Athletes and body builders are different things, though a more extreme case of the argument still applies. But then, it also applies to riding your bike to see a movie, because refraining from seeing the movie is practical and practicable, and those extra calories you expended mean extra crop deaths. I’m not yet convinced this qualifies as exploitation or cruelty to animals.
Arguably, body building by definition isn’t vegan.
If we accept that crop death is inevitable, body builders are unnecessarily killing more animals purely for aesthetic reason.
I wouldn’t ever say that to a non-vegan as it’s just too in the weeds, but still interesting.
Athletes and body builders are different things, though a more extreme case of the argument still applies. But then, it also applies to riding your bike to see a movie, because refraining from seeing the movie is practical and practicable, and those extra calories you expended mean extra crop deaths. I’m not yet convinced this qualifies as exploitation or cruelty to animals.