Golf is taken as a serious sport but not weightlifting?

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Anyone wonder about that? Golf is taken very seriously as a sport but not weightlifting?

[MoonStatue 26]

golf is boring and weightlifting is just sweating muscle men lifting big stuff

[KrazyDashie 1,847]

im still surprised golf is a serious sport

 

[Castle Bleck 19,380]

To be fair, golf can be pretty epic sometimes:

 

Edited December 6, 2016 by A.V.

[AaronMk 280]

Golf at least as tact. Weightlifting is two dudes going, "bro watch this".

 

Ultimately, weightlifting as a competitive sport is basically a gym activity that somehow moved to the competitive stage as an extension of modeling. It's as much a sport as a beauty pageant is a sport, it's a showcase and exhibition more than anything.

 

It also has its roots in the boardwalks of summer fairs and freak shows, where as golf was literally the sport of kings and has for a long time been associated with the high class. Even casually played, it's the choice of people in business who go out to hit a few balls, drink beer, and talk office while on leisure; knocking out two birds (or three) with one stone.

Edited December 6, 2016 by AaronMk

[Stone Cold Steve Jobs 22,441]

Make fun of it if you want, but golf is fun. Anyone who says it isn't a sport: have you tried lugging a set of clubs across 18 holes? Do it without a cart. It's no picnic.

 

Watching golf is boring though.

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Golf is nerds with arms. Weightlifting is jocks with something to compensate for. (Note: stereotypes have been used, and this isn't meant to be taken seriously)

 

I do agree that golf does have an element of planning, strategy, and skill to it that weightlifting lacks. Simply gaining brute strength and hefting chunks of metal isn't very engaging.

[Kaneki 1,073]

Golf? Never was good at it, so I could never get into it. Really don't know how people like it....

[Crypty Scribbles 5,319]

LOL. Weightlifting is in Olympic program, what can be more serious? XD

 

[Kaneki 1,073]

LOL. Weightlifting is in Olympic program, what can be more serious? XD

 

 

 

I had no idea, but then again I never followed the Olympics too closely.

[AaronMk 280]

I had no idea, but then again I never followed the Olympics too closely.

 

It's not one of the events I think is highly broadcasted. It doesn't have the same sort of allure as the swimming, volleyball, or other popular sport events.

 

Which I think may ultimately be what OP is complaining about. No one pays attention to weightlifting. Golf meanwhile gets an entire network dedicated to the sport.

[Brightbart 268]

This is of course subjective but I really enjoy playing and watching golf. In the same sense that baseball can be riveting even though it too is a slow sport, there's just something about watching Jordan Spieth blow it on the 12th hole on the final round of the Masters and seeing a nobody, Danny Willett, win it. 

[Miss 6,234]

Golf is fun af

 

I always thought weightlifting was a sport. It is in the Olympics, well maybe that isn't what they call it.

 

The way I see it weightlifting is an activity like cardio. Cardio isn't a sport. Track and field is a sport.

Or push-ups. One big umbrella term for numerous exercises that can be done.

-diamond push-ups                                      -bench press

-jack knife push up                                       -curls

[Kyoshi Frost Wolf 41,732]

Some may consider golf to be boring but it does require precision and control in the shots. That is far more of a sport than a guy lifting heavy things. That is simply a test of strength, not skill.

[Ziggy + Angel + Rain 11,303]

Does picking up a full gallon of milk qualify as participating in a sport?  Those are somewhat heavy; and unwieldy when trying to pour into that first bowl of cereal.

 

 

 

LOL. Weightlifting is in Olympic program, what can be more serious? XD

I've never really taken the Olympics seriously; though I have kind of enjoyed watching women's beach volleyball.  Uh, purely due to its merits as a demonstration of athletic prowess, skill, annnnd no one is buying this so I had might as well stop.

[Concerned Bystander 2,903]

It's basic market economics, supply and demand.  The more people that are interested in a sport, the bigger it will get.  Clearly, a great many people want to watch or participate in golf, and considerably fewer people have the same interest in weightlifting.

 

Its not that weightlifting isn't taken seriously, it's more that so few people are interested in weightlifting that it isn't particularly marketable for companies such as broadcasters that need a sport to be popular in order to make money from it, and it won't attract as much attention from potential sponsors who want to see a return on their investments.

Edited December 6, 2016 by Concerned Bystander

[Fluttershyfan94 5,742]

Well maybe it depends on the country around here, Iceland, weightlifting is taken very seriously. There are many events like it, more then there are golf events. Of course, if we're talking elsewhere I suppose it's mostly just the money in it. Lot of advertising in golf there is too in weightlifting but likely people are just more interested in golf. 

[Castle Bleck 19,380]

-diamond push-ups                                      -bench press

-jack knife push up                                       -curls

 

Wait a minute...

 

You skipped leg day.

 

Edited December 6, 2016 by A.V.

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golf is boring and weightlifting is just sweating muscle men lifting big stuff

You say like that's a bad thing.

[cmarston1 5,959]

To be honest, both are boring to watch.

[cider float 2,538]

To be honest, both are boring to watch.

Unless you actually play it all sports are boring to watch frankly. 

[idunnomaybe 344]

golf is fun to play but boring to watch 

weightlifting on the other hand... i was actually talking to some one about this 

basically body builders and weight lifters are actually weak the muscles they have are useless because they're not the strong type of muscles (i don't know how to explain this) they just bulk up to look buff for mostly aesthetics some of the muscle groups they bulk up aren't actually even that useful take abs for example that rock hard 6 pack might look sexy af they're really not useful evolution wise they really only exist as emergency muscles for if your back goes out 

you look up like
SAS
Navy Seals
Marines
Australian Infantry

and you will see not a lot of them are massively buff they're just average sized some of them even pretty skinny that's cause they're working on muscles that actually do something 

im a thin lean guy and the other day at work we had to move stuff around and pack/clean up getting ready for the end of the year and this "do you even lift bruh?" kind of guy could not work out how i was stronger than he was and had more endurance 

i forget the guy who explained it to me properly but its basically just "show" muscles that don't require much effort to obtain just working the same group to exhaustion over and over again there comes a point where the muscle just stops getting stronger but gets larger  

Edited December 8, 2016 by idunnomaybe

[Concerned Bystander 2,903]

 

 

basically body builders and weight lifters are actually weak the muscles they have are useless because they're not the strong type of muscles (i don't know how to explain this) they just bulk up to look buff for mostly aesthetics

 

You're sort of conflating two separate groups there.  If you look at a typical bodybuilding contest, like Mr Universe for example, then yes, at the time of the show the contestants will actually be at the weakest point of their training cycle, because Mr Universe is essentially a modelling contest that is all about, as you said, the aesthetic look.

 

On the other hand, if you watch The Worlds Strongest Man contest, you will notice immediately that the body shape is entirely different, because that contest is about strength, and not aesthetics.

 

If you want a demonstration, google a few pictures of a man called Andreas Savickas (a frequent high finishing contender in TWSM), and compare him to Arnold Schwarzenegger in his Mr Universe days, the difference in shape and weight distribution is immediately apparent.

[PiratePony 8,476]

Golf requires an intense amount of skill and problem solving. One small minute wrong move can send your ball flying way right and hit some car on the highway.

 

Don't ask me why I know this.

 

 

Weightlifting requires brute strength but not much else, from what I gather. It's a sport, but I don't see it as one that requires tactical skill, which is why the major (and minor like golf) spectator sports rule.

[idunnomaybe 344]

You're sort of conflating two separate groups there.  If you look at a typical bodybuilding contest, like Mr Universe for example, then yes, at the time of the show the contestants will actually be at the weakest point of their training cycle, because Mr Universe is essentially a modelling contest that is all about, as you said, the aesthetic look.

 

On the other hand, if you watch The Worlds Strongest Man contest, you will notice immediately that the body shape is entirely different, because that contest is about strength, and not aesthetics.

 

If you want a demonstration, google a few pictures of a man called s Andreas Savicka(a frequent high finishing contender in TWSM), and compare him to Arnold Schwarzenegger in his Mr Universe days, the difference in shape and weight distribution is immediately apparent.

dude an actual Commando PTI told me this... im going to go with what he says 

 

im not him he explained it a lot better than what i did but the jist of it is that Body builders and weight lifters only work one muscle group yes he may be able to lift say 500kg but its only one rep he also CANT do more than one rep of say 100kg im wracking my brain on what he said exactly i was there when he owned a body builder in the gym 

 

the body builder was doing like 5 reps of 50kg or something and was struggling the PTI (who is thin and lean like me) just got 100kg and did like 3 sets of 10 reps without much effort

 

actually i think i remember now it has to do with the way they gain the muscle they'll start off at say 50kg then as their muscle develops they will keep increasing reps with the same weight instead increasing the weight so it means they gain a lot of muscle mass but when it comes to lifting heaver stuff they have no stamina for it so they only do the one rep 

Edited December 8, 2016 by idunnomaybe