Author Topic: Just to reiterate - bodybuilding is not a sport (Read 4545 times)

It is not a sport as there is no tangible measure to decide who wins...ie who is the fastest? most weight lifted? jumped highest etc

its totally subjective

Right. No scoreboard, no touchdowns, no 3 pointers, no goals, nothing.

chaos · « **Reply #37 on:** January 31, 2009, 02:49:05 PM »

No direct physical competition, not a sport.

Earl1972 · « **Reply #38 on:** January 31, 2009, 02:50:27 PM »

Quote from: gordiano on January 31, 2009, 02:48:09 PM

Right. No scoreboard, no touchdowns, no 3 pointers, no goals, nothing.

actually shawn ray wanted there to be a scoreboard but the judges said no

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gordiano · « **Reply #39 on:** January 31, 2009, 02:52:15 PM »

Quote from: Earl1972 on January 31, 2009, 02:50:27 PM

actually shawn ray wanted there to be a scoreboard but the judges said no

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That would have been a good thing. Better for the spectators and competitors to actually know what is going on.

chaos · « **Reply #40 on:** January 31, 2009, 02:52:22 PM »

Quote from: Earl1972 on January 31, 2009, 02:50:27 PM

actually shawn ray wanted there to be a scoreboard but the judges said no

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Because they realize bodybuilding is not a sport.

Ursus · « **Reply #41 on:** January 31, 2009, 02:53:18 PM »

Quote from: Earl1972 on January 31, 2009, 02:45:14 PM

posing well is a skill

you should know because you clearly didn't pose well in the Mr. Getbig, you didn't know how to show off your physique

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kinda like presenting yourself in a Miss World competitionis a skill...similar yea?

I guess carbing up is a skill and injecting the right drugs is also a 'skill'

Earl1972 · « **Reply #42 on:** January 31, 2009, 02:57:44 PM »

Quote from: Goudy on January 31, 2009, 02:53:18 PM

kinda like presenting yourself in a Miss World competitionis a skill...similar yea?

I guess carbing up is a skill and injecting the right drugs is also a 'skill'

they stand there and smile, having good posture is not a skill

like i said, you didn't pose well

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Ursus · « **Reply #43 on:** January 31, 2009, 02:59:04 PM »

its how they present themselves, same way bbuilders present themselves.

I dont care if i know how to pose. If i posed lilke ed corney it would not have affected my placing.

Is carbing up a skill?

chaos · « **Reply #44 on:** January 31, 2009, 03:01:34 PM »

Quote from: Earl1972 on January 31, 2009, 02:57:44 PM

they stand there and smile, having good posture is not a skill

like i said, you didn't pose well

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hahahaha Brutal lashing out at goudy for your obsession with oiled up men in their underwear.

Earl1972 · « **Reply #45 on:** January 31, 2009, 03:03:44 PM »

Quote from: chaos on January 31, 2009, 03:01:34 PM

hahahaha Brutal lashing out at goudy for your obsession with oiled up men in their underwear.

how is that lashing out?

no wonder you're so prone to crying like a bitch

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Earl1972 · « **Reply #46 on:** January 31, 2009, 03:05:57 PM »

Quote from: Goudy on January 31, 2009, 02:59:04 PM

its how they present themselves, same way bbuilders present themselves.

I dont care if i know how to pose. If i posed lilke ed corney it would not have affected my placing.

Is carbing up a skill?

posing well does affect placings, ask paul dillet or jay cutler at the 2001 olympia

if you look awkward when you pose how can you think that wouldn't affect placings?

no carbing up is not a skill, if you really didn't know

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Ursus · « **Reply #47 on:** January 31, 2009, 03:08:14 PM »

you seem alone on this view.

does carbing up not affect places?

posing affects very little IMO

Earl1972 · « **Reply #48 on:** January 31, 2009, 03:11:17 PM »

Quote from: Goudy on January 31, 2009, 03:08:14 PM

you seem alone on this view.

does carbing up not affect places?

posing affects very little IMO

well every major newspaper and the great arnold share my view

if you feel good having a guy named "goatboy" support your argument than good for you

sure carbing up affects placings, but it's not a part of the actual competiton

i hear football players eat a lot of pasta before their games, doesn't mean it's part of the sport

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Ursus · « **Reply #49 on:** January 31, 2009, 03:21:06 PM »

what major newspaper shares your views bbuilding is a sport?

a silly statement.

That would make Levrone an athlete, same with kamali same with kenny jones etc