Posing Trends You Are Tired Of

[Tyrbolift]

1. Flexing your face and making it look like you are screaming, especially for the MM. Unless you are auditioning for the next Hulk movie, the canned mugging does not impress. Cutler, Warren, Heath, and Ruhl especially.

2. Cupping your hand to your ear like you deserve greater applause. IMO, the worst at this was Levrone. Just do your routine and stop worrying that people give you recognition. They can tell if you are awesome or not.

3. Always stroking your hams before or during doing a back pose or a side pose. We can see your hamstrings. Put more effort into showing them in a pose instead of pointing to them.

4. Never showing calves. Most of the time all they do is put one foot on it's toes during a bdb or rls.

5. Doing 10 different versions of a fdb. Standing square, slightly leaning, down in a squat, over and over.

6. Always ending a routine with the MM. Be different. Throw it in the beginning or in the middle. They all end with a MM, then a standing flex where they hold their wrists, then walk over to the other side, do another MM, another holding their wrists.

7. Hand to the mouth imitation kiss to the crowd at the end. Let's see a different farewell greeting gesture.

[BOUNTYHUNTERMK2]

Originally Posted by Tyrbolift

7. Hand to the mouth imitation kiss to the crowd at the end. Let's see a different farewell greeting gesture.

Maybe they could give a two fingered salute to the crowd after the routine?!?

[Swollen_Powell]

robot movements with robo noises on the audio track

[Boba_Bulk]

In terms of the individual posing, I think a lot guys need to work on their transitions. Basically flowing from one pose to another. Whenever some of these guys pose, they pause or hesitate, the transition is real choppy.

In terms of the group pose downs, transition, but in a different aspect. These guys have the chance to separate themselves from the group, and at the same time show some strengths in the physique while in motion, that may not necessarily be seen in the mandatories. A lot of these guys finish a pose, and then don't know what pose to do next, so they look at the next guy and copy him. If you believe you brought your "A Game", then don't worry about copying the next guy. Before you finish your first pose, you should already be thinking "My next pose WILL be____!" as opposed to " I'm done with this, what should I do next."

[nsxmatt]

I could care less about everything you listed. Only thing that bothers me is people standing on their head and posing like they expect someone to put $5 in their posing trunks.

[Outlined]

okay if i got to choose which phenomena would go, i'd get rid of ass shaking. the jiggling of the ass from side to side. make it stop. also touching your glutes and smiling towards the audience.. not a big fan of that either

[manatwork88]

Originally Posted by Tyrbolift

1. Flexing your face and making it look like you are screaming, especially for the MM. Unless you are auditioning for the next Hulk movie, the canned mugging does not impress. Cutler, Warren, Heath, and Ruhl especially.

2. Cupping your hand to your ear like you deserve greater applause. IMO, the worst at this was Levrone. Just do your routine and stop worrying that people give you recognition. They can tell if you are awesome or not.

3. Always stroking your hams before or during doing a back pose or a side pose. We can see your hamstrings. Put more effort into showing them in a pose instead of pointing to them.

4. Never showing calves. Most of the time all they do is put one foot on it's toes during a bdb or rls.

5. Doing 10 different versions of a fdb. Standing square, slightly leaning, down in a squat, over and over.

6. Always ending a routine with the MM. Be different. Throw it in the beginning or in the middle. They all end with a MM, then a standing flex where they hold their wrists, then walk over to the other side, do another MM, another holding their wrists.

7. Hand to the mouth imitation kiss to the crowd at the end. Let's see a different farewell greeting gesture.

shaking the quads before flexing them

[the-craig]

I can't say I agree with any of those apart from the ear cupping but only for people who are ****.

[erstile]

Originally Posted by Tyrbolift

1. Flexing your face and making it look like you are screaming, especially for the MM. Unless you are auditioning for the next Hulk movie, the canned mugging does not impress. Cutler, Warren, Heath, and Ruhl especially.

2. Cupping your hand to your ear like you deserve greater applause. IMO, the worst at this was Levrone. Just do your routine and stop worrying that people give you recognition. They can tell if you are awesome or not.

3. Always stroking your hams before or during doing a back pose or a side pose. We can see your hamstrings. Put more effort into showing them in a pose instead of pointing to them.

4. Never showing calves. Most of the time all they do is put one foot on it's toes during a bdb or rls.

5. Doing 10 different versions of a fdb. Standing square, slightly leaning, down in a squat, over and over.

6. Always ending a routine with the MM. Be different. Throw it in the beginning or in the middle. They all end with a MM, then a standing flex where they hold their wrists, then walk over to the other side, do another MM, another holding their wrists.

7. Hand to the mouth imitation kiss to the crowd at the end. Let's see a different farewell greeting gesture.

Number 8: Playing the gayest [slow] music they can find and half lap dancing the crowd. Aka: Dex Jackson, Melvin Athony.

[the-craig]

Originally Posted by manatwork88

shaking the quads before flexing them

You don't like quad shaking before flexing :|

[Duckenheimer]

Only things I don't like are crap music, bad posing, and too much booty shaking.

Toney poses like a stripper. Kai isn't comparable to that, dude just poses like an alien.

[corvin25]

[RickRoss]

Lol @ the poster saying, "jay posing as champ"

Fukkin yikes

[nsxmatt]

Originally Posted by RickRoss

Lol @ the poster saying, "jay posing as champ"

Fukkin yikes

How many years is it going to take you to sit down from the butt hurt you have over Jay winning?

[Penile_Dementia]

Originally Posted by Tyrbolift

1. Flexing your face and making it look like you are screaming, especially for the MM. Unless you are auditioning for the next Hulk movie, the canned mugging does not impress. Cutler, Warren, Heath, and Ruhl especially.

2. Cupping your hand to your ear like you deserve greater applause. IMO, the worst at this was Levrone. Just do your routine and stop worrying that people give you recognition. They can tell if you are awesome or not.

3. Always stroking your hams before or during doing a back pose or a side pose. We can see your hamstrings. Put more effort into showing them in a pose instead of pointing to them.

But these things all get the crowd riled up and add to show. Jay used to be very bland about this sort of thing... kinda came to regret it for years (losing 2001 via posing round)

being tired of the trend at home on your pc is fine, but telling bbers to stop doing those things is... kinda stupid.

egging on a crowd - particularly just before a really strong pose, pointing the attention/expectation at a particularly strong bodypart, and letting loose while flexing are always good ideas. even if tybrolift tires of it.

if you look good, presenting yourself with confidence and directing the attention to where you want it is exactly what you want to do, make no mistake the judges might not be rating it directly but it all makes an impression on them.

[Chococat]

Originally Posted by Swollen_Powell

robot movements with robo noises on the audio track

This, it was cool in the 90's but now it's a little corny.

[Tyrbolift]

Originally Posted by Fran_McCarthy

being tired of the trend at home on your pc is fine, but telling bbers to stop doing those things is... kinda stupid.

Then it's probably a good thing that this is all opinions being discussed on pc's. I haven't had a chance to tell anyone in person what to do.

[mant001]

Originally Posted by erstile

Number 8: Playing the gayest [slow] music they can find and half lap dancing the crowd. Aka: Dex Jackson, Melvin Athony.

This

[Penile_Dementia]

Originally Posted by Tyrbolift

Then it's probably a good thing that this is all opinions being discussed on pc's. I haven't had a chance to tell anyone in person what to do.

touche

[ansatsuken]

[QUOTE=Tyrbolift;390499671]1. Flexing your face and making it look like you are screaming, especially for the MM. Unless you are auditioning for the next Hulk movie, the canned mugging does not impress. Cutler, Warren, Heath, and Ruhl especially.
[QUOTE]

i really think they SHOULD scream...kinda like the story arnold told in PI haha!
btw the faces they make are freakin insane its ONE of the best parts of posing!!!

[Tyrbolift]

Originally Posted by ansatsuken

i really think they SHOULD scream...kinda like the story arnold told in PI haha!
btw the faces they make are freakin insane its ONE of the best parts of posing!!!

lol

[J_Bo]

Originally Posted by Tyrbolift

1. Flexing your face and making it look like you are screaming, especially for the MM. Unless you are auditioning for the next Hulk movie, the canned mugging does not impress. Cutler, Warren, Heath, and Ruhl especially.

2. Cupping your hand to your ear like you deserve greater applause. IMO, the worst at this was Levrone. Just do your routine and stop worrying that people give you recognition. They can tell if you are awesome or not.

3. Always stroking your hams before or during doing a back pose or a side pose. We can see your hamstrings. Put more effort into showing them in a pose instead of pointing to them.

These things are showmanship, and make a contest more fun to be at. I don't know why you'd want to pay to go to a show if it's going to be boring...

4. Never showing calves. Most of the time all they do is put one foot on it's toes during a bdb or rls.

The spike it in the back poses and in the side poses. Unless you want a specific calf pose, then I don't know what else you want. A natty show I was at had a double calf pose and it was stupid and awkward as hell...

5. Doing 10 different versions of a fdb. Standing square, slightly leaning, down in a squat, over and over.

I dunno. Guys use them as transitions and to fill time... they have like 2 minutes, and there aren't THAT many possible poses unless you start getting eccentric like Kai or Melvin

6. Always ending a routine with the MM. Be different. Throw it in the beginning or in the middle. They all end with a MM, then a standing flex where they hold their wrists, then walk over to the other side, do another MM, another holding their wrists.

It's a pretty general consensus that you want to finish with your strongest pose...and for many people that is the MM.

7. Hand to the mouth imitation kiss to the crowd at the end. Let's see a different farewell greeting gesture.

If it's a pretty accepted way of showing gratitude, then why not? Some wave, some just bow... but it's good that they show their appreciation to the crowd.

[x800venom]

[QUOTE=ansatsuken;390608471][QUOTE=Tyrbolift;390499671]1. Flexing your face and making it look like you are screaming, especially for the MM. Unless you are auditioning for the next Hulk movie, the canned mugging does not impress. Cutler, Warren, Heath, and Ruhl especially.

i really think they SHOULD scream...kinda like the story arnold told in PI haha!
btw the faces they make are freakin insane its ONE of the best parts of posing!!!

If you watch some of the videos, during the posedown of last year 2008 Mr. Olympia (close up video captures) Phil lets out a yell during the MM a few times. Jay also does this too. Even Ronnie is known to let out that "Argggghhh" during his MM. It may not seem it from most of the videos, but when you have thousands and thousands of people chearing 15 feet in front of you, your voice can easily be drained out.

[captainhorseboy]

slow jams and purple speedos

[notinheritable]

Originally Posted by BOUNTYHUNTERMK2

Maybe they could give a two fingered salute to the crowd after the routine?!?

Or maybe 'three'... Thanks J....

[d16daily]

good posing is a lost art

modern posing sucks these days, and its only gonna get worse. the 90's was good but the levrones/wheelers/ray are all gone

thats all i have to say

[extremenergy3]

I'm tired of people head standing and spreading their legs so we can see their penises. It doesn't show off the physique at all.

[ESPforMe]

I don't really care about much outside the robot stuff

[wilwn]

Originally Posted by extremenergy3

I'm tired of people head standing and spreading their legs so we can see their penises. It doesn't show off the physique at all.

yeah, i hate how they all do this too, especially when branch warren does it

[Zeneth]

1.) Slow jams and obnoxious/poor music.

2.) Dumb way of hitting side chest pose.

3.) Shoving other competitors out of the way during posedowns.

4.) Dumbass body popping and dancing.