Is Bodybuilding a Sport?

[TheReal_ND]

I just don't understand it. It's not a sport. Weight lifting sure. Something objective. Who "looks" the biggest? What is this? Not a sport. But I agree it takes a lot of work to achieve that look. I'm not knocking it just call it what it is: a beauty contest.

[StCapps]

I just don't understand it. It's not a sport. Weight lifting sure. Something objective. Who "looks" the biggest? What is this? Not a sport. But I agree it takes a lot of work to achieve that look. I'm not knocking it just call it what it is: a beauty contest.

Lots of sports have subjective components to them. Competitions not being based on 100% objective criteria does not disqualify a competition from being a sport. MMA has judges for fights that reach the time limit without either fighter finishing the other, but that doesn't make it not a sport. Nor did MMA become less of a sport when they placed a time limit on fights and introduced judges, just the opposite.

[MilSpecs]

You all can't imagine the effort it takes me to get to the right BAC to throw darts, shoot pool, or golf.

Some are born to hang out in bars and some are borne to the bar.

I tried to learn golf for business reasons, and because my husband had to play for business reasons and wanted me to come along. I could throw the bag farther that I could hit that damn little ball.

[TheReal_ND]

I'll grant a lot of things blur the lines of what is truly a sport. Sport though is a contest so in light of this I say runway modeling is truly a sport.

[MilSpecs]

I just don't understand it. It's not a sport. Weight lifting sure. Something objective. Who "looks" the biggest? What is this? Not a sport. But I agree it takes a lot of work to achieve that look. I'm not knocking it just call it what it is: a beauty contest.

So figure skating is not a sport? Gymnastics?

It's not just 'looking big.' Mass is just one element being judged.

[Mercury]

A sport has an objective qualification for winning: points/runs scored etc.

Games are not necessarily sports. Neither are geek shows.

[StCapps]

Sport though is a contest so in light of this I say runway modeling is truly a sport.

A fashion show isn't a sport, but a beauty pageant would qualify as a sporting competition. A sport has winners and losers that are decided based on certain criteria, either objective or subjective.

[Mercury]

A beauty pageant is a contest, not a sport.

[StCapps]

A beauty pageant is a contest, not a sport.

An activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.

Not seeing how a beauty pageant doesn't meet that criteria. Just because the physical exertion is minimal in a beauty pageant compared to the average sporting competition, doesn't mean that it isn't a sport. Just because the criteria for scoring such a competition is superficial and subjective doesn't make it less of sport, it just makes it different from other kinds of sports with more objective and less superficial criteria for scoring their competitions.

[Mercury]

I just don't understand it. It's not a sport. Weight lifting sure. Something objective. Who "looks" the biggest? What is this? Not a sport. But I agree it takes a lot of work to achieve that look. I'm not knocking it just call it what it is: a beauty contest.

So figure skating is not a sport? Gymnastics?

It's not just 'looking big.' Mass is just one element being judged.

Figure skating is certainly not a sport. Gymnastics...kinda...but, no, not a sport.