Rear lat spread

The front lat spread and rear lat spread are two of the seven basic poses used in the first round of traditional bodybuilding competitions. These instantly identifiable poses highlight the muscles of the latissimus group, which extend from the lower back to the sides of the torso. The moments just before he hit his rear lat spread and rear double biceps were contest highlights, as ridges and knots roamed and stripes and crevices emerge morphing his back into a new and spectacular landscape each time he moved his arms. In the rear double bicep pose you must have your calf flexed. Place one leg back and tense the calf and hamstring.

If you have equal development in both legs, on the next rear pose ( rear lat spread ) change the leg you put back and flex.

Judges will note the accomplishment. Lean backward to angle yourself towards the judges. It allows you to display lat width from the front, chest thickness, shoulder width, front arm and forearm size, quadriceps mass and separation, and calf development from the front. Cory’s ABZ are some of the best in the entire fitness industry.

The feet can be the other way too, depending whether you are stronger with your left or right side, but the general positioning remains the same. Not Allowed: Front Lat Sprea Crab Most Muscular) The competitors will be judged on overall muscularity and size, muscle shape and fullness, and muscle density. His programs are utilized by members all across the globe.

Definition is judged on the competitor’s distinct muscular detail level that separates the different muscle groups of their physique while attaining the mass and fullness of their. Many people are blown away when they see this rear lat spread picture of The GOAT. Want to know something interesting about this picture? Make sure your rear foot is pointed outwards and that your knee follows in the same direction.

Legs should be positioned as in the rear double bicep pose. Push waist in with hands and flare lats out (this pose should also show the shoulder to hip body taper). Place hands to the front of body while keeping shoulders up and straight.

Never hunch over as this can obviate much of the upper lat musculature. Welcome back to another installment! Do this slowly so that the lats come with your elbows, and what I mean by this is that they should be spreading as your arms spread. RIGHT SIDE (Quarter Turn Right) Side chest Side triceps. You could practise spreading better during the RDB and that will get you some more width in that pose but you’ll probably lose upper back detail and then you’re back to square one.

ALTERNATE POSES (Mostly used for tie breakers and close judging) (Face rear ) Display Calves (Face front) Display. Then, move your elbows forward and bring your elbows together in front of you. But great lats also complete the look of a rear double biceps pose.

Great lat development obviously makes your back appear wider, especially when executing a rear lat spread.

Some guys’ backs have good detail, which makes their rear double biceps formidable, yet they lack width, which leaves their rear lat spreads lacking. Kurdish bodybuilder Arsand Bashir. Others have a wide lat spread from behin but don’t look nearly as impressive in a front lat spread.

I was when I won that title. Bodybuilding posing needs to be practiced as much as the other components of your competition plan such as, gym work, diet and your individual posing routine. Purches Power is a competitive, drug-free bodybuilder and a qualified gym instructor with a diploma in Sports Psychology.

Wide or narrow stance to be chosen depending on your comfort, balance and choose a stance to best match the width of the upper body. Spike the calf and flex both hamstrings and glutes. Dieting is the hardest part of competing. It is a mental challenge to construct a proper diet and eat the appropriate foods for long enough to get yourself into true contest shape.

Posing music will be used at the Finals only with the exception of Mixed Pairs competitors who will use music at both the Prejudging and the Finals. Begin pose with the legs first.