The difference between an athlete and a bodybuilder

[Chick]

Thank you confirmation bodybuilders are not athletes.

Athletes...not athletes...what difference does it make?  BB is different than athletic sports, plain and simple. 

[funk51]

this guy was doing his thing a few weeks after this happened.

[Jaime]

this guy was doing his thing a few weeks after this happened.

That's nothing. Bob Chick has had balls in his mouth hundreds of times. He is humble though you don't here him talking like a hero.

[che]

Nah, if you're good you don't get fucked up.

Haha ,OK

[Jaime]

Haha ,OK

Just kidding bro. I'm proud of every injury i ever got, well not proud more apathetic, some styles invite more damage than others.

[BILL ANVIL]

BB is based of LOOKS, not athletic performance....

hope this helps

Since when? Bodybuilding was originally supposed to be about looks, strength AND performance. Only recently have bodybuilders stopped doing anything athletic and used the excuse you just did for being virtually useless and all show no go. Can you believe bodybuilders actually used to get their cardio by running, playing sports and being active?! wow!  

The scene from pumping iron with Waller and the boys throwing the football around on the field comes to mind. At least those guys didnt sound foolish when they called themselves athletes, because they had the ability to back in up. Obviously the IFBB doesnt judge competitors on athletic performance, but say what you just did to those guys and they'd laugh and think your just a lazy fuck. Nowadays your lucky to see a bodybuilder make it up a set of stairs without gassing out. Sad sad very sad..

[spude]

in sports the final results are based on competitors' performance...in bodybuilding the winner is chosen based on looks, or that's how it should be if politics didn't play any role...so therefore, bodybuilding is not a sport, it's a beauty pageant, much like miss universe competitions, for instance...and no, i don't mean to disrespect this "sport" anyhow, i'm a bodybuilder myself too and proud of it, i just don't consider myself an athlete

[BILL ANVIL]

in sports the final results are based on competitors' performance...in bodybuilding the winner is chosen based on looks, or that's how it should be if politics didn't play any role...so therefore, bodybuilding is not a sport, it's a beauty pageant, much like miss universe competitions, for instance...and no, i don't mean to disrespect this "sport" anyhow, i'm a bodybuilder myself too and proud of it, i just don't consider myself an athlete

good shit, your right.

[che]

in sports the final results are based on competitors' performance...in bodybuilding the winner is chosen based on looks, or that's how it should be if politics didn't play any role...so therefore, bodybuilding is not a sport, it's a beauty pageant, much like miss universe competitions, for instance...and no, i don't mean to disrespect this "sport" anyhow, i'm a bodybuilder myself too and proud of it, i just don't consider myself an athlete

Even in BB you have to compete and perform ,I hope this helps.

[funk51]

That's nothing. Bob Chick has had balls in his mouth hundreds of times. He is humble though you don't here him talking like a hero.

would you say this to bob chic's face just curious.

[Largerthanlife]

how would I know...he's a PDI "professional".  Not one of "my" athletes

wow you must really be a fan of his, I didn't even know what federation he was in.  Do you know what his website is can you post url?

[Chick]

wow you must really be a fan of his, I didn't even know what federation he was in.  Do you know what his website is can you post url?

I've known Rodney for many years...as a bodybuilder...you, with a whopping 170 posts, know him as a porn star. 

somehow, you managed to post a link to his porn...IM sure you could find a website to see how much he charges...

best of luck...

[spude]

Even in BB you have to compete and perform ,I hope this helps.

Even in Miss Universe you have compete and perform, I hope this helps.

[che]

Even in Miss Universe you have compete and perform, I hope this helps.

What's your point ?

[Largerthanlife]

I've known Rodney for many years...as a bodybuilder...you, with a whopping 170 posts, know him as a porn star. 

somehow, you managed to post a link to his porn...IM sure you could find a website to see how much he charges...

best of luck...

It was on a site that has regular porn, not usually bodybuilder porn, this was a shocker to see him on that site to me.  You are very lucky to be friends with Rodney, he is a very cool guy.

[Jaime]

would you say this to bob chic's face just curious.

Yes.

[Devon97]

I finished a fight with a broken jaw  and won a fight with a broken nose, I hope this helps .

Fighting a john over your g-string doesn't count.

[GroinkTropin]

The next time some see's or hear of a bodybuilder complain that he can't compete due to a cold, flu, hang nail or other wise the day of a show, they should refer to this.....


http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=aw-wojnarowski_rajon_rondo_dislocated_elbow_returns050811

Not all are wimps.

Dorian competed in 97 with a partially detached triceps.

Paul Dillet walked onstage cramping and had to be carried off.

Flex wheeler on the other hand was carjacked by fucking ninja's (in los angeles) though so who knows...

I have always thought getting "sick" was due to fucking up ones diet or too much diuretics but I could be wrong.

[Chick]

Since when? Bodybuilding was originally supposed to be about looks, strength AND performance. Only recently have bodybuilders stopped doing anything athletic and used the excuse you just did for being virtually useless and all show no go. Can you believe bodybuilders actually used to get their cardio by running, playing sports and being active?! wow!  

The scene from pumping iron with Waller and the boys throwing the football around on the field comes to mind. At least those guys didnt sound foolish when they called themselves athletes, because they had the ability to back in up. Obviously the IFBB doesnt judge competitors on athletic performance, but say what you just did to those guys and they'd laugh and think your just a lazy fuck. Nowadays your lucky to see a bodybuilder make it up a set of stairs without gassing out. Sad sad very sad..



Bro...since when?  Since about the last 50 years.

yes, bbs did do their cardio by using running, etc....when the didn't know any better, and weighed 50-75 lbs LESS on stage....

BTW...the guys in Pumping Iron were tossing a football around for the CAMERA...It was a staged scene. 

They were no more "athletic" than today's guys...who pretty much ALL come from sports backgrounds...Competitiv e BBers are no more interested in doing athletic endevours, than athletes are in achieving ripped condition to pose on stage....neither one benefits them for what they do....much like a world class tennis player isn't Concerned with benching 400 lbs.....why would he be?

[chunkramwell]

I feel that successful bodybuilders have just as much dedication and put in just as much work as many top level athletes. I have a little bit more empathy for them for two reasons. First being the volatility of their chosen career, it seems like just a few bad shows can wreck a career before it even gets off the ground. Second is the risks they take with drugs, I respect their courage to push the limits.

[Raymon]

At least with a sporting event everyone knows who the judges are unlike BB, the Judges are all anonymous you gotta love when they the IFBB print the Judges sheets the judges names are always missing.WAFJ

[spude]

What's your point ?

ARE YOU BRO RETARDED OR JUST TOO STUBBORN TO ACCEPT YOU'RE WRONG?!!!!
My point is that bodybuilding is exactly like all the other beauty pageants. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT JUDGING IS BASED ON DIFFERENT CRITERIA, one's muscular appearance, his symmetry, proportions, separation etc! So, therefore, bodybuilding shouldn't  be called a sport, it's a beauty pageant, competition based on HOW THE COMPETITORS LOOK. The results shouldn't and don't have anything to do with how much one can bench, how many squats he can perform with certain weight or other useless facts like that. So, because the judging doesn't have anything to do with one's measurable or unmeasurable physical performance, apart from posing, BODYBUILDING IS NOT A SPORT!
Thank you!

[TK652]

Couldn't find a pick of Vince with the eye patch...

[Reeves]

Bodybuilding and bodydoping are neither athletic nor sporting events.  The competitors are not engaging in either an athletic or sporting contest.  What they do is pose.

Pose.

Live to pose, post to live. 

How they present their physiques ranges from the aesthetic (Ed Corney and Bob Paris) to the disgusting (Kai Greene). Bodybuilding and bodydoping are entirely subjective pastimes.  How so?  They are subjective in that whatever the current (here comes a "big" word for some of you) zeitgeist regarding physiques is, dictates the judging. 

Fat ass mass monsters currently reign supreme and have done so for many years.  For the greater part the judges appear to be the schmomosexual equivalent of otherwise "normal" men that seem to prefer women with oversized breasts (e.g., 50 DDDD) and behinds (hip measurements in the 50s).

To these "men", bigger is not only "better" its highly desireable.  They are the size queens of the IFBB.  The International Federation of Butt Buddies.

The posing itself is not an athletic endeavor and this in spite of the need for oxygen for some of the muscularly obese participants.  The "posedown" is about as close to being "combative" as a bodybuilder or bodydoper is going to get.  It requires that they move (i.e., take actual steps) about the stage all the while motioning to the aforementioned crowed of pederasts for applause.  This of course leaves them gasping for breath.  Kai Greene is notable for his ability to emulate cheetahs and other animals that are female and "in season". 

His grace on the dais is surpassed only by his ability to mimic a shish kabob skewer whenever an innocent grapefruit is nearby.  I am certain that given the chance he would make any of today's top tennis players eat their balls.

Or his.  For money.  Tiers of Joy money.

These gentlemen are nothing less than Physique Athletes. 

Fuck that noise.  There's absolutely nothing athletic about bodybuilding or bodydoping.  Nothing.  At.  All. 

[Hulkotron]

men that seem to prefer women with oversized breasts (e.g., 50 DDDD)