Is anyone here actually an athlete? No. Bodybuilding is NOT a sport.

>>41359833
Strongman, Oly, and powerlifting are, however. But mostly Oly and Strongman.

Boxing + Running + 2gun
I can barely visit this board, 95% of the shit on here is about dieting and looks

>>41359833
i doubt anyone here is a real athlete. and by that i mean paid adult that does sport. training some shit on your own money and free time doesn't count

>>41359860
Well, isn't that what amateur sports are?

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>>41359860

Yeah, I'm sure LeBron is posting in the latest goal body thread right now.

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>>41359858

thats cool, i do powerlfting and bjj

>>41359833
Is it possible to into athletics if you never participated in organised sports in your life?

I feel like I'd be adept at sports now that I'm /fit/ and not a pathetic fat kid

>>41360026

combat sports?

>>41360026
All sports have amateur divisions you can participate in. Honestly just pick whatever you find most fun, and try it out.

>>41359906
He might aswell with all this free time sweeping.

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>>41360026
>>41360054

part of me wants to join a rugby league

>>41360086
Rugby fag here, how are you built?

Used to swim at a decent level.
Participated twice in national university championship. But I did finish second to last in my race and the other was two relays.

>>41360101

short and stocky. 5'7 and about 200 pounds and maybe about 15 percent bodyfat

Played in the CFL for a few years, finished my degree and got a better paying job (career really).

But in all honesty, I was pretty average and even as much as I improved I could tell I was barely going to get any playing time. That and the potential risks were not being outweighed by my pay. Didn't win any Grey Cups tho

I'm playing rugby in national team. We are at 40-ish place in the world rankings right now, and we're not pros, but few of us is playing abroad in very high competition level.

>>41360171

thats cool, how much time do you have to dedicate to it?

Quad where are you?

>>41360213

who is quad?

Bronze medal in junior swimming nationals a few years ago

>>41359833
I used to play provincial tennis

>>41359850
>mode=pedant
None of those are sports either. They're athletic competitions. Sports have an active opposition.
>mode off

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>>41360248
Lel you can't just make up your own categories and definitions to feel sophisticated.

>>41360129
So I take it you can't run for shit?

>>41359850
Oly, yes, but powerlifting and strongman are just mental illness'

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>>41360248

hey it's better than dehydrating yourself, and lathering your body in what appears to be shoe polish while wearing a banana hammock.

>>41360282
What's your clean and jerk?

>>41360271

are we talking endurance or sprinting? id have to work on both if im gonna be honest with myself

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>>41359833
But does that make it any less impressive? I'd hardly compare bodybuilders to models but if golf is a sport and nascar is a sport, the case could be made for BB, could it not?

>>41359994
OSS

>>41360338
>the case could be made for BB, could it not?
Nope. No skill involved.

>>41360282
Strongman is by far the most sport-like of the three, though.

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>>41360070
Delete this

>>41360154
What team and what's your name?

Baaseball player here. just finished my 4 years of undergraduate. training for a pro tryout I have in a few months. I've lifted exclusively for sports performance since I started when I was 19. It's a lot different than following some bro split fore sure.