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Bodybuilding
as a system of exercise is the most efficient and effective way to
strengthen and develop muscles . Some think bodybuilding is only an
intense form of competition but not a sport. However, we think
bodybuilding qualifies as a sport for a number of reasons. One is the
incredible amount of athletic effort involved in training, in developing
the physique to prepare for competition. Another is the high level of
athletic demand involved in the performance part of bodybuilding - that
is, posing and flexing onstage. As we will go into more detail later, to
be able to pose during a contest, to squeeze and flex your muscles, be
able to hold poses for as much as an hour or more at a time - and to do
it really well, with high energy levels and full control of your entire
body the whole time - is an athletic feat comparable to a boxer going
twelve rounds for the heavyweight championship of the world.
One reason
people have trouble understanding the nature of bodybuilding is that
there are two basic kinds of sports - those judged by measurement (how
far, how fast, how high etc) and those judged by form (diving,
gymnastics, ice skating). Bodybuilding is a sport of form, but instead
of movement the form involved is that of the body itself - the size,
shape, proportion, detail, and aesthetic quality of the physique as
developed in the gym, prepared by dieting, and displayed by performing
bodybuilding poses.
In any event,
although bodybuilding has not yet become an Olympic sport, it has been
accepted by the international amateur sports community and been included
in such events as the Asian Games and Pan American Games. Therefore we
are not alone in our opinion that bodybuilding is a sport.
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