How to Use bodybuilding in a Sentence
bodybuilding
noun- She's been doing competitive bodybuilding for a few years now.
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Then, Thomas stood up, and did a bodybuilding pose with his arms out and hands near his hips.
— Josh Katzenstein, NOLA.com, 1 Oct. 2017 -
This is common in the world of bodybuilding, and weight class athletes.
— Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 30 Jan. 2023 -
Shaquille O’Neal might just be ready for his next career move: bodybuilding.
— David Chiu, Peoplemag, 3 Aug. 2023 -
The eggs are said to help with bodybuilding and other manly pursuits.
— Katherine Stewart, The New Republic, 10 Aug. 2023 -
If the Ravens held a bodybuilding contest, the second-year linebacker might win it, with a physique that appears shaped from steel.
— Edward Lee, baltimoresun.com, 19 Aug. 2019 -
This 3-episode docuseries unpacks the story of one of the most notorious crimes in the world of bodybuilding.
— Andy Meek, BGR, 29 Oct. 2022 -
In Season 2, Richardson plays the host of a bodybuilding contest made up of children in padded muscle suits.
— The New Yorker, 29 May 2022 -
Like their male counterparts, the women are leaders in sports from bodybuilding to wrestling.
— Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 25 Feb. 2023 -
Tim Ferriss, promoter of the four-hour workweek, now has a four-week bodybuilding plan.
— Dylan Tweney, WIRED, 1 May 2007 -
Outside of bodybuilding and acting, Mitchell was also a lover of sailing and would take guests out to sea on his boat, per his website.
— Alexia Fernández, PEOPLE.com, 9 Aug. 2021 -
In the early 1950s, Renslow opened his first business, a bodybuilding gym called Triumph Gym, Ehemann said.
— Bob Goldsborough, chicagotribune.com, 30 June 2017 -
Starfinder was born on a solstice in 1970 (hence the name) while his father, who’d been busted for distributing LSD, was in prison (hence the bodybuilding).
— Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2021 -
Low-volume, high-effort workouts have been around since the Golden Era of bodybuilding.
— Jeff Tomko, Men's Health, 13 July 2022 -
The Tigers' remaining front line wouldn't have won any bodybuilding contests.
— Ron Higgins, NOLA.com, 21 Feb. 2018 -
This booster is what many men use to help for muscle building in the bodybuilding industry.
— Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2022 -
Men’s three events include bodybuilding, classic physique and physique.
— Kiara Alfonseca, NBC News, 24 Feb. 2018 -
From running to bodybuilding, too much of the fitness industry pushes you to chase fatigue above all else.
— Andrew Heffernan, Men's Health, 12 Aug. 2022 -
This booster is used by many men to help increase muscle for the bodybuilding industry.
— Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 14 Jan. 2023 -
Your pivot from dance sort of reminded me of Arnold’s pivot from bodybuilding.
— Sophia Scorziello, Variety, 25 May 2023 -
Collaborating with author Charles Gaines, the pair penned a book about the culture of bodybuilding.
— J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 30 Oct. 2021 -
But bodybuilding has a dark side, a long association with steroid use to help build muscle.
— Noura Abou Zeinab, CNN, 2 Dec. 2020 -
His apartment now looked like a high-tech gym and reflected his interest in bodybuilding and the hedonism of the Studio 54 era.
— Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 1 Dec. 2021 -
Prowse had a passion for bodybuilding and was crowned British Weightlifting Champion several times in the 1960s.
— CNN, 20 Apr. 2021 -
Arnold Schwarzenegger has been smashing his goals since the mid-1970s, going from the top of the podium at the most elite events in the world of competitive bodybuilding to marquee billing in Hollywood movies.
— Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 9 Jan. 2023 -
Buck got into bodybuilding and enhanced his muscles with steroids.
— Jesse Barron, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2020 -
My dad remembers a teenage Jay, mop of curly brown hair and a bone-dry sense of humor, bodybuilding on dirt roads, with a rope harness strapped to his body, pulling an old Jeep like a horse pulling a buggy.
— Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2023 -
But his main career goal right now is establishing himself in the bodybuilding world.
— Ryan Bergeron, CNN, 7 June 2019 -
There’s also been a clear emphasis on showing skin—a nod to Love Lies Bleeding, the film Stewart is currently promoting, which explores bodybuilding culture.
— Christian Allaire, Vogue, 9 Apr. 2024 -
Majors was preparing for a bodybuilding role in Magazine Dreams — which has since been shelved — when the actor allegedly became furious with Jabbari.
— Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 13 Dec. 2023
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