Bodybuilding is not a sport.

[chaos]

Another thing to keep in mind.... If it was merely a pageant as many around here like to state...

Then people like Bob Paris, Lee Labrada, Shawn Ray, etc...would be undefeated champions in every show they entered, (or you could replace the "Aesthetic" bodybuilders of any era, in this example.) They were clearly the most aesthetically pleasing in there respective eras....

Of course this isn't the case, because there is other criteria to consider. Mass, conditioning, etc...

These may be subjective terms, but there is enough variables in a bodybuilding competition, that it would be intellectually dishonest, to just refer to it as a "pageant."

Subjective Sport would be a better term IMO.

M!

No, foreskin, in a pageant your victory is based on looks, in a sport your victory is based on performance.

[Earl1972]

The thread is being bumped in an effort to educate those who have been naively taken in by schmoes such as yourself, Earl, into believing that oiled men in thongs is somehow a "sport".

no "soundness" was correct, for once

calling them "oiled men in thongs" shows how insecure you are about your sexuality

E

[G o a t b o y]

Another thing to keep in mind.... If it was merely a pageant as many around here like to state...

Then people like Bob Paris, Lee Labrada, Shawn Ray, etc...would be undefeated champions in every show they entered, (or you could replace the "Aesthetic" bodybuilders of any era, in this example.)

Of course this isn't the case, because there is other criteria to consider. Mass, conditioning, etc...

These may be subjective terms, but there is enough variables in a bodybuilding competition, that it would be intellectually dishonest, to just refer to it as a "pageant."

Subjective Sport would be a better term IMO.

M!

It doesn't matter what the criteria is (classical "beauty" or muscular "size"), as long as the "sport" determines the winner by how a physique looks, as opposed to being based on the outcome of some activity being performed during the competition, it is a pageant, not a sport, and it would be "intellectually dishonest" to claim otherwise.

[Earl1972]

same old arguments, heck i've been telling "the coach" that espn shows whatever gets ratings for god knows how long

same old ownings


keep bumping the thread it shows your desperation and doubts

SPORT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

E

[chaos]

Not a sport.

[G o a t b o y]

same old arguments

That's because they're undisputable to anyone who understands how to apply logic.  We conclusively won this debate back on page three using these "same old arguments"...  you're just too blinded by your lust for Levrone et al. to see that.

[Topskin69]

Goat...

Why is so hard to make a distinction between a sport based around Subjective criteria, (curling, diving, bodybuilding, and some other Olympic events that I forget), and a sport based around Objective criteria.

The bottom line is this.... Bodybuilding is still a Competition, and the work ethic/genetics of each individual competing, will play a factor in their success, or lack thereof.

While you could make a strained argument that this applies to a pageant, it would in a FAR lesser sense. (At best...even then I think that would be a stretch.

M!

[Meso_z]

haha i love how only some fatasses here say "its not a sport". of course its not a sport for their obese physique.

[Chick]

The thread is being bumped in an effort to educate those who have been naively taken in by schmoes such as yourself, Earl, into believing that oiled men in thongs is somehow a "sport".

You're right about one thing...."Oiled up men in thongs is certainly not a sport.....Competitive bodybuilding is.

Guys dressed in jock straps and shoulder pads trying to "tackle each other down" isn't a sport either....Fottball is.

Guys in pajamas scratching their balls and slapping each other on the ass isnt a sport either....Baseball is.

Two guys wrestling each other to the ground trying to "pin" each other down and gain dominance isnt a sport....wrestling is.


And taking up hours of your day trying to convince a bunch of anonymous people on a BODYBUILDING site isnt a sport either....it's called being a loser and having no life.....

BTW...congrats in advance on your 19,000th post (as Goatboy)

[Meso_z]

You're right about one thing...."Oiled up men in thongs is certainly not a sport.....Competitive bodybuilding is.

Guys dressed in jock straps and shoulder pads trying to "tackle each other down" isn't a sport either....Fottball is.

Guys in pajamas scratching their balls and slapping each other on the ass isnt a sport either....Baseball is.

Two guys wrestling each other to the ground trying to "pin" each other down and gain dominance isnt a sport....wrestling is.


And taking up hours of your day trying to convince a bunch of anonymous people on a BODYBUILDING site isnt a sport either....it's called being a loser and having no life.....

BTW...congrats in advance on your 19,000th post (as Goatboy)

HAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!

Bob owned that pathetic piece of shit!!!!!! haha "Goatboy" is so owned and gay.

[drkaje]

You're right about one thing...."Oiled up men in thongs is certainly not a sport.....Competitive bodybuilding is.

Guys dressed in jock straps and shoulder pads trying to "tackle each other down" isn't a sport either....Fottball is.

Guys in pajamas scratching their balls and slapping each other on the ass isnt a sport either....Baseball is.

Two guys wrestling each other to the ground trying to "pin" each other down and gain dominance isnt a sport....wrestling is.


And taking up hours of your day trying to convince a bunch of anonymous people on a BODYBUILDING site isnt a sport either....it's called being a loser and having no life.....

BTW...congrats in advance on your 19,000th post (as Goatboy)

They aren't being judged on athleticism, it's not a sport.

Soccer, football, or even tiddlywinks are more of a sport than bodybuilding because athletic prowess is how the participants are judged. Do working out and improving one's physique take athletic ability? Yes. But winning on the stage it comes down to preparation, presentation, and conditioning on top of what standards the judges are using.

It's basically beauty contest.

[Chick]

They aren't being judged on athleticism, it's not a sport.

Soccer, football, or even tiddlywinks are more of a sport than bodybuilding because athletic prowess is how the participants are judged. Do working out and improving one's physique take athletic ability? Yes. But winning on the stage it comes down to preparation, presentation, and conditioning on top of what standards the judges are using.

It's basically beauty contest.

Not all sports are created equal, and there are varying degrees of "athleticism"....posing and displaying one's physique IS athletic...try it some time....if you can. There is NO athleticism or degree is standing there like a beauty pageant)...which are why they are called PAGEANTS, not competitions, or a sport.

[Meso_z]

Not all sports are created equal, and there are varying degrees of "athleticism"....posing and displaying one's physique IS athletic...try it some time....if you can. There is NO athleticism or degree is standing there like a beauty pageant)...which are why they are called PAGEANTS, not competitions, or a sport.

he wont recover.

[ManBearPig...]

cup stacking is a sport because it was on ESPN a few days ago.

[bigdumbbell]

Not all sports are created equal, and there are varying degrees of "athleticism"....posing and displaying one's physique IS athletic...try it some time....if you can. There is NO athleticism or degree is standing there like a beauty pageant)...which are why they are called PAGEANTS, not competitions, or a sport.

thanks for your patients in educating getbig members

[drkaje]

Not all sports are created equal, and there are varying degrees of "athleticism"....posing and displaying one's physique IS athletic...try it some time....if you can. There is NO athleticism or degree is standing there like a beauty pageant)...which are why they are called PAGEANTS, not competitions, or a sport.

Without a doubt posing is a skill that takes practice but it ain't an athletic endeavor, LOL!

[bigdumbbell]

Without a doubt posing is a skill that takes practice but it ain't an athletic endeavor, LOL!

the nuances are murky  lol

[ManBearPig...]

I wonder if Tom Brady blows his coach in the hotel room after each game.

[Oldschool Flip]

Not all sports are created equal, and there are varying degrees of "athleticism"....posing and displaying one's physique IS athletic...try it some time....if you can. There is NO athleticism or degree is standing there like a beauty pageant)...which are why they are called PAGEANTS, not competitions, or a sport.

So is breakdancing, and to a much higher degree in skill and athleticism, but it's not considered a sport. And are Figure competitions sport or pageant according to your definition?

[drkaje]

So is breakdancing, and to a much higher degree in skill and athleticism, but it's not considered a sport. And are Figure competitions sport or pageant according to your definition?

Apparently you don't realize how much skill/athleticism making a 1/4 turn takes.

Hater!!

[Chick]

Without a doubt posing is a skill that takes practice but it ain't an athletic endeavor, LOL!

Spoken from someone who has never done it...classic Getbig.

[J Grey]

You're right about one thing...."Oiled up men in thongs is certainly not a sport.....Competitive bodybuilding is.

Guys dressed in jock straps and shoulder pads trying to "tackle each other down" isn't a sport either....Fottball is.

Guys in pajamas scratching their balls and slapping each other on the ass isnt a sport either....Baseball is.

Two guys wrestling each other to the ground trying to "pin" each other down and gain dominance isnt a sport....wrestling is.


And taking up hours of your day trying to convince a bunch of anonymous people on a BODYBUILDING site isnt a sport either....it's called being a loser and having no life.....

BTW...congrats in advance on your 19,000th post (as Goatboy)

hahahahahahahahahaha

Bob Chick, you are THE MAN!!!!!!!

good stuff, good stuff!

[J Grey]

That's because they're undisputable to anyone who understands how to apply logic.  We conclusively won this debate back on page three using these "same old arguments"...  you're just too blinded by your lust for Levrone et al. to see that.

it's a sport you god damn goat fucker.

[Earl1972]

That's because they're undisputable to anyone who understands how to apply logic.  We conclusively won this debate back on page three using these "same old arguments"...  you're just too blinded by your lust for Levrone et al. to see that.

if you truly feel it is "undisputable" you would'nt bump the thread every other day, you are desperate

you can't win when you are using your own opinions against the facts

E

[Earl1972]

They aren't being judged on athleticism, it's not a sport.

Soccer, football, or even tiddlywinks are more of a sport than bodybuilding because athletic prowess is how the participants are judged. Do working out and improving one's physique take athletic ability? Yes. But winning on the stage it comes down to preparation, presentation, and conditioning on top of what standards the judges are using.

It's basically beauty contest.

this is how schmoes like yourself think

E