Your posing is going to make or break you when trying to show off your physique so you really need to know the mandatories and how to execute them properly to show off your hard work. The actual poses may be unfamiliar to a lot of you so I put this little synopsis together so that all of you are doing the poses correctly and don't get disqualified for doing improper poses. The poses are standardized for a reason so that we can evaluate the total physique properly. You can't get cutesy on the bodybuilding stage during the mandatory rounds so don't think you can get cutesy here either thinking you can get away with it. Do the poses how they are intended and you will be just fine. I don't want to see you twisting your body half way around during your rear double biceps thinking you can take away the width of your waist. It won't fly here.

Posing properly is probably one of the hardest things there is in bodybuilding. So Practice it.

These are the 8 mandatory poses in bodybuilding that you will also need to do.

keep in mind we are also requiring a relaxed front and relaxed back in addition to the 8 mandatory poses you see in bodybuilding plus another pic of you with a dated newspaper. So don't forgot those.

https://www.thoughtco.com/the-eight-mandatory-poses-in-bodybuilding-415148

Here are some vidios of those poses being done.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kfai0n5xYXs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5djLpO-fFM

This is a good summary of how to set up the individual poses.

http://www.bodybuildingpro.com/bodybuildingmandatoryposes.html#1

http://www.bodybuildingpro.com/bodybuildingmandatoryposes.html#2

Last but not least just google the individual poses if you are still unclear on what they should look like. There are lots of tips and tricks to maximize the impact of these poses but I will leave that up to you to dig up. Also keep mind during your photoshoot that we need to see your entire body during each of these poses. Don't be cutting off those calves in your photo during your rear lat spread.

ENTIRE BODY MUST BE PRESENT IN EACH PHOTO