M.E FEATURE
By Werner Beukes, Deputy Editor, Poses performed by Jaco Venter
Images by Richard Cook
POSING
PERFECTION
MAKING
MUSCLE
POP
ON
STAGE
IFBB PRO HENNIE KOTZE REVEALS THE SECRETS TO MAKING THOSE
I
MUSCLE POP IN YOUR FREE-POSING ROUND
NSPIRATION AND GUIDANCE FROM ONE OF THE
BEST IN THE BUSINESS ON HOW TO BRING OUT THE
BEST OF YOUR BODY ON YOUR FIRST SHOW DAY!
You are cut, lean and ready to hit those poses against
fellow competitors at a bodybuilding show but are you really
ready for the big lights on the stage?
FRONT DOUBLE BICEPS
80
Muscle Evolution
“FOCUS ON
THE SEVEN
COMPULSORY
POSES THAT
THE JUDGES
WILL LOOK AT:
FRONT DOUBLE
BICEPS, FRONT
LAT SPREAD,
SIDE CHEST,
BACK DOUBLE
BICEPS, BACK
LAT SPREAD,
SIDE TRICEPS
AND FRONT
ABDOMINAL
– THIGH
ISOLATION.
YOU HAVE
TO PRACTICE
THESE POSES
CONTINUOUSLY
IF YOU WANT
TO MAKE AN
IMPACT ON
STAGE,”
SAYS HENNIE.
Flexing your muscles while being scrutinised by a multitude
of eyes is an art form no one can master adequately without the
proper guidance from those who have already graced the stage and
mastered the art. IFBB pro Hennie Kotze tells us how to put together
the perfect posing routine for the free-posing round to display your
hard-earned physique the best:
FRONT LAT SPREAD
SIDE CHEST