H
ow serious are you about bringing
the full package to the stage?
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Well if you are, here is The Posing
Pro’s Emma Hyndman. Emma, the UK,
British and world Toned Figure Champion
and UK’s number one posing coach, has
given FLEX readers a step by step, top 10
guide to ensure you’re ready to pose like
the professionals in no time. Follow each
step and learn the best way to present
your hard-earned physique.
STEP 1.
Start by mastering the mandatory
compulsory poses, it’s important
to learn, just like in any skill, that
you always start at the beginning.
Start with the quarter turns as this
is what you will present to the
judges first, these are probably the
most difficult poses to learn for the
ladies but if you follow these steps
I promise you that you will step on
stage like a pro!
STEP 2.
Always set up your poses from the
feet and work upwards through the
pose, make sure you are activating
the right muscles and presenting
yourself to the judges. For example,
in the ‘front relaxed’ pose place the
feet together, rotate the heels
inwards, rotate the quads
outwards, tip the pelvis backwards,
lift the midsection and pull the
stomach into the spine, engage and
flare the lats and pop the shoulders.
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If you go through this process every
time you practice then eventually
you won’t have to think about it.
STEP 3.
Feel and make the mind to muscle
connection when you are in each
stance. If you know how your
muscle should feel when you are
posing then it will be easier engaging
and switching on each body part.
A lot of people struggle to do this
with the lats, so spend some time
in your training session doing some
light work and focus on activing
STEP 4.
Start to identify your strongest
poses, acknowledge which ones
work best for your figure. Be
mindful that the judges are looking
for that all important ‘X shape’ which
actually applies to every category.
For the figure classes, most females
look great from the side and I
always encourage clients to work
the side poses as much as possible.
STEP 5.
Once you have learnt the
compulsory poses you then need to
start to piece it all together, we do
this by adding transitions in between
each pose, this is your opportunity
to showcase yourself to the judges
even more. Always be mindful that
you should always be presenting
when you’re on stage and
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and feeling the engagement of the
muscle, I like to do this with single
arm lat pull downs on the cable
machine and putting my free hand
onto my working muscle so I can
FEEL when its engaging.
FLEX | FEBRUARY 2018
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