There exists an elite group of hard core bodybuilders who pump like hell and just love strutting round and showing off their muscles and only focus on competitions and winning them and making a space in their trophy cabinet. This is all very well but their training does have a basis and continually keeps up with the ever rising standards that are expected at modern day physique contests with regards muscular form.
Physique competitions are the deciding factor on how bodybuilders are inspired and their hopes are the result of what comes after big events. The whole bodybuilding industry is covered in the muscle mags but they are responsible for giving the guidance needed by budding physique competitors. The top contests are reported big time and the winners reveal all their secrets on training, diet and anything else that may help them on the way to having the best physique in the world.
The high standards are the key to the ever improving physiques that come out of the contests as we have just seen, but let's make sure we have a look at the real players in this sport, who are the judges that are responsible for setting such high standards.
Who gives the judges their guidance and authorizes them how to judge? Does a judge need a certain standard of qualification to do what they do? I was once sat right behind a judge who kept asking me for the number of the performing contestant, so should they have to take a compulsory eye test for example?
Come in number 10 your time is up! That's probably an extreme example, although 'foreign guest judges, overcome with jet lag, Johnny Walker and exuberant patriotism have in the past made some controversial decisions, luckily wiped out by sophisticated scoring systems designed specifically for that very reason. Preventing mistakes made at earlier muscle contests.
Just like soccer for example, this is a professional sport and refs or judges are extremely dedicated to their function and certainly don't have any favorites. They certainly don't get paid a lot for their efforts but it is a way for retired competitors to keep in touch with their favorite sport. My opinion is that although a few mistakes may be made by a minority, these guys are doing a great job in repaying a sport which has meant so much to them throughout their lives.
The role played by the judges though is one that can influence greatly the personal goals set by competitors. Some comments made in the past make the picture quite clear, for example Russ Warner a famous photographer said that judges can either send you home a hero or cast you into a pit and Rick Wayne a legendary Weider writer once said that Judges were like a sect and that nothing of a competitor's life could influence them.
I enjoy quoting other peoples thoughts and opinions but that is all they are. Charisma and reputation always affect the human subconscious minds and hence the decisions we actually make. Beauty really is "in the eye of the beholder." Doctors, lawyers, teachers and practicing and retired bodybuilders all contribute to our judging panels, but judges are just human and therefore open to criticism over their own qualifications and decisions. (Coming Soon Part 3) - 15255
Physique competitions are the deciding factor on how bodybuilders are inspired and their hopes are the result of what comes after big events. The whole bodybuilding industry is covered in the muscle mags but they are responsible for giving the guidance needed by budding physique competitors. The top contests are reported big time and the winners reveal all their secrets on training, diet and anything else that may help them on the way to having the best physique in the world.
The high standards are the key to the ever improving physiques that come out of the contests as we have just seen, but let's make sure we have a look at the real players in this sport, who are the judges that are responsible for setting such high standards.
Who gives the judges their guidance and authorizes them how to judge? Does a judge need a certain standard of qualification to do what they do? I was once sat right behind a judge who kept asking me for the number of the performing contestant, so should they have to take a compulsory eye test for example?
Come in number 10 your time is up! That's probably an extreme example, although 'foreign guest judges, overcome with jet lag, Johnny Walker and exuberant patriotism have in the past made some controversial decisions, luckily wiped out by sophisticated scoring systems designed specifically for that very reason. Preventing mistakes made at earlier muscle contests.
Just like soccer for example, this is a professional sport and refs or judges are extremely dedicated to their function and certainly don't have any favorites. They certainly don't get paid a lot for their efforts but it is a way for retired competitors to keep in touch with their favorite sport. My opinion is that although a few mistakes may be made by a minority, these guys are doing a great job in repaying a sport which has meant so much to them throughout their lives.
The role played by the judges though is one that can influence greatly the personal goals set by competitors. Some comments made in the past make the picture quite clear, for example Russ Warner a famous photographer said that judges can either send you home a hero or cast you into a pit and Rick Wayne a legendary Weider writer once said that Judges were like a sect and that nothing of a competitor's life could influence them.
I enjoy quoting other peoples thoughts and opinions but that is all they are. Charisma and reputation always affect the human subconscious minds and hence the decisions we actually make. Beauty really is "in the eye of the beholder." Doctors, lawyers, teachers and practicing and retired bodybuilders all contribute to our judging panels, but judges are just human and therefore open to criticism over their own qualifications and decisions. (Coming Soon Part 3) - 15255
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