i consider bodybuilders to be better athletes than billiard players and dart throwers, and so do many others
I don't think anyone in their right mind would consider a dart throwing or billiard playing an athletic game, therefore they aren't athlete's.
by definition they are athletes, why is that so hard to understand?
By definition the skill, strength, stamina, agility, etc. is
PERFORMED DURING a game or competition. I think that is where your misunderstanding is.
i don't understand why you keep mentioning that they failed at other sports, i get it you're another getbigger that hates bodybuilders yet you can't stop talking about them
I've always been a bodybuilding fan! I'm just debating that bodybuilders aren't athletes. Great at dieting, lifting and enhancing their bodies but not athletes.
that doesn't mean they aren't athletes, it just means they (like 99.9% of men) weren't good enough to be a pro in those sports
A pro in any sport is elite in that they perform feats of athleticism that the average person who tried it couldn't achieve. Pro body builders DON'T COMPETE ATHLETICALLY on stage. They DISPLAY their physiques and are judged on them. I don't think you disagree here.
michael jordan failed at baseball, he would fail at bodybuilding too
you can't be great at everything
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But was arguebly the greatest athletic pro basketball player on Earth. No one would ever doubt that Micahael Jordan wasn't an athlete.