Are bodybuilders "athletes"?

[webcake]

men in thongs = serious business

[Kwon]

how can a bodybuilding website have a moderator on its biggest page, be not into bodybuilding or at least not even try to keep his fingers still , when it comes to posting on the things he hates about it.

for the last couple of days I've seen multiple threads started by mindspin, bashing bodybuilders and the sport, and now I'm pissed .

Mindspin had one of Getbigs best physiques when he was younger.

He grew up/is older now.

We all grow old and opinions change.

You can still moderate even though you are not as active in something that you were before. He has experience.

[James Blunt]

men in thongs = serious business

YEAH!

Seriously though, I think he is ''into'' bodybuilding, just not the douchebag drug mutation sideshow circus form it has become.

[Kwon]

Building Muscle/Strength/Mass is always good, it's just the parading in thong-part that Mindspin doesn't like.

[Rhino]

Mindspin is the coolest mod ever.
You like Ron better?Praising kamali and Kovacs.

Mindspin was a bodybuilder.
He still trains, now drugfree.
How many former BB train drugfree when they retire?
Shawn? Mustafa?Romano?

Mindspin is healthy, have money, a brain, and a family.
He see the bodybuilding industry change and he
is telling us about it, no glory or covering up.

Would you rather have a zitfaced
Nasser,Weider's and Derek worshipping, bacne mod
cheering Branch When he doubles his dosage looking like a heartattack
analyzing his big striated glutes.

Mindspin is the man
The guy is too good for GB.

Disliking drug abusing g4p retards makes you
"not into bodybuilding"?



Where is Kovacs nowadays? Is he still huge?

And what about Shari Kamali? Is Shari still living at home, or did he move out? TY.

[wes]

Who cares,the mods here don`t moderate anyway?

[Rhino]

Speaking of which, what happened to Kovacs? Is he still huge? And did Kamali ever move out of the house?

[Parker]

Building Muscle/Strength/Mass is always good, it's just the parading in thong-part that Mindspin doesn't like.

He was a thong parader as well...

[Kwon]

He was a thong parader as well...

Not anymore... Things change.

[Parker]

Not anymore... Things change.

Ahh, once a ho, always a ho. Once a thong parader, always a thong parader...maybe he's like the old stripper who see the young gals doing and sees herself as them and gets disgusted

[dov]

Mindspins like to build he body..i here him says this. He no bodybuilder. He do builds him body. ends of statements. Me here hims says these.

[Kwon]

Mindspins like to build he body..i here him says this. He no bodybuilder. He do builds him body. ends of statements. Me here hims says these.

Is that you Marty?

[drkaje]

Ahh, once a ho, always a ho. Once a thong parader, always a thong parader...maybe he's like the old stripper who see the young gals doing and sees herself as them and gets disgusted

So you think he's going to backslide?

[Alexander D]

If being an athlete means being a 270 muscle bound freak that cannot wipe his own ass or put on his belt, then sign me up baby!!! (no homo)

I'm sorry, but I cannot in good faith call a guy like Nasser, who used to get out of breath walking up steps an "ATHLETE"

Who's that bodybuilder that lies about beng natural and was on American Gladiators? The blonde dude...thats an athlete. but not because he bench presses lol


-A DUB

[geneticmarvel]

Not too many athletic bodybuilders out there. Most of the pros waddle around like ducks and gas after walking a small flight of stairs. Im more impressed with a huge, quick and strong bodybuilder.

[FREAKgeek]

Jim Wendler was a competitive powerlifter who squatted 1,000 lbs. He went on record saying he got out of breath climbing up a flight of stairs. Does that not make him an athlete? His sport doesn't require cardio, why judge his outside performance? Would you strip away Lance Armstrong's achievements if he got crushed squatting 250 lbs? Would you dismiss world champion shot putters and sumo wrestlers cause they can't run a 3 hour Marathon? Who cares. What's important is that they are good at what they do.

[body88]

Jim Wendler was a competitive powerlifter who squatted 1,000 lbs. He went on record saying he got out of breath climbing up a flight of stairs. Does that not make him an athlete? His sport doesn't require cardio, why judge his outside performance? Would you strip away Lance Armstrong's achievements if he got crushed squatting 250 lbs? Would you dismiss world champion shot putters and sumo wrestlers cause they can't run a 3 hour Marathon? Who cares. What's important is that they are good at what they do.

Wrong. Neither of those guys are judged on how they look.

It's not a sport. It's an activity or pageant.

[body88]

Okay, so do you consider the participants in curling, dart throwing, billiards, bass fishing, and skeet shooting as "athletes" or "competitors"? Simple question so don't try over analyze your answer, just answer with "athlete" or "competitor".

This is easy.. yes, because all of those sports require an athletic skill and none of those competitors can win their competition based on how they look, the tone of their skin - muscle mass - etc.

[FREAKgeek]

Wrong. Neither of those guys are judged on how they look.

I am not commenting on you. Please read more carefully.

[body88]

I am not commenting on you. Please read more carefully.

Please explain this further....who are you talking to since you didn't quote anyone? I assume the poster above you.

I read fine, if you don't qoute a specific post, youre making a general statement.

[Earl1972]

Okay, so do you consider the participants in curling, dart throwing, billiards, bass fishing, and skeet shooting as "athletes" or "competitors"? Simple question so don't try over analyze your answer, just answer with "athlete" or "competitor".

both

also i would like to know how a guy becoming a pro bodybuilder instead of becoming pro in another sport means he isn't an athlete?

what does that have to do with anything?

how many deion sanders and bo jackson's are out there?

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[body88]

both

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Earl, you are such a smart guy...why are you living a lie regarding this particular issue?

[Earl1972]

Earl, you are such a smart guy...why are you living a lie regarding this particular issue?

they are sports, just because one is much harder than the other doesn't mean they aren't sports

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[body88]

You're right, but none of those sports judge the winner based on their looks. It's based on their athletic performance within competition.

[Earl1972]

You're right, but none of those sports judge the winner based on their looks. It's based on their athletic performance within competition.

the posing routine isn't a performance at all?

why are some pros much better posers than others? 

why are placings affected by their routines and if the routines don't matter why do we have them?

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