Are bodybuilders "athletes"?

[che]

''Bodybuilding is the hardest sport in the world ''
                                                                     Steve Namat

[Ursus]

you no nothing about sports, i've never seen you or the rest of this thread in the sports forum

guys that don't like sports telling me what is and isn't a sport hahaha

your favorite sport is bodybuilding, deal with it

E

I don't go on as it is mainly US sport which I know nothing about.

Bodybuilding is not a sport at all - It is a past-time.

[Mr Nobody]

When I see it in the Olympics I'll believe its a sport.

[WillGrant]

Yes, whoever lifts the heaviest weight wins. Tangible measure.

So a progression to get to the heviest lift , BB use the same princble to develop there muscles which they then compare with other BB's to see who is best so who ever has the best genetics and has trained the hardest lifting weights and dieting wins or a  "tangible measure"   if bb is not a sport neither is PL or weightlifting they all use weights to develop muscle be it hypertrophied , explosiveness or pure power.end results all equal the same

[Ursus]

Incorrect.

The aim on a PLing comp or Oly Weightlifting comp is who lifts the heaviest weight.

5 different judges can pick 5 different winners based on their personal preference.

[oldtimer1]

The true competition in bodybuilding takes place in the gym not oiled up posing in a thong.  Having said that it's really sad to see a bodybuilder who can't run down a block without getting winded.

 In the old times when the AAU Mr. America was the top amateur title they had to do Olympic lifting for athletic points.  Imagine our present competitors trying to get a good total in the clean and snatch the day of the contest?  They would be lucky if  they could lift 225lbs over their head. 

[emn1964]

If BB'ers are athletes, then so are Miss America Pageant contestants.  They do the same things to perpare for their contest as a bb'er--they workout, diet, use drugs (albeit different ones) put on fake tan, adorn themselves skimpy attire, then pose in front of an audience of schmoes.  Not one difference.

[The_Punisher]

discuss....

well, these bodybuilders run out of Breath after climbing 5 flight of stairs and God knows what their Vital Organs are enduring with these Chemicals. are they athletes?.....well, Bob Chick has the Answer

[Pecs]

Its funny that it is the people who post in a bodybuilding forum who keep debating about bbing being a sport or not. I believe the general public WILL consider it a sport, just one which is not popular and strange.

[Hulkotron]

I don't think it is a sport.  Most of the formal definitions of "sport" have three requirements:
(1) Involves skill
(2) Physical exertion
(3) Competition

I would also add a #4, that success in #3 is improved by physical conditioning of the body.  Anything that lacks any of the requirements is a borderline sport at best, and probably a game rather than a sport.  These requirements are why things like football/baseball/soccer/basketball/track&field/volleyball/hockey/boxing/tennis are obviously sports, things like golf/bowling/autoracing are debatable, and things like billiards/darts/poker/beanbag toss are obviously games.

Bodybuilding only has #3 and #4 in my opinion.  Posing is not physical exertion, and what are the involved skills exactly?  It surely takes an extreme dedication to the training/eating/"supplements" lifestyle at the professional level, but I would not call that a skill.  Anyone who wants to make the sacrifices involved can do so, although they may not have the genetic predisposition to become a pro.  This is admittedly true of many other real sports, though (i.e. anyone can train like an NFL linebacker but very few will ever be able to become one).

[crg]

Then who are the athletes Bob Chick represents?

[Ursus]

I came her years ago to learn about how to get bigger get stronger etc.

Now I stay for the laughs. Other than the Mr O I can't tell you who won/wins any of the shows.

I never ever came here to simply watch the bodybuilders.

[hipolito mejia]

Not true
Golf is considered a sport but golfers aren't athletes

In Golf defense you actually need some talent to play it, where in BB with a drug Guru and not concern about health you can become a Pro bb.

[Cleanest Natural]

In Golf defense you actually need some talent to play it, where in BB with a drug Guru and not concern about health you can become a Pro bb.

you forgot genetics, hard work, consistency and money

[MindSpin]

competition = sport

so when two people are playing cards, they are engaged in a sport?

[che]

Bodybuilding is not a sport , it is a battle.

[pellius]

Bodybuilding is not a sport , it is a battle.

Exactly. And you just look at a guy two weeks out and tell that he's going to "do damage."

[kiwiol]

You can't assert that shaking the glutes (after hitching the thong as far up the ass as possible) in tune with the bedroom music that's playing as part of the posing routine doesn't involve a fair degree of athleticism.

[Earl1972]

if posing isn't a skill than why do some people do it better than others?

why couldn't paul dillet pose? 

heck some of the people in this thread don't know how to pose

flexing all of your muscles simultaneously as hard as you can is physical exertion

bodybuilding is our sport

E

[WillGrant]

Incorrect.



5 different judges can pick 5 different winners based on their personal preference.

So..... that means Gymnastics,Diving etc etc are also not sports?

And to a lesser extent boxing, as in BB comps you sometimes have a clear winner but the judges go with someone else , this happens with boxing to when it's close though don king and the mafia might have some sway here 

[calfzilla]

Nope.  Theoretically you could win a bodybuilding contest without ever touching a weight assuming you had good enough genes and or poor enough competition. 

[drkaje]

actually fucking doing something...

bench

Any discussion should have ended with Bench's post.

Thus topic should never come up again.

[WillGrant]

Nope.  Theoretically you could win a bodybuilding contest without ever touching a weight assuming you had good enough genes and or poor enough competition. 

You would need to be sucking alot of cock one would think for this to happen.

Theory = does not always = reality

[Chick]

Nope.  Theoretically you could win a bodybuilding contest without ever touching a weight assuming you had good enough genes and or poor enough competition. 

You could attribute this quote to just about anything...

Theoretically, you could make a NFL team without ever playing a down assuming you had good enough genes and poor enough competition...

[Army of One]

Bodybuilders are usually guys who sucked at other sports and like to claim bbing is a sport so they dont feel so inadequate