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[calstate23]

I've always liked bodybuilding, but referring to bodybuilders as athletes might be a bit of a stretch. There are plenty of BB's out there who have as much athletic ability as a dirty diaper just as there are some great athletes who couldn't win the novice class at a amateur BB show.

The genetics to build a lot of muscle and carry it at a low body fat DOES NOT require athletic ability. It requires genetics to build a lot of muscle and carry it at a low body fat.

I used to be on the other side of the fence of this argument. I liked the idea of BB's being called athletes. It was like it gave it a bit more credibility. But BB is simple BB.

Perhaps you misread what I said...I did not claim bodybuilders to be ATHLETIC...Quite the opposite really...If you read again

[songdog]

Yes I can see wat you mean.I for 1 have always said Nascar drivers golfers and bowlers werent athletes.

[calstate23]

Yes I can see wat you mean.I for 1 have always said Nascar drivers golfers and bowlers werent athletes.

Yes, major ATHLETES...I don't know if that is sarcasm or you're being serious....

Just in case, driving is not athletic..And 90% of the drivers that ARE PROFESSIONAL is because their dad was professional...So was it really ATHLETIC ABILTY, or just knowledge they received?

Believe me, driving a car is NOT THE BIG POINT! It's how your car is running, the crew behind it, knowing when to pull on someone...Nascar isn't about "Driving a Car", it's about minor sh*t, mostly knowing certain tracks and how to take the bank...

[dren]

in this day and age anyone who does something that the norm dont do is an athlete for example a pie eating competition

but when you look at the origination of where athlete came from it was all "physical fast moving sports"

i hear ya on the BB, Golf, Race Car ect ect.

[Metalject]

Perhaps you misread what I said...I did not claim bodybuilders to be ATHLETIC...Quite the opposite really...If you read again

I was agreeing with you. Bodybuilders are not athletes.