Division coaching
Open Bodybuilding
posing coaching
Open bodybuilding is the original: seven mandatory poses, maximum muscle, and the condition to back it. We coach every mandatory and the presence that turns a great physique into a winning one.
Division coaching
Mandatory poses and quarter turns
- 1Front double biceps.
- 2Front lat spread.
- 3Side chest.
- 4Side triceps.
- 5Rear (back) double biceps.
- 6Rear (back) lat spread.
- 7Abdominals and thighs.
- 8Plus the symmetry round of quarter turns and a most-muscular in the posedown; no gymnastic moves are allowed.
Poses and judging points are based on the official IFBB Pro League and NPC division rules.
Division coaching
What the judges reward
- Muscular mass with shape, full and balanced across every body part from front and back.
- Extreme condition, deep separation, striations, and dryness, held through the whole line-up.
- Symmetry and proportion, so size never comes at the cost of flow and balance.
- Command of the stage: each mandatory hit hard and held, with a confident, dominant presence.
Division coaching
Common mistakes that cost points
- Hitting the poses without control, so the size is there but the presentation shakes and softens.
- Neglecting the back poses, where lat width and thickness win the comparisons.
- Losing tightness in the abdominals and thighs pose, which exposes conditioning gaps.
- An unstructured posedown, when the most-muscular and the flow between poses can swing a placing.
How ProFlow coaches it
Coached to the standard the panel is scoring
We coach the full open package: all seven mandatory poses drilled to a professional standard, the most-muscular, and the posedown that lets you take over the stage. You learn how hard to hit each pose, how to hold condition under the lights, and how to breathe and transition so the whole line-up looks effortless. Weekly check-ins turn it into instinct.
Coaching every division
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