Author Topic: Is bodybuilding a sport? (Read 10475 times)

ARMZ · « **on:** February 28, 2006, 04:11:53 PM »

I've been on getbig for a month or so and I can't believe what people say about bodybuilding and this is a bodybuilding site. I'd hate to see how your everyday people view this SPORT. The people that don't think it's a SPORT are probably the guys that didn't make it or cant make it as a successful bodybuilder or their girls left them for a bodybuilder.

CQ · « **Reply #1 on:** February 28, 2006, 04:16:10 PM »

Attn: Earl1972 and Intenseone

Stavios · « **Reply #2 on:** February 28, 2006, 04:16:37 PM »

Well I would say it is a sport. The "beauty contest part" isn't but the training and preparation for the show could be called a sport. IMO

jaejonna · « **Reply #3 on:** February 28, 2006, 04:17:02 PM »

No, I think that we (on the board) know what bodybuiding is an have come to grips with what it is. I mean it is what it is... You cant get a bunch of muscle guys in thongs , put them up on a stage and tell me its not a bunch of muscled up guys in thongs on a stage...

HRDCOR · « **Reply #4 on:** February 28, 2006, 04:24:18 PM »

First and foremost it is a lifestyle cult, that is something the federations need to get a grasp on , secondly it could be classed as a form of sport due to its competitive side, but because there is no definitive way of winning in this sport as it is reliant on opinion it is generaly not seen as a "true"sport by the onlooking public !!! Much the same as Figure skateing or Rythem gymnastics are veiwed!

ARMZ · « **Reply #5 on:** February 28, 2006, 04:26:48 PM »

When the day ends and I'm out and about, people know what I do. Can you say the same thing about someone that bowls or runs track? It's a bodybuilding competition, not a bodybuilding display.

Stavios · « **Reply #6 on:** February 28, 2006, 04:27:21 PM »

Quote from: HRDCOR on February 28, 2006, 04:24:18 PM

First and foremost it is a lifestyle cult, that is something the federations need to get a grasp on , secondly it could be classed as a form of sport due to its competitive side, but because there is no definitive way of winning in this sport as it is reliant on opinion it is generaly not seen as a "true"sport by the onlooking public !!! Much the same as Figure skateing or Rythem gymnastics are veiwed!

very true marc

HowieW · « **Reply #7 on:** February 28, 2006, 04:28:06 PM »

Quote from: Stavios on February 28, 2006, 04:16:37 PM

Well I would say it is a sport. The "beauty contest part" isn't but the training and preparation for the show could be called a sport. IMO

Bingo!, the contest part is more on a "pageant" and the training is the real sport.
Howard

Borracho · « **Reply #8 on:** February 28, 2006, 04:33:03 PM »

If Poker is considered a sport than so should bodybuilding.

FlexGuns · « **Reply #9 on:** February 28, 2006, 04:33:31 PM »

it's a lifestyle

Captain Equipoise · « **Reply #10 on:** February 28, 2006, 04:42:31 PM »

Quote from: FlexGuns on February 28, 2006, 04:33:31 PM

it's a lifestyle

Exactly... it's not a sport, it's something you live and breathe, 24 hours a day.. it changes the way you eat, sleep, prioritize your day and so on. Besides it can't be classified a sport, according to the dictionary, a sport is:

a) Physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively.

bodybuilding while it may be competitive, is not a physical activity... standing oiled up on a stage, flexing is not a physical activity.

ARMZ · « **Reply #11 on:** February 28, 2006, 05:03:31 PM »

Quote from: Captain Equipoise on February 28, 2006, 04:42:31 PM

is not a physical activity... standing oiled up on a stage, flexing is not a physical activity.

Ever go through a prejudging with a full lineup?

bigdumbbell · « **Reply #12 on:** February 28, 2006, 05:06:32 PM »

sure it is

RUDE BUOY · « **Reply #13 on:** February 28, 2006, 05:08:27 PM »

Quote from: FlexGuns on February 28, 2006, 04:33:31 PM

it's a lifestyle

I WOULD HAVE TO AGREE HERE MAYNE! AND A VERY ADDICTING ONE AT THAT.

Mr. Intenseone · « **Reply #14 on:** February 28, 2006, 05:10:47 PM »

Quote from: CQ on February 28, 2006, 04:16:10 PM

Attn: Earl1972 and Intenseone

Earl signed on as a gimmick account and start this thread just to piss me off...........BODYBUILDI NG IS NOT A SPORT AND BODYBUILDERS ARE NOT ATHLETES....geez!

ARMZ · « **Reply #15 on:** February 28, 2006, 05:13:34 PM »

Quote from: Mr. Intenseone on February 28, 2006, 05:10:47 PM

Earl signed on as a gimmick account and start this thread just to piss me off...........BODYBUILDI NG IS NOT A SPORT AND BODYBUILDERS ARE NOT ATHLETES....geez!

So it's easy, and anyone can do it successfully?

analcandy · « **Reply #16 on:** February 28, 2006, 05:14:09 PM »

weight lifting is a liftstyle.
Bodybuilding is not a sport, it's a show for fags. Natural or not, if you compete on a stage to show off your muscles, you re either just gay or too stupid to do anything else to earn money.

Mr. Intenseone · « **Reply #17 on:** February 28, 2006, 05:15:40 PM »

Quote from: ARMZ on February 28, 2006, 05:13:34 PM

So it's easy, and anyone can do it successfully?

Yes...anyone can be a "bodybuilder" and be successful at it. Can anyone COMPETE and be successful...no!

ARMZ · « **Reply #18 on:** February 28, 2006, 05:15:51 PM »

Quote from: analcandy on February 28, 2006, 05:14:09 PM

weight lifting is a liftstyle.
Bodybuilding is not a sport, it's a show for fags. Natural or not, if you compete to show off your muscles, you are just gay.

So you turn gay once you get big and compete?

chrisco57 · « **Reply #19 on:** February 28, 2006, 05:16:00 PM »

the shows almost have a dog-show feel. they should add in the lifting itself . how correctly it's done and such. that could be like compulsories.
just think it would sure weed out the fake oil guys

HRDCOR · « **Reply #20 on:** February 28, 2006, 05:17:11 PM »

Quote

weight lifting is a liftstyle.
Bodybuilding is not a sport, it's a show for fags. Natural or not, if you compete on a stage to show off your muscles, you re either just gay or too stupid to do anything else to earn money

And you visit "Getbig" all the time ---why

analcandy · « **Reply #21 on:** February 28, 2006, 05:20:40 PM »

Quote from: HRDCOR on February 28, 2006, 05:17:11 PM

And you visit "Getbig" all the time ---why

as usual, i have the same answer to this:

to laugh at people. insecure retarded losers like some members (robert ziruolo, double xl, adonis, arvilla)
or insecure and "too stupid to get a job" "pro" gays juicers.

Big N · « **Reply #22 on:** February 28, 2006, 05:21:24 PM »

Quote from: ARMZ on February 28, 2006, 05:15:51 PM

So you turn gay once you get big and compete?

lol

ARMZ · « **Reply #23 on:** February 28, 2006, 05:24:25 PM »

So anal.. Did your girl leave you for a bodybuilder? Talk to us man..

analcandy · « **Reply #24 on:** February 28, 2006, 05:28:27 PM »

Quote from: ARMZ on February 28, 2006, 05:24:25 PM

So anal.. Did your girl leave you for a bodybuilder? Talk to us man..

na she's still here and everything's fine.
I don't know any bitch ready to leave her man for a "bodybuilder" lmao.
what an old and tired myth "look i have muscles so every girl wants to f**k me and being muscular, it MUST mean i"m rich and famous"
please give me a break.
People cares about money, security and not about insecure losers who injects drugs into their body to balance their insecurity, related to dick size or lack of intelligence .