bodybuilding

American  

[bod-ee-bil-ding] / ˈbɒd iˌbɪl dɪŋ /

Or body-building,

noun

1. the act or practice of exercising, lifting weights, etc., so as to develop the muscles of the body.

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Etymology

Origin of bodybuilding

1900–05; from the verb phrase build ( up one's ) body; see -ing ¹

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

bodybuilding

In fact, as his unofficial biographer Michael Crick later discovered, Archer's alma mater in the States was, in fact, a bodybuilding club.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Piker kicked off his Wednesday show by talking about his custom-tailored jacket and his bodybuilding workouts.

From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026

As a youth, Rodríguez Castro spent much of his time at his grandfather’s house enthralled with the macho atmosphere of guns and bodybuilding prevalent in Raúl Castro’s security detail.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026

In 2022, Baena competed on Season 31 of “Dancing With the Stars” and used his bodybuilding chops to pull off challenging lifts, basically bench-pressing his partner Alexis Warr mid-tango.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026

His whole life he’d been skinny, and then a bodybuilding magazine found its way into his hands and changed his life.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah

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