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article about : Bodybuilding competition - practicing for round four
It's also important to realize that bodybuilders, like boxers, have to
learn to pace themselves during a bodybuilding competition. You work as
hard as you have to, but not harder. If the opposition grows weak, you
lessen your own intensity so that you stay just ahead of him. When you
see him hit a good bodybuilding pose, you hit an equal or better one. If
he strikes a mediocre pose, you can warm up one of your leftovers to
keep pace. You shouldn't unload all of your best bodybuilding poses in a
row; save them for the end and then pull the cork, giving the judges all
your favorites and leaving your foe in shambles.
The posedown helps the judges make their
final decision, but it can also be the most enjoyable part of the
contest for the audience. It is like watching Roman gladiators in
hand-to-hand combat, only without the swords and tridents. When the top
bodybuilders in the world begin to duel on a championship stage, the
decibel reading in the auditorium goes right off the scale - and the
more enthusiastic the cheering of the audience, the more inspired the
bodybuilders become. The
important thing to remember is that improvisation requires an absolute
command of each bodybuilding pose, an ability to move from one to
another smoothly and gracefully. The only way to acquire this kind of
skill - so that you appear just as competent and graceful during the
posedown as you do performing your own routine - is by hard and constant
practice. Always remember the
reason for the bodybuilding posedown - it's your chance to garner a few
extra and maybe essential points. The judges are looking for the winner,
the bodybuilder to whom they will each give a final placing, so it is
important to act like a winner, to stand there confidently with a smile
on your face, as if the whole thing was a piece of cake. The idea of
bodybuilding competition, after all, is to try to win.
Tactics are all important in a
bodybuilding posedown. When the six top guys are standing out there
together, nobody wants to be the first to hit a pose. If a double biceps
is called and you hit it first, the judges will look at you and then
look at the others as they each hit the same shot. By the time the last
competitor hits the pose you will be fading somewhat - you are always at
your best when you hit the pose fresh - and you will suffer by
comparison.
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