Inspired by a yoga pose and made highly popular by Tom Platz, it is one of a kind pose in which the athlete bends over while keeping the knees locked flexing the glutes, calves, and hamstrings in front of judges. It used to be a part of posing routine for the bodybuilders who had aesthetic and symmetrical leg muscles. But the major population of the bodybuilding and fitness fraternity looked down on this pose and considered it obscene. It is considered to be one of the most criticized posed and the only banned pose.
There was a time when the bodybuilding community was alleged to be pro-gay. Judges were getting accused of having sexual relationships with the contestants. In this period, a muscular man's moon pose got the stigma attached to it for being a vulgar pose. The bodybuilders who chose to perform this pose were getting accused of being homosexuals. A muscular oiled up man bending in front of the judges in a tight underwear further solidified this stigma attached to bodybuilding. The bodybuilders who chose to perform this pose were being looked down upon as gay and were implicated of trying to seduce the judges. The bodybuilding community wanted to improve its image and banned this pose.
