Will bodybuilding ever be taken seriously?

[Mad Nickels]

Anything that puts more money into the thongs of oiled-up, drug using young males is a great thing.

[evandatp]

Jesuschristonanitalianmo untainbike, no.

[elite_lifter]

NO

[Relentless]

No - but that's ok.  What's really worth taking seriously anyway?

[CAPTAIN INSANO]

No - but that's ok.  What's really worth taking seriously anyway?

[slaveboy1980]

bodybuilders are sub-human whores

[chaos]

No, the general public thinks anyone with half a muscle is on steroids thanks to the media, and the media says steroids are drugs and drugs are bad................mmm'kay?

[DeltsaForce]

No, the general public thinks anyone with half a muscle is on steroids thanks to the media, and the media says steroids are drugs and drugs are bad................mmm'kay?

true chaos but i also think the bodybuilders dont help themselves. with the exception of arnold and nasser (maybe a few other) have any been anything other than dumb as hell?

[chaos]

true chaos but i also think the bodybuilders dont help themselves. with the exception of arnold and nasser (maybe a few other) have any been anything other than dumb as hell?

I think Jay Cutler has made a shitload of money from real estate. Milos is operating 3-4 businesses.  Granted it is few and far between where one is successful without using his body.

[DeltsaForce]

I think Jay Cutler has made a shitload of money from real estate. Milos is operating 3-4 businesses.  Granted it is few and far between where one is successful without using his body.

true. i always thought cutler seemed bright but some guy on here said his iq was only just 100.

[chaos]

true. i always thought cutler seemed bright but some guy on here said his iq was only just 100.

He only has to be smart enough to surround himself with smarter investors.

[elite_lifter]

I lift because I love to lift! I could care less about the competition side of it, its a BORE! And it's true about societies perception about anyone who carries muscle, they think it can only be done on gear, LAZY FUCKS!

[wavelength]

To the mainstream, again it is quirky. But what is normal for you isnt for others.  Come on, to display muscle you need to look good. Shall we have the bodybuilders in shorts? Will that make you feel better?

I have no problem with it whatsoever, I think it's very entertaining.
I would never pass moral judgement, I just call it as I see it.
To 99% of the population, competitive bodybuilding is an obscenity.

[MAXX]

Bodybuilding is a niche, for people who are into dieting, training, and getting in contest shape. To many, just being able to get on stage in shape can be a dream.  One guy (Dave) just lost 60 pounds and came on stage looking awesome. That was dedication. People can complain about things, especially as they sit around watching television with their beer bellys, etc instead of going to the gym.

He was drug assisted though. 

Don't think general public would take lightly on that.

Bodybuilding is all drugs thats the biggest problem..

[Vince Goodrum CSN MFG]

cmon now again?

What is the difference with a gay club muscle show and a regular bb
show? Sometimes almost nothing is different.
They can even be bigger and harder at the gay show than the local
BB show.
I see many of the guys are the same audience at both shows.
Just the naive wives and parents also show up at the bb shows.

[Tapeworm]

Outlook is not so good

[Tom Cruise]

Bodybuilding is a niche, for people who are into dieting, training, and getting in contest shape. To many, just being able to get on stage in shape can be a dream.  One guy (Dave) just lost 60 pounds and came on stage looking awesome. That was dedication. People can complain about things, especially as they sit around watching television with their beer bellys, etc instead of going to the gym.

Come on... you know... most mainstream people dont look at bodybuilding that way. They look at the big guys with a curious awe. They may not like it, but they are interested in it.  Like they are in a handball or bowling competition.  It isnt for them, although for some it is entertaining.  

As for G4P, yes, there is some, but as a whole, I don't see it. And you wont see it at expos, bodybuilding contests, etc...  behind the scenes, maybe to a few, but get real.  Shall we talk about the sordid world of other sports too.

To the mainstream, again it is quirky. But what is normal for you isnt for others.  Come on, to display muscle you need to look good. Shall we have the bodybuilders in shorts? Will that make you feel better?

Like any things, you need to have discipline. Sometimes i wish I had some.

Good points there Ron. I agree with you on most, I'm not attacking the sport at a all I respect how hard these guys work. But will society ever look at bodybuilding as a sport with all the drug use?

[Swedish Viking]

Bodybuilding is taken seriously.  People everywhere, all over the globe do it.  Competitive bodybuilding, on the other hand, can't be taken seriously until the average person starts relating to it a little better-which won't happen until drugs are gone, and I'd be willing to bet, most supplements as well.

[Tom Cruise]

Bodybuilding is taken seriously.  People everywhere, all over the globe do it.  Competitive bodybuilding, on the other hand, can't be taken seriously until the average person starts relating to it a little better-which won't happen until drugs are gone, and I'd be willing to bet, most supplements as well.

Good stuff.

[Earl1972]

  That is not a sport by most people's definition (sorry earl), or even an activity they really want to participate in or watch.

true but i don't go by "most people" i go by the dictionary

and no people will never take bodybuilding seriously, especially bodybuilding today

E

[Tom Cruise]

true but i don't go by "most people" i go by the dictionary

and no people will never take bodybuilding seriously, especially bodybuilding today

E

True True.

[Chick]

The drugs certainly don't help, but they're really not the main issue.  What we're talking about here is a "sport" that consists of men shaving their bodies, oiling up, putting on a thong, and dancing around on a stage for an audience of mostly men, in what is for all intents and purposes a male beauty pageant.  That is not a sport by most people's definition (sorry earl), or even an activity they really want to participate in or watch.

"Bodybuilding" as an activity (lifting weights and manipulating diet to improve your physique) will always be popular and something large numbers of people will participate in and enjoy, but competitive bodybuilding (the "oiled men in thongs" thing) will always be a fringe subculture.

It has less to do with what you mentioned, and more to do with what people can relate to, and what they've been brought up to participate in....mainstream sports also happen to be what we as kids are exposed to, and what most people can relate to, and it's relativity to participation....

Lets look at the most participated....running, soccer, golf, general weight training....sports almost anyone can do to a degree....the more up the scale in terms of skill/ athleticism/ etc...the less participants, and the more fan oriented...(Football/ baseball/ wrestling/ Tennis/ gymnastics/ boxing/ MMA/ track&Field, etc)...

You then get the nitche sports, which are too tough for most to participate in, thus the interest level pales...bodybuilding/ Ironman style sports/ collegient wrestling/ cliff diving/ extreme sports, etc....

It's the same ratio that the Olympics are televised and covered...as the mainstream sports are given primetime, mid-range level covered, but not primetime...and weightlifting/ luge/ steplechase/ and that funky cross-country-skiing-shooting a gun thing....all on at 3 a.m. and barely covered if at all...kind of like the awards they give "before" the Oscars are shown on T.V.

[evandatp]

true but i don't go by "most people" i go by the dictionary

and no people will never take bodybuilding seriously, especially bodybuilding today

E

Half pedantic, half right.

[wolfgang187]

I mean with all the g4p and crazy characters. Society as a whole tends to look down upon bodybuilders.

BODYBUILDING IS TAKEN SERIOUSLY IN OTHER COUNTRIES, JUST NOT IN THE UNITED STATES.

[Hugo Chavez]

I mean with all the g4p and crazy characters. Society as a whole tends to look down upon bodybuilders.

the high time was the 70' 80' and started dying in the 90s.  I doubt it will recover.