

lol if that is your definition then no wonder you never got over 135 pounds at 5'2"!
Title: Re: Is bodybuilding a sport ?
Post by: Earl1972 on May 07, 2007, 08:34:21 PM
is a beauty paegant a sport?


there is no physical exertion involved in a beauty pageant

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