What weight to be a bodybuilder ?

[Andy P]

When i was looking though the threads on another well know bodybuilding messageboard, i came across somone saying that:


You dont count as a bodybuilder until you weigh 200lbs

I think this is slightly ignorant and in my opinion you are a body builder as soon as your dedicated to live the lifestyle and work for it. Does somone who weighs 250lbs deserve more respect that somone who weighs 170lbs ? And what weight would you considder somone a bodybuilder ?

Debate :)

[drew]

Bodybuilding is a lifestyle. That's a very ignorant statement. Not everyone SHOULD weigh 200 lbs. and some should weigh much more. If someone is only 4 feet tall, there's no WAY he/she should weigh in at 200 lbs, right?

[pusher]

It sounds very ignorant.

It depends on height too. I think you are a bodybuilder when you devote to it, but you become an accomplished bodybuilder when you are overweight with low bf.

Moral of the story: Don't browse other boards:tuttut:;)

[David]

It's all about height!

And to answer your two questions:

1)No
2)Again, it's about height. What if I told you I was 170lbs @ 2%.

Would you think I was big? If i was 5'0" then yes, but if I was 6'5" then hell no!

That quote you mentioned above, it wasn't from a website that starts with "m" was it?! LOL ;)

:)

[musclette]

Originally posted by pusher
you become an accomplished bodybuilder when you are overweight with low bf.


I'm gonna add that to my sig quote, pusher! Very inspiring! :) It's because I know that what bbs can accomplish does not depend on the scales. I know it but it's hard to convince myself until I read your line. Suddenly, it became obvious. :eek:

[WillKuenzel]

There's weight classes for bodybuilders if you are competiting. Bantam weight starts around is 143 and under. Sounds like the dude was just being an ass.

[Andy P]

Originally posted by pusher
Moral of the story: Don't browse other boards:tuttut:;)

What was i thinking :D I should be shot :)

And yes, that guy's a jerk.

[Dedicated]

I know a guy who is 160 pounds and is a bodybuilder.

[Relentless]

gotta be 200+?

someone should tell Frank Zane that he has to give back those Mr. O trophies... he's not a 'real' bodybuilder

[AllUp]

Rofl, yeah must have meant 200+lb's If..

1) Theyre freakishly huge BB's.
2) Theyre Bulked and have High BF% to go with it.

200+? The Guy was probably tall himself as well as a fat kid and attained the weight easily. Must have no clue, but hey. Opinions are like @$$holes. Everybody has one. :)

-AllUp

[RoidRage]

Anyone can be a bodybuilder. Think of the words meaning, building a body. Whether its fat loss of muscle gain or a combo its all going towards building a better body. You don't have to wear posing trunks to be a bodybuilder.

[RoidRage]

Originally posted by Callahan
gotta be 200+?

someone should tell Frank Zane that he has to give back those Mr. O trophies... he's not a 'real' bodybuilder

and franco columbu as well

[JMD1648]

i was just at the usa's. richard jones was in the class below. which was light heavy. he was under 200 and looked awsome. and now pro:bash: :bash:

[HORNEDFROGS07]

I just hit 200 pounds, and now I fluctuate between a coupla pounds over and a coupla pounds under, depending on water weight and stuff, so does that mean I'm a bodybuilder when I weigh 201 and I'm not when I weigh 199? No, it just means that I am a certain weight. Bodybuilding (according to websters) is "the practice of lifting weights and performing certain calisthenics to develop a strong body." Little off, I mean they need to add the dedication to those practices as well as eating right. That means, IMO (just because I need hope) that anyone, regardless of where they may be at weight, BF, or strenght wise qualifies as a work in progress in the world of bodybuilding.




Originally posted by drew
Bodybuilding is a lifestyle. That's a very ignorant statement. Not everyone SHOULD weigh 200 lbs. and some should weigh much more. If someone is only 4 feet tall, there's no WAY he/she should weigh in at 200 lbs, right?


However, I really would like to see a 4 footer jacked up to around 200 pounds with very low BF. That would be one stacked mutha.

[Andy P]

Good points people. Height matters alot, i should of included that.