LAST SET
JUDGE’S TABLE
BY MICHAEL BERG
PICK UP
YOUR PECS
IT’S MORE THAN MERELY FLEXING—HERE’S
HOW YOU CAN TURN YOUR SIDE CHEST POSE
INTO A COMPETITION-BUSTING POWERHOUSE.
any posing pointers
that can help me still
present them in the
best way possible?
What are the
keys to doing
the side chest
pose correctly?
Admittedly, my pecs
aren’t my best body
part, but are there
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When doing side
chest—or any pose, for
that matter—remember
to mentally try to take up
as much personal space
as possible on the stage.
You are trying to “fill the
stage” with your body.
Too many
competitors crunch
down in their poses as
they tense and flex the
muscles, but in the
process, they make
themselves into a tight
little knotted figure.
You want to present a
body that is tall, wide in
the shoulders and back,
and tight and small in the
waist, with sweeping
thighs and calves.
Applying this to the
side chest pose means
that the leg closest to