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Cont'd..../3 THE ART OF CONTEST POSING |
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THE POSE DOWN |
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If you are lucky enough to be in the final six, then a good posedown manner is essential. Try to get into the light, and position yourself next to whoever is your main opposition. Don’t’ get physical, you want to bee seen, not attacked. Make sure that the judges see you from all sides – they are the ones making the decision. Don’t stop: a minute might not seem like a long time, but you can hit an awful lot of poses in sixty seconds. Remember that time taken to relax and breathe heavily not only expends your stomach, but deprives you of perhaps hitting the one pose that will win you the contest.
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COMPULSORY POSES |
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A slick competitor always glides from one compulsory to another, never looking at the M.C. to be reminded of what pose to hit next! Appear confident and keep the pose for a few seconds – remember the judges are having to look up and down the line at least in the comparison round. When you are not being compared but are still on stage, avoid relaxing totally. Keep your posture and confident look. |
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WHAT THE JUDGES LOOK FOR |
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All Photos were taken by Russ Warner, Renown Physique Photographer and are from David Gentle's Classic Photo Collection. These photographs are copyright © and may not be used in any manner without exclusive written permission.
Art of Contest Posing |
The judging of a physique contest is highly emotive subject open to much dispute because the end result is always based on nothing more scientific than an OPINION. The best you can do is to try to influence the judges’ opinion of your physique by attempting to appear as a good as possible on the day of reckoning. The judges of a physique contest look for: Muscular Development; Symmetry; Quality; Attractiveness… and presentation... and not necessarily in that order with beauty being in the eye of the beholder…a matter of opinion. The voice of perhaps bodybuilders greatest competition of modern times: “ I find out which poses they really like. That’s why I don't have a specific posing routine, because you never know what they like, and what they don’t . Sometimes you think a routine is good but he applause is going down. You have to be very flexible in these things. You have to listen. When you hit the most muscular and they start screaming, you know they like the more freaky poses, so you keep hitting it again and maybe hold it longer to get the cuts out more. You know then that they like the drama shots and you can forget the symmetrical stuff” ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, speaking in PUMPING IRON by CHARLES GAINES and GEORGE BUTLER, highly recommended, as it contains many fine examples of posing. |
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