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Re: Are bodybuilders "athletes"?
« Reply #175 on: April 04, 2010, 06:11:37 PM »
It's a sport/competition but you don't have to be an athlete to participate in it ,just like golf and many other sports.

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Re: Are bodybuilders "athletes"?
« Reply #176 on: April 04, 2010, 06:16:34 PM »
I'd like to think of it as a sport, but it's not. Not saying that that is a bad thing either.

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Re: Are bodybuilders "athletes"?
« Reply #177 on: April 04, 2010, 06:30:33 PM »
oh my fucking god, what physical exertion is required in a bodybuilding contest? LOL!!!! Posing? Walking the stairs up the stage? Give me a break.  ;D

this is the last time i am saying this, flex all of your muscles simultaneously as hard as you possibly can for a few minutes and tell me you aren't exerting yourself ::)

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Re: Are bodybuilders "athletes"?
« Reply #178 on: April 04, 2010, 06:33:24 PM »
I see it as a sport due to the training. If you take it serious it can be one of the most extreme physical activities. See Dorian, Coleman, Efferding, etc, etc...
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Re: Are bodybuilders "athletes"?
« Reply #179 on: April 04, 2010, 06:34:06 PM »
Hey come on Levrone ran a fucking 6.5 40yard dash.

That is pretty damn athletic!

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6.5?

i guess world class sprinter dwain chamber ran a 6.0 right?



you really are as dumb as you look


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Re: Are bodybuilders "athletes"?
« Reply #180 on: April 04, 2010, 06:35:29 PM »
this is the last time i am saying this, flex all of your muscles simultaneously as hard as you possibly can for a few minutes and tell me you aren't exerting yourself ::)

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I have , is not that hard .

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Re: Are bodybuilders "athletes"?
« Reply #181 on: April 04, 2010, 06:37:32 PM »
I have , is not that hard .

it's physical exertion no matter how "hard" you think it is

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Re: Are bodybuilders "athletes"?
« Reply #182 on: April 04, 2010, 06:39:28 PM »
I have , is not that hard .

Well, I think you would actually have to have some muscle for it to be an exertion, stud....

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Re: Are bodybuilders "athletes"?
« Reply #183 on: April 04, 2010, 06:41:28 PM »
Well, I think you would actually have to have some muscle for it to be an exertion, stud....
I do have some muscles stud  :D.

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Re: Are bodybuilders "athletes"?
« Reply #184 on: April 04, 2010, 06:41:46 PM »
a marathon runner will tell you jogging once around a track isn't "that hard", it's still physical exertion

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Re: Are bodybuilders "athletes"?
« Reply #185 on: April 04, 2010, 06:45:08 PM »
a marathon runner will tell you jogging once around a track isn't "that hard", it's still physical exertion

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I'm an Ironworker  and trust me working 8 hs in construction is way harder than posing for 5 minutes.

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Re: Are bodybuilders "athletes"?
« Reply #186 on: April 04, 2010, 06:47:34 PM »
I do have some muscles stud  :D.

Your hair is falling down across your face....need a fresh cut....  looking damn good in that pic, bro....i had no idea.

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Re: Are bodybuilders "athletes"?
« Reply #187 on: April 04, 2010, 06:48:12 PM »
I'm an Ironworker  and trust me working 8 hs in construction is way harder than posing for 5 minutes.

no shit, it's also harder than playing baseball

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Re: Are bodybuilders "athletes"?
« Reply #188 on: April 04, 2010, 06:48:27 PM »
Not to you

Chick, You're a good dude but come on, LOL!

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Re: Are bodybuilders "athletes"?
« Reply #189 on: April 04, 2010, 07:00:18 PM »
How does physical exertion make it a sport?

Masturbating requires physical exertion but it's not a sport. At least when you masturbate there is a goal. And it can be done with others. That kinda seems more sporty than bodybuilding huh? *Not to mention much more exciting

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Re: Are bodybuilders "athletes"?
« Reply #190 on: April 04, 2010, 07:03:16 PM »
How does physical exertion make it a sport?

Masturbating requires physical exertion but it's not a sport. At least when you masturbate there is a goal. And it can be done with others. That kinda seems more sporty than bodybuilding huh? *Not to mention much more exciting

because the dictionary says so, it's hilarious how you guys ignore the dictionary definition, did you do the same when taking vocabulary tests in school?

also maybe you're jerking a little too hard dude :-X

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Re: Are bodybuilders "athletes"?
« Reply #191 on: April 04, 2010, 07:06:14 PM »
How many golfers can do this ?



That could have been kinda cool if he wasn't such a homo. The posing and routine was awful and gay as fuk. The flips would've been cool if he wasn't so feminine

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Re: Are bodybuilders "athletes"?
« Reply #192 on: April 04, 2010, 07:10:50 PM »
because the dictionary says so, it's hilarious how you guys ignore the dictionary definition, did you do the same when taking vocabulary tests in school?

also maybe you're jerking a little too hard dude :-X

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Yeah I guess if you get literal enough you can qualify it as a sport. But it's really not. We all know that. It's a little show with muscular dudes. Hardly a sport. More of a contest.


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Re: Are bodybuilders "athletes"?
« Reply #193 on: April 04, 2010, 07:21:53 PM »
Yeah I guess if you get literal enough you can qualify it as a sport. But it's really not. We all know that. It's a little show with muscular dudes. Hardly a sport. More of a contest.



Girl1972 is reading the wrong dictionary: bod·y·build·ing  (bd-bldng)
n.
The process of developing the musculature of the body through specific types of diet and physical exercise, such as weightlifting, especially for competitive exhibition.

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Re: Are bodybuilders "athletes"?
« Reply #194 on: April 04, 2010, 08:32:55 PM »
I have , is not that hard .
I'll value an actual bodybuilders opinion over Earl's  :P

Nothing personal Earl, but you're WRONG!
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Re: Are bodybuilders "athletes"?
« Reply #195 on: April 04, 2010, 08:47:12 PM »
may the competitor in the glitteryest thong win.

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Re: Are bodybuilders "athletes"?
« Reply #196 on: April 05, 2010, 04:31:47 AM »

Bodybuilding is a pasttime.


Sport is defined as a pastime in dictionaries.

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Re: Are bodybuilders "athletes"?
« Reply #197 on: April 05, 2010, 04:44:21 AM »
Such passionate deniers here. If they call bowling and poker a sport over something that is, let's say, where you need to squat 500 lbs and bench press 300+ and do among other things for you to look good on stage to win, then I'm calling it a sport.

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Re: Are bodybuilders "athletes"?
« Reply #198 on: April 05, 2010, 04:49:02 AM »
if body builders are athletes than so are girls who enter wet t-shirt contests

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Re: Are bodybuilders "athletes"?
« Reply #199 on: April 05, 2010, 04:50:32 AM »
Some are, some aren't.  I am.  :)

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