What ever happened to real posing?

[Shockwave]

Seriously? I just watched the Cutler guest posing, and it seems like (short of that stripper fag Kai) that all the pros do now, is walk out and hit some poses with the music in the background. They dont even try to make a routine. What happened to the Shawn Rays, the Ed Corneys, etc?
Its like theyre not even trying. How hard is it to hit the poses in time with the music? Let alone actually come up with something that suits the music.
Hell even Nasser and Dorian had decent routines, they posed to powerful classical type music and they had respectable powerful routines that were fairly "manly" for lack of a better word, and in sync with the music.
 
Its not like its fucking difficult. Bodybuilders today fucking fail.

[JP_RC]

Great posing is dead now, at least in ifbb pro bodybuilding.

[NarcissisticDeity]

Seriously? I just watched the Cutler guest posing, and it seems like (short of that stripper fag Kai) that all the pros do now, is walk out and hit some poses with the music in the background. They dont even try to make a routine. What happened to the Shawn Rays, the Ed Corneys, etc?
Its like theyre not even trying. How hard is it to hit the poses in time with the music? Let alone actually come up with something that suits the music.
Hell even Nasser and Dorian had decent routines, they posed to powerful classical type music and they had respectable powerful routines that were fairly "manly" for lack of a better word, and in sync with the music.
 
Its not like its fucking difficult. Bodybuilders today fucking fail.

It was no longer required when Ronnie won the title 

[Lundgren]

Seriously? I just watched the Cutler guest posing, and it seems like (short of that stripper fag Kai) that all the pros do now, is walk out and hit some poses with the music in the background. They dont even try to make a routine. What happened to the Shawn Rays, the Ed Corneys, etc?
Its like theyre not even trying. How hard is it to hit the poses in time with the music? Let alone actually come up with something that suits the music.
Hell even Nasser and Dorian had decent routines, they posed to powerful classical type music and they had respectable powerful routines that were fairly "manly" for lack of a better word, and in sync with the music.
 
Its not like its fucking difficult. Bodybuilders today fucking fail.

They should wear sparkly thongs and shoes as well.

[NarcissisticDeity]

They should wear sparkly thongs and shoes as well.

Ronnie , been there and done that 

[Shockwave]

Ronnie , been there and done that 

I hate to say it...
But as amazing a Mr O as he was,... he really was the start of this dark age for Bodybuilding.
Seems like the little dignity Bodybuilding had left, died with Dorian... 

[NarcissisticDeity]

I hate to say it...
But as amazing a Mr O as he was,... he really was the start of this dark age for Bodybuilding.
Seems like the little dignity Bodybuilding had left, died with Dorian... 

really can't argue with you 

[FREAKgeek]

Are you there for muscle, or there to be a poser?

[Shockwave]

Are you there for muscle, or there to be a poser?

Its the complete package.
There is a reason there is a posing round.
This attitude is why so much of bodybuilding has gone downhill.

[che]

 

Seriously? I just watched the Cutler guest posing, and it seems like (short of that stripper fag Kai) that all the pros do now, is walk out and hit some poses with the music in the background. They dont even try to make a routine. What happened to the Shawn Rays, the Ed Corneys, etc?
Its like theyre not even trying. How hard is it to hit the poses in time with the music? Let alone actually come up with something that suits the music.
Hell even Nasser and Dorian had decent routines, they posed to powerful classical type music and they had respectable powerful routines that were fairly "manly" for lack of a better word, and in sync with the music.
 
Its not like its fucking difficult. Bodybuilders today fucking fail.

Shawn Ray didn't make any money from posing, nowadays you can make 10K for doing the robot ,shaking your ass or dancing like a fag.

[FREAKgeek]

the stobe light effect at 1:18 is cool

[SF1900]

Awesome posing routine

[LurkyLurker]

Excellent thread.

[noworries]

Goodrum is doing what he can to keep the traditional posing alive.  He actually charges to teach posing routines

[Coach is Back!]

Seriously? I just watched the Cutler guest posing, and it seems like (short of that stripper fag Kai) that all the pros do now, is walk out and hit some poses with the music in the background. They dont even try to make a routine. What happened to the Shawn Rays, the Ed Corneys, etc?
Its like theyre not even trying. How hard is it to hit the poses in time with the music? Let alone actually come up with something that suits the music.
Hell even Nasser and Dorian had decent routines, they posed to powerful classical type music and they had respectable powerful routines that were fairly "manly" for lack of a better word, and in sync with the music.
 
Its not like its fucking difficult. Bodybuilders today fucking fail.

IMO posing is actually harder than the training.  In bodybuilding you train to pose. We used to spend sometime's up to an hour a day just on posing. Today most of these guys have it backwards.

[njflex]

Goodrum is doing what he can to keep the traditional posing alive.  He actually charges to teach posing routines

first pic here looks like he's getting ready to go into a windup ala luis tiant in a speedo.

[noworries]

first pic here looks like he's getting ready to go into a windup ala luis tiant in a speedo.

Holy macrel.  Not many of these kids are going to know who Luis Tiant is.  I faced him in winter ball in 1977 or so

[njflex]

Holy macrel.  Not many of these kids are going to know who Luis Tiant is.  I faced him in winter ball in 1977 or so

that was a gem.