MENS PHYSIQUE Class as of 2011 IFBB

What do you bodybuilders think of this class starting this year in IFBB in USA, can also earn pro card.

For me I am going shopping now get knee length shorts and just gonna start working calves LOL
 

 
Posting this as I think it was added at same time as Womend Bikini Class  


Judging Criteria: 

* Muscularity and Body Condition 
Judges will be looking for fit contestants who display proper shape and symmetry combined with muscularity and overall condition. This is not a bodybuilding contest so extreme muscularity should be marked down. 

* Stage Presence and Personality 
Contestants will be asked to walk in board shorts (shorts must be just above the knee in length and can be one inch below the belly button, no spandex and no logos are permitted on the board shorts however a manufacturerâ??s logo such as Nike symbol or Billabong are acceptable. Competitors will enter the stage without a shirt and barefoot. No lewd acts are allowed. Example: The moon pose. Judges are looking for the contestant with the best stage presence and poise who can successfully convey his personality to the audience.
 

Suits you perfectly Danny
Each to their own I say. As with the womens Bikini class debate. It still takes proper dieting and hard work to look that way imo.

read a debate on this before and got lots of people with the usuall '' oh they are just skinny blah blah blah'' but if you look at them they are in great shape imo, and hardly skinny..
 
 
i think this WILL help, bodybuilding as strange as this may sound but we did a presentation on bb in uni for the class and lots said to me after ''id do the shorts one but no way am i wearing budgie smugglers and tanning up like that''
 
so this may be good fr the sport as its a first step.. a toe dip if you will.
 
i say good on anybody who train and aim to acheive something with there body even if its not the same aim as mine..
 
you worried about wearing the tight pants danny? lol... its ok dont tell anybody but ( i stuff mine too )

above was me mr not mrs lol, didnt relise she was logged in...

convey the personality to the audience
strut, pout and pose?

it just adds another class i suppose but i doubt it ll take over like the bikini class and figure has in the ladies,over the monster guys and really are you bothered about the pants danny its about the last thing on my mind when i was up there ,when you get up there you should feel on top of the world (even if your not packing) anyway were all shrunk to nothing on the day or is that just me??

From the class description I would suggest that those guys are too muscular. Those guys in the photo look great just like the bikini ladies look great but I don't think these sort of classes are for a bodybuilding stage. A model/fitness stage, yes but not one that is supposed to reflect the extremities of what we do.
 
Would we expect runners to slow down because they're getting too fast? Would we tell javelin throwers that they need to throw less distance? No of course not because that is what their sport is! Bodybuilding is about growing muscle, having great symmetry and getting cut to show the definition.. Modeling is about having great looks and a great body!
Oh.....and I like to see a great set of quads and hammies on guys! This will appeal to the lazy ones who can't be arsed to squat

ie most of em