If you are a beginner to the sport of figure shows the very mention of getting on the competitive stage in a skimpy suit could be all but frightening, that is unless you have the little secret tips and tactics to confirm your confidence and improve stage presence.
You don’t have to have the perfect body to contend in a figure show. What you do with your diet, training, cardio, supplements, tanning, posing, etc., can give you the advantage of providing you that close-to-perfect physique so you can get on stage and compete in a figure contest and win!
Your figure show readiness will assure your victory, so strategize and prep cautiously.
Figure Competition Success Tip #1
Planning is vital in anything you do. A plan is a group of sets you design to achieve a goal. To start your plan of operation, first put it in writing. Scribble down your goal, which is in the end to do a figure competition, and then write all the steps you will do to make that final outcome a reality.
Such planning things can involve studying eBooks on figure competitions, watching figure DVDs, going to figure contests, working with a personal trainer, networking with other figure contenders, etc.
Figure Competition Success Tip #2
Certainly resistance training is a necessary component of preparing for a figure competition. However, there’s more to resistance training then just going to the gym and slinging the weights mindlessly.
You will need to get a integrated weight training plan established to ensure you gain and maintain lean muscle tissue while you force your body to melt off body fat.
A resistance training routine can involve working out 4-5 days a week, grouping 2-3 body parts collectively.
Know your physique so you can exercise to enhance your body and not disfigure it. For example, if you are pear-shaped you want to ensure to add a strong back, chest, and shoulder routine to bring more balance to your upper body while minimizing work that will add size to your legs such as the stepper, the treadmill on a steep incline, etc.
The cool thing about weight training and cardio is that you can use them to completely reshape your body. If you don’t know your body shape, ask your figure coach and he or she can help develop the perfect exercise program to give you the perfect build.
Figure Competition Success Tip #3
The totally cool thing about competing on stage in a figure show is, even if you don’t have the “perfect” build, you can still use many factors to form the illusion of having a perfect physique.
For example, your skin color can make or break you on the competitive stage. The darker you can get with tan, skin dye and bronzers, the smaller you will look “body fat-wise” and the harder you will look.
Another benefit is, on stage there are very bright lights shining down directly on you. This is so the judges can assess you better, but it also creates shadows from the bottom portion of the muscles, making your look more muscular and harder.
in addition, how you pose can make your body appear completely different on stage. Some tactics competitors practice to make their body look more muscular, yet lean and well-defined is twisting ever so slightly on certain poses, such as moving an arm a few inches to show muscle definition in the serratus or angling the feet in such a way it brings out a muscular and defined sweep in their quads.
If you ever wanted to compete in a figure competition and always thought you were not good enough, just know there are small techniques you can do to make your body appear totally different on stage. It’s all in the art of manipulation. You’ll be amazed at how striking you look!
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