How to Use bodybuilding in a Sentence

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  • She's been doing competitive bodybuilding for a few years now.
  • 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
  • As someone who competed in bodybuilding, Cianciolo said she is used to being in a gym around men.
    — Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2024
  • 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

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