I tend to agree with Laura.... public negative connotations aside, if you're looking in the purest sense of the definition, a bodybuilder would be lifting with the goal of adding muscle while keeping aesthetics and balance in mind. Whether or not you need to have competed is up for debate. I used to, but haven't in 6 years...so does that make me a bodybuilder still? I think so because I still lift with the aforementioned goals.