Most Muscular

[Brick]

He there gym rat,

Can you tell me why doesnt NZFBB have most muscular as a part of the compulsary rounds, and why is it that the NABBA pre judging is much more particular, eg; both sides?

[Pseudonym]

In a word... no.

Sorry! I guess they just use different judging criteria, but you'd have to ask the organisations that one. It would be nice if we had representatives from each one here to answer questions like this... I'm working on it. :wink:

[Pseudonym]

This might help a bit, Brick. It tells you specifically how the physiques are assessed, although if you were asking WHY the judging is done a certain way, it may not tell you that...

http://www.nzfbb.org.nz/Guidebook/NZFBB-Physique.doc

[Brick]

Thanks for that,

I personally reckon that it is an awesome pose, that unfortunatly a lot of guys need to perfect whan they show it off.

Helps if you have big traps too aye :wink:

[jono]

for me this pose shows a big weakness.. arms lol.

[Pseudonym]

There are different ways of doing the pose. The "crab" style is the most common, but I'm like Jono with that one - it just makes me look silly

One alternative is to put your palms together like you're praying, but point your fingers to the ground - this flexes the biceps. Push your hands hard together to flex your chest.

Another way is to stick your hands on your hips (fingers pointing down again), and flex the chest just as before. I think you need good lats for this one though.

[jono]

There are different ways of doing the pose. The "crab" style is the most common, but I'm like Jono with that one - it just makes me look silly

One alternative is to put your palms together like you're praying, but point your fingers to the ground - this flexes the biceps. Push your hands hard together to flex your chest.

Another way is to stick your hands on your hips (fingers pointing down again), and flex the chest just as before. I think you need good lats for this one though.

you need a descent amount of muscle to pull off a hands on hips most musc and still look good

[frogie2001]

I tend to agree with this too, I have done a crab pose a couple of times, and have concluded that I jsut don't have the mass to pull it off. I had a read of that brief for competitors, old T terry is pretty clued on, hopefully the tips that are in there will help out with the show.

[deegee]

what show will you be in and what category?

[frogie2001]

I am hoping to be ready for the auckland show on the 21May. under 80kg category. I am down to 83 is kg now and am working my arse off to get the remaining soft bits off in 2 + weeks. still on the creatine and salt etc, so should be on target. starting to get rather nervous about the whole thing actually, first time up.