What makes someone consider you a bodybuilder

[matt.gibson]

I was lifting and another guy said he was teaching a life fitness class. This guy is big and strong as an ox. I said I thought that was cool. In describing the class, he said it was a lot of high rep stuff. Not really the "bodybuilding stuff" that I was doing. I never thought of myself as big enough to be considered a bodybuilder, but someone does. Made my day.

[dallasmsl]

What makes people consider you a bodybuilder? Usually, that doesn't occur until after YOU consider yourself a bodybuilder. Now, must you be plastered all over the bodybuilding magazines in order to be called a bodybuilder? Or pose on stage before you consider yourself a bodybuilder? Hardly. You must first "admit" or confirm to yourself that you want to be a bodybuilder and do all the things necessary to become one - eating the right foods, training like a mad-dog, and even practicing posing. You do not need to become an egotistical maniac about it either! After a while people will come up to you and ask, "So, when is your contest?" and then your head will swell to infinite proportions and you will fall over requiring others to help you get back up again.