Bodybuilding poses: Arnold goes out with a bang

Nancy has completed her bodybuilding posing series with ab and thigh.  Back last spring, I encouraged Nancy to undertake the series because, training with her, I had been impressed with how much discipline posing required.  It's not just flopping up on stage and holding yourself out for all to see.

Instead, as Nancy demonstrates in this series, posing consists of:

Strategy:  What are you trying to display?  How does that play to your strengths and how can you make sure they show through?

Sustained isometric contraction:  The effort is apparent in the videos, taken the day before Nancy's show.  Just holding a pose for 15 seconds was hard after having gone through a final practice.

Visualization:  To me, this was the most surprising part, and only became apparent once I read the exercise analyses.  However, once you read one of these, you realize how integral visualization is to achieving and then maintaining proper form.

What sets this series apart is Nancy's personal insight into what it takes to achieve and hold a pose.  She provides a number of links to resources on the web that provide additional details.  If you like the poses, you might want to view our podcast series on the last month of Nancy's show prep.