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Bodybuilding Posing Training Sessions
As you progress through your bodybuilding training and begin to create a powerful, chiseled frame, it becomes important that you know how to make the most of your incredible physique. Posing is great for not only showing off your muscles individually, whether in competition, or in the gym, but it also helps in your training as well to show your progress. Bodybuilding posing sessions are one-on-one with me (an experienced bodybuilder), who can expertly guide you so that you always get the most out of your hard-earned physique.
When is the best time to practice posing for the non-competitor? Once or twice a week on days off from the gym. Together, we will go through each pose until your form is mastered. To ensure a good workout, I'll challenge you to hold each pose for 30 seconds at a time.
For the competitor, posing every day for at least 10 weeks prior to the show is of utmost importance. Together, we will build up to doing 3 sets of each pose for 1 minute at a time. By doing so, this will build the endurance necessary to withstand the hardest of judgings at a bodybuilding show.
Lastly, we can take lots photos to monitor your appearance and better identify areas for correction of your form. Moreover, for the non-competitor, posing provides a great way to display the physique on progress pictures.
Benefits of Bodybuilding Posing
There are many benefits to practicing some bodybuilding posing even if you do not plan on ever getting into a bodybuilding contest stage.
Naturally, for the competitor, posing is of utmost importance as it is through the mandatory poses that the physique gets judged. If a competitive bodybuilder does not know how to properly pose, then he has very little chance of doing well in a bodybuilding competition.
For the non-competitor posing also has several advantages that it can offer:
1) Better connection between the mind and the muscle since posing requires total control of the body. Thus, there is no better way to learn how to control your muscles than by practicing posing. A better mind to muscle connection will also help you tremendously at the gym since you will be able to get more stimulation out of each repetition.
2) Better cardiovascular capacity since holding your muscles contracted for a long period of time improves this.
3) More muscle hardness
Suggested Bodybuilding Poses
Here are 5 poses I suggest you take into your repertoire:
1. Most muscular: This one can be done in different ways, hands clasped in front of the body or the so called "crab" most muscular pose. Whichever one you choose, you will be required to flex your abs, chest, shoulders arms and quads to their max. It is an excellent way to get striations and cuts into your chest and quadriceps.
2. Back double biceps: One of the most complicated poses to master. You will need to pose from the feet up (as with every pose). First you turn your feet out and get into a slight step while twisting the knees outward with a slight bend. This will enable you to flex hamstrings and calves. (You will need to practice flexing your hamstrings; once you are cramping you are doing it right). Then you can raise your arms overhead and pull down, as if doing a lat pull down, contracting your back and biceps.
3. Side triceps: Again, from the ground up. Push the legs against each other to make them seem bigger and shapelier. Then exhale, grab one arm by the wrist from behind the body, pull down, flex the triceps and smile. Great for abdominal control.
4. Side chest: Same set up as side triceps, only the arm that is away from the photographer (or mirror) goes under the pec and scoops it up. Flex legs, exhale, hold abs, contract biceps, and smile.
5. Hands over head abs and thigh: An absolute killer when it comes to conditioning! Again from the legs up, put one leg out front, contract thigh as hard as possible. Raise your hands behind the head and contract your abs. Blow all the air out, lean a little bit forward and contract the entire upper body, as well as your leg.
