bodybuilder
nounUK /ˈbɒ.diˌbɪl.də/ · US /ˈbɑ.diˌbɪl.dəɹ/
Etymology From body + builder.
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Bodybuilding, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports A person who uses diet and exercise to build an aesthetically muscular physique, in order to compete in bodybuilding.
- Physique of powerful bodybuilder (below) is like piece of sculpture. Buffs strive for the well-rounded body, disdain the professional weightlifter, who merely develops a number of very specialized muscles.December 1964, “Muscles are his business”, in Ebony, volume 20, number 2, page 148:
- Because it is necessary for a muscle to rest while it grows and because of the importance of balanced development, most competitive bodybuilders train on a split routine; they work certain parts of the body one day and rest those muscles the next while they work the others, alternating like that six days a week.1974, Charles Gaines, George Butler, “chapter 2”, in Pumping Iron: The Art and Sport of Bodybuilding:
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- In the competitions, bodybuilders go through "mandatories"—a set of mandatory poses—in the morning, where the judges compare the body parts of the builders.1991, Samuel Wilson Fussell, “chapter 4”, in Muscle: Confessions of an Unlikely Bodybuilder:
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Rare Rare form of body-builder (“one who builds vehicle bodies”).
- COACH BODYBUILDER wanted. Apply omnibus stables, Camberwell.1881 June 10, “Situations Vacant”, in The Age, number 8212, Melbourne, Vic., front page, column 6:
- COACHMAKERS.—Wanted, three IMPROVERS to the bodymaking, all new work. Greenfield and Callaway, bodybuilders to the trade, Milson’s Steam Works, 121, Liverpool-street.1881 December 12, “Professions, Trades, &c.”, in The Sydney Morning Herald, number 13,635, Sydney, N.S.W., page 12, column 2:
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- WANTED, First-class Coachsmith and Bodybuilder.—Apply to M. Bohan, Wellington Coach Factory, Wellington.1882 February 11, “Wanted”, in The Auckland Evening Star, volume XIII, number 3,591, Auckland, page [3], column 3:
- WANTED, a first-class Wheelwright and Bodybuilder; state where last employed. Apply to A. Gilmore, Tauranga.1883 March 29, The Evening Post, volume XXV, number 73, Wellington, page [3], column 9:
- WANTED, BODYBUILDER to repair Cabs. 39 Turner-street. Redfern.1890 October 23, The Sydney Morning Herald, number 16,406, Sydney, N.S.W., page 8, column 3:
- WANTED, a good Wheelwright and Bodybuilder: a constant job. Apply to M. Bohan, Wellington Coach Factory, Victoria-street.1892 November 11, The Evening Post, volume XLIV, number 113, Wellington, page [3], column 9:
- Related terms
- bodybuilding, gym rat, mass monster, muscle god, muscle morph