Bodybuilding is not a sport.

[J Grey]

it's still a sport

you can't change facts morons

[gordiano]

so its looking like the general consensus is - bodybuilding is not a sport

YEP...ONLY THE SCHMOES/WORSHIPERS CONSIDER IT ONE.

[J Grey]

YEP...ONLY THE SCHMOES/WORSHIPERS CONSIDER IT ONE.

looks like the record books considers it a sport too you infidel

[Earl1972]

I stopped reading after "LA Times".

ok how about the pittsburgh post gazette

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[Earl1972]

It never has been a sport, unless your name is Earl.

or Arnold


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[Earl1972]

Ballroom dancing needs more skill than bodybuilding poses, and the physical aspect is just as intense (for the competitive and pros). So why isn't it a sport to according to the definition you describe?

if it's a ball room dancing competition, by definition it is a sport

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[Earl1972]

YEP...ONLY THE intelligent getbiggers think so

agreed

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[Oldschool Flip]

if it's a ball room dancing competition, by definition it is a sport

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But stated as competitive dance and not as a sport. There's subjective opinions regardless of definition. Though bodybuilding comps are physical in the gym, once on the stage, very little of that physical work is transcended to posing. It's still more accurate to call it a pageant/competition than a sport since there's not real physical skill actually involved on the stage, unlike powerlifting comps, strongman comps, etc.

[chaos]

Still not a sport, dummies.

[Earl1972]

But stated as competitive dance and not as a sport. There's subjective opinions regardless of definition. Though bodybuilding comps are physical in the gym, once on the stage, very little of that physical work is transcended to posing. It's still more accurate to call it a pageant/competition than a sport since there's not real physical skill actually involved on the stage, unlike powerlifting comps, strongman comps, etc.

posing is a physical skill

if everybody could do it well there wouldn't be a "best poser" award

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[nzmusclemonster]

posing is a physical skill

if everybody could do it well there wouldn't be a "best poser" award

E

How's your petition for intruducing the 'rear double anus' going?

[chaos]

How's your petition for intruducing the 'rear double anus' going?

He's having a hard time getting that one and the "front leg spread behind the neck" pose instated.

[Earl1972]

How's your petition for intruducing the 'rear double anus' going?

as well as you trying to barbell row 95 lbs with those "wings" of yours

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[G o a t b o y]

How's your petition for intruducing the 'rear double anus' going?

Earl is also petitioning to have posing suits eliminated and just having them pose in the nude to "better display the physique".   What a sport. 

[Earl1972]

Earl is also petitioning to have posing suits eliminated and just having them pose in the nude to "better display the physique".   What a sport. 

if that happens you will be right in front of your computer to watch the live webcast

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[Oldschool Flip]

posing is a physical skill

if everybody could do it well there wouldn't be a "best poser" award

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Lol. in almost all the pro shows, the best poser had a dance background.

[Earl1972]

Lol. in almost all the pro shows, the best poser had a dance background.

the sport is not what it used to be I agree

but posing is still a skill that not everybody does well, when i think of great posers I think of Bob Paris and of course Mr. Levrone

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[The Coach]

Earl, it's not an athletic skill knucklehead.

[body88]

What do pro hockey, football, soccer and basketball players all have in common?  Superior hand eye coordination, rare quickness, the ability to make decision much faster than the average human, superior explosion and incredable athletic ability.  They train with weights, then COMPETE in a full blown ATHLETIC competition each time they play a game. Truck driving is as much of a sport as Bodybuilding.


I love how "pro" bb's talk about all the sacrifices they make. Who gives a shit?  They get payed to eat, sleep and lift.  Pro football players train with weights all week, study film, practise and then step on the field for a full contact athletic competition each and every week.  Pro bb's a fucking pussies.

[G o a t b o y]

Earl still doesn't get it.... a "sport" is where an activity that is part of the competition is being measured objectively, such as who can run a given distance the fastest or who can lift the most weight or score the most goals.  Even in a judged sport (such as gymnastics), it is an activity being performed and how well that activity is executed that is being judged, not how someone looks. When you are judging how someone looks, it is a pageant, not a sport.


Hope this helps, knucklehead. 

[Earl1972]

Earl, it's not an athletic skill knucklehead.

then neither is putting a golf ball

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[Earl1972]

What do pro Hockey, Football, Soccer and Basketball players all have in common?  Superior hand eye coordination, rare quickness and explosion and incredable athletic ability.  They train with weights, then COMPETE in a full blown ATHLETIC competition each time they play a game. Truck driving is as much of a sport as Bodybuilding.


I love how "pro" bb's talk about all the sacrifices they make. Who gives a shit?  They get payed to eat, sleep and lift.  Pro football players train with weights all week, study film, practise and then step on the field for a full contact athletic competition each and every week.  Pro bb's a fucking pussies.

just because one sport is harder than another doesn't mean it isn't a sport

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[body88]

just because one sport is harder than another doesn't mean it isn't a sport

E

So beauty contestants are also pro athletes? 

[Soundness]

So beauty contestants are also pro athletes?

"Pro?" ARE THEY GETTING PAID?

ATHLETES? 70%.

[The Coach]

Golf is harder than bodybuilding.