Should bodybuilding be made compulsory for students?

by Jeff Bird

Should bodybuilding be made compulsory for students? Bodybuilding is the process by which individuals develop the muscular shape of their body through resistance (or weight) ...read more

by Ivan-ac

What an odd issue. Bodybuilding can be a great way to keep in shape if done properly. It can be as harmfull as a gang beating if not. To make it compulsory for everyone is just ...read more

by Joshua Jones

There are some primary misunderstandings about this topic. First bodybuilding is not the same as weightlifting. Bodybuilding is a process that can take years and that is about s...read more

by Devlin Mcconnell

Body building should not be required for anybody. Body building only encourages steriods the participants. Plus, the professional body builders are just gross. The men are al...read more

by Violet Fortune

Bodybuilding should always be optional for students - if it is to be a curriculum option at all! Unless you are living the lifestyle of a lumberjack or a gladiator (which has be...read more

by David Furritus

What? No. Heavens, no. What kind of testosterone inspired nonsense is this? A few jocks get upset because they're tired of getting worse grades than those "scrawny geeks"? so...read more

by Penny Nama

Properly done, weight training can be a valuable fitness tool. It can build strength and muscle, help improve muscle speed, and can be a great overall fitness activity. Howeve...read more

by Brett McDonald

Body building differs greatly from other forms of exercise as it is hyper-intensive and if not done right could over-strain or injure the child. If serious bodybuilding is mand...read more

by Donal Murphy

Body building should not be made compulsory for students. Not every person has the necessary physical makeup to become a body builder, nor the necessary commitment to this life...read more

by Herb Bailey

Absolutely not! How many of us despised gym class? How we hated to participate in certain events. Remember being embarrassed when it was time for the mile test?What about th...read more

by John Mcklain

Not all of bodybuilding is scientifically proved. Understanding how to correctly gain symmetrical mass as opposed to using old traditions passed on from one bodybuilder to anoth...read more

by Neil Dixon

Could you imagine the sight before you? Hundreds of bulked up 'little Arnold Schwarzenegger' school kids streaming out of the school gates at home time, many of them stronger th...read more

by Jason Medina

I don't think it makes any sense to make body building mandatory for students. Why single out body building over other exercises and sports? If you were to make body building a ...read more

by Mike Bale

From a young age children are completely saturated with images from the media. The majority of those are based on impossible images that the normal person can not, and has not c...read more

by Voice of Reason

I find it interesting that I am writing for the "no" side here, as lifting weights is one of my favorite activities. It has given me more confidence about myself, as well as a ...read more

by Glenda K. Fralin

I believe that physical education has an important place in our school systems as it requires exercise and burns off some of the unspent energy of students who otherwise set mos...read more

by Suzanne Fleming

As a form of exercise, body-building is driven by one goal: to make a person look good. When a body-builder is judged, they are judged on aesthetic appeal, not on prowess. There...read more

by Carine Nadel

Body building should definitely not be mandatory for students-of any age. However, I do feel physical education should be compulsory. From the moment a child is old enough...read more

by oa

In our society today young America has been caught up in the gaming world, which has cut down the old fashioned exercise of going outside to play. Body building should not be ma...read more

by Rebecca Oaks

Although body building does have its appeal to certain athletes, by no means should body building be made compulsory for students. Physical fitness should always be a part of a...read more