So bodybuilding ISN'T a sport...

[Devon97]

You can watch people playing cards for hours on ESPN.
Is that more of a sport??

YES! it takes skill and instincts!

[Devon97]

For anyone who thinks a Pro bbing is a TRUE PROFESSIONAL SPORT all you have to do is look at the bank account of a football player, tennis player, baseball player, basketball player, golfer compared to that of a PRO BBER!
..........THen reality sets in.

[WhiteCastle]

competitive bodybuilding = male beauty pageant

Do it for health, vanity and longevity but don't try to put it in the same category as boxing or hockey.

Exactly.  If you think about what makes a bodybuilder a bodybuilder and what makes a fitness competitor a fitness competitor, there is little difference. 
1.  Both diet and exercise to have the lowest amount of fat they can for onstage.
2.  Both lift weights as probably the most difficult thing they have to do.  The weights aren't alive; they can't fight back or do anything different than they did the last time (nothing!).
3.  The real judging for a fitness/beauty pageant and bodybuilder competition is the bathing suit round.
4.  Guest posing for body builders equal T&A models at car shows.

So overall, the only difference between the two in training is the amount of weight they lift.  In fact, we have bodybuilders constantly telling us it's not the amount of weight you use but the form and technique.  And the amount of weight you lift isn't even judged in contests.  You could say that it implicitly is judged by their body, but Jay Cutler has disproved this for years.

So the amount of weight you lift doesn't matter either in competitive bodybuilding.  What's even left?  Chemistry and genetics. 

[ironneck]

bb is a sport and if poker requieres skill than bb does also you bitches

[gordiano]

Exactly.  If you think about what makes a bodybuilder a bodybuilder and what makes a fitness competitor a fitness competitor, there is little difference. 
1.  Both diet and exercise to have the lowest amount of fat they can for onstage.
2.  Both lift weights as probably the most difficult thing they have to do.  The weights aren't alive; they can't fight back or do anything different than they did the last time (nothing!).
3.  The real judging for a fitness/beauty pageant and bodybuilder competition is the bathing suit round.
4.  Guest posing for body builders equal T&A models at car shows.

So overall, the only difference between the two in training is the amount of weight they lift.  In fact, we have bodybuilders constantly telling us it's not the amount of weight you use but the form and technique.  And the amount of weight you lift isn't even judged in contests.  You could say that it implicitly is judged by their body, but Jay Cutler has disproved this for years.

So the amount of weight you lift doesn't matter either in competitive bodybuilding.  What's even left?  Chemistry and genetics. 

Excellent post.

[Iraclese]

For anyone who thinks a Pro bbing is a TRUE PROFESSIONAL SPORT all you have to do is look at the bank account of a football player, tennis player, baseball player, basketball player, golfer compared to that of a PRO BBER!
..........THen reality sets in.

Like I said before this is a bodybuilding board made to be a positive forum for bodybuilding.  But 90% of the bone heads here just cut it down.  Go to a different board if you guys think the sport is so lame.  And about the post above.  There are only like 4-5 guys in the ufc that make more than 50 000 a fight.  Most are fighting for like 4000-5000 grand!!  So trust me 95% of the UFC athlete have nothing in there bank accounts either.  So I guess they aren't a TRUE PROFESSIONAL SPORT either.  I find all the hate for bodybuilding on this board so funny.  Yet all these morons still post on here.

[Earl1972]

Easy, at no time on stage is strength , endurance or stamina or skill required. If you say "POSING" is a trained skill then you would have to also consider Miss Universe and Hawaiian Tropic swimsuite/beauty pageants a sport as well!

uh no standing still and smiling isn't a skill or physical exertion

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[Earl1972]

For anyone who thinks a Pro bbing is a TRUE PROFESSIONAL SPORT all you have to do is look at the bank account of a football player, tennis player, baseball player, basketball player, golfer compared to that of a PRO BBER!
..........THen reality sets in.

where in the definition of the word "sport" is money mentioned?

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[G o a t b o y]

Like I said before this is a bodybuilding board made to be a positive forum for bodybuilding.  But 90% of the bone heads here just cut it down.  Go to a different board if you guys think the sport is so lame. 

No, actually this is a board for Gossip & Opinion.  If you go to the main board index and look directly below this board, you'll find one called "Bodybuilding Fans & Friends".  That is the board that was set up for bodybuilding fans to talk "positively" about the sport, and it is heavily moderated to keep it positive.

So people have a choice:  they can post on G&O and deal with some negativity, or post on "Fans & Friends" and have it all positive about the "sport". 

Guess where people overwhelmingly choose to post?  That's right, G&O!  (yet they'll still bitch about the "negativity" on here  )

[bigdumbbell]

You can watch people playing cards for hours on ESPN.
Is that more of a sport??

yes actually

[Cleanest Natural]

For anyone who thinks a Pro bbing is a TRUE PROFESSIONAL SPORT all you have to do is look at the bank account of a football player, tennis player, baseball player, basketball player, golfer compared to that of a PRO BBER!
..........THen reality sets in.

I was  PRO  tennis player and I'll tell u that tere's no money in tennis unless u are in top 100 in the world out of 1600 ranked and another 2-3000 competing. so by comparison bb is better payd..

[Devon97]

where in the definition of the word "sport" is money mentioned?

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Wasnt talking about thw word "Sport" but the word "PROFESSIONAL"...Even then if it was a sport wouldnt they make more $$???

[Earl1972]

Wasnt talking about thw word "Sport" but the word "PROFESSIONAL"...Even then if it was a sport wouldnt they make more $$???

you said "professional SPORT"

sports make money based on the amount of people willing to spend money on the sport

wouldn't you say that there are more people willing to spend money on a football game instead of a bodybuilding contest?

I think so

can't give out $100 million contracts when the sport isn't grossing a quarter of that

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[Livewire]

Wasnt talking about thw word "Sport" but the word "PROFESSIONAL"...Even then if it was a sport wouldnt they make more $$???

Mr O prize money is over $150k for the winner.  Not too shabby.

[dirk digler]

What physical skill does Jay Cutler have that you or I don't posses??

[Captain Equipoise]

Mr O prize money is over $150k for the winner.  Not too shabby.

Ok, and Tyson used to make 30 million in one night, for something he spent 2-3 months training for... compare that.

[nder98]

Easy, at no time on stage is strength , endurance or stamina or skill required. If you say "POSING" is a trained skill then you would have to also consider Miss Universe and Hawaiian Tropic swimsuite/beauty pageants a sport as well!

Sooo youve done it before??

[biceps]

Bodybuilding is more than sport is muscle physiology and muscle science.

[Mr. Cortisol]

What physical skill does Jay Cutler have that you or I don't posses??

better bodybuilding genetics, and responsiveness to supplements.

[The Coach]

better bodybuilding genetics, and responsiveness to supplements.

Thats not a physical SKILL !

[mitchyboy]

I think if you have to rely on judges, I dont care what "sport" it is, if thers no finish line or score, it just aint a true sport

[davidpaul]

Thats not a physical SKILL !

What about the posing?

[Livewire]

What about the posing?

LOL... what about it?  They pose in Miss America.  That's not a sport.

BBing is a beauty pageant for men.

[LatsMcGee]

Is G4P a sport?

[G o a t b o y]

Is G4P a sport?

Ask DA.