Bodybuilding is not a sport.

[Chick]

There is no competitive activity that is part of bodybuilding shows themselves...  none.  The winner is determined by how these guys bodies LOOK.  That is a pageant.  There is no substantive difference between a bodybuilding show and a beauty pageant.

Not a sport.

Sure there is....there is nothing physically demanding, or exertive about a pageant....nothing. It's walking and turning.

The activity...is the posing and display of the physique.

[G o a t b o y]

I, too, am judged on performance...not the color of my trunks, or my hair style.

Really?  What "performance" determines the winner at a bodybuilding show?


(Or are you talking about the "performance" with the judges the night before?)

[DeltsaForce]

it's the training, the preperation, etc....turning on a catwalk, and developing a world class physique are two different worlds

 They train how to walk on a catwalk for years. Many models are binned because they can't do it properly. They spend just as much time perfecting and preparing for the catwalk as bodybuilders do training.
the two things are incredibly similar. there is training, preparing but ultimately you are judged on how you look in both cases.

[Eyeball Chambers]

[Man of Steel]

Sport of schmoes, hoes and oily bros

[chaos]

Sport of schmoes, hoes and oily bros

I'll take "hoe" for 250 please.

[G o a t b o y]

The activity...is the posing and display of the physique.

Well, if the winner were determined solely on how well they pose and display, and not on how their bodies looks, then it might be a sport.  But until Chad Mower can beat Ronnie Coleman by being a better poser, it's a pageant, not a sport.

[io856]

bodybuilding the activity is much more than a sport

[Chick]

Right, but what all those sports have in common is the competitive PHYSICAL activity it takes to score points, touchdowns or goals.  These teams are not awarded points for their looks.  Bodybuilders are judged on how they look, and that is why it is a pageant.

Which is why those sports are different than the sport of bodybuilding....

[Soundness]

Sure there is....there is nothing physically demanding, or exertive about a pageant....nothing. It's walking and turning.

The activity...is the posing and display of the physique.

FALSE. Beauty pageants require

Sucking in your stomache,
maintaining perfect posture,
maintaining the most attractive look on your face possible,
portraying desired personality,
the rigorous pre-competition preparation including diet, possibly training, etc...

(it all involves muscle control similar to posing in bodybuilding)

[G o a t b o y]

bodybuilding the activity is much more than a sport

What you do in the gym could be called a sport, but what you do on a stage certainly isn't.

[body88]

Which is why those sports are different than the sport of bodybuilding....

Right, bodybuilding is a pageant.

[Chick]

Well, if the winner were determined solely on how well they pose and display, and not on how their bodies looks, then it might be a sport.  But until Chad Mower can beat Ronnie Coleman by being a better poser, it's a pageant, not a sport.

Then it wouldnt be bodybuilding....the sport.

[Soundness]

Then it wouldnt be bodybuilding....the sport.

=DENIAL

Understandable for someone in your position, Chick. Carry on...

[G o a t b o y]

FALSE. Beauty pageants require

Sucking in your stomache,
maintaining perfect posture,
maintaining the most attractive look on your face possible,
portraying desired personality,
the rigorous pre-competition preparation including diet, possibly training, etc...

(it all involves muscle control similar to posing in bodybuilding)

Not only that, let's consider the "talent competition" that is a part on many beauty pageants, and often involves skills 100x more complex than standing around on a stage in a thong.

[io856]

Does it really matter if technically the bodybuilding shows are not sporting contests but better defined as a pageant?

Personally, I don't feel as if it detracts from the competitive side of bodybuilding. It is what it is and the definition doesn't change anything.

Its a display of physiques judged according to criteria and placed accordingly.

[Chick]

What you do in the gym could be called a sport, but what you do on a stage certainly isn't.

Not to you...to me it is.

The two go hand in hand....cant get to the stage without getting to the gym.

[G o a t b o y]

Then it wouldnt be bodybuilding....the sport.

Chick, you need to get a room with Earl.  Both of you continue your steadfast denial in the face of obvious logic.

[io856]

Not to you...to me it is.

The two go hand in hand....cant get to the stage without getting to the gym.

many a gym-starved physique have made it to the bodybuilding stage

vince goodrum anyone?

[G o a t b o y]

Not to you...to me it is.

The two go hand in hand....cant get to the stage without getting to the gym.

Putting on a thong, oiling up your body, and standing there being judged on how you look is not a sport in any way, shape, or form.

[io856]

Putting on a thong, oiling up your body, and standing there being judged on how you look is not a sport in any way, shape, or form.

 

[Chick]

Not only that, let's consider the "talent competition" that is a part on many beauty pageants, and often involves skills 100x more complex than standing around on a stage in a thong.

There's your problem...you have "competitive bodybuilding" confused with "standing around in a thong on stage".

I'm a pro B, and I can assure you, I've never dont that.

If you ever had the experience of competing...you would also know there is a difference....no wonder you think the way you do.

[Soundness]

Not only that, let's consider the "talent competition" that is a part on many beauty pageants, and often involves skills 100x more complex than standing around on a stage in a thong.

True. The argument could be made that female beauty pageants are even more of a sport than bodybuilding. 

[G o a t b o y]

There's your problem...you have "competitive bodybuilding" confused with "standing around in a thong on stage".

I'm a pro B, and I can assure you, I've never dont that.

If you ever had the experience of competing...you would also know there is a difference....no wonder you think the way you do.

Bottom line, you're being judged on how you look, not what you do.  The winner is the one with the best looking body, period.  That makes it a pageant, not a sport.

[chaos]

Still not a sport.