oh no kidding, I get a little flack from a few guys too. But here is the thing, they dont have anything close to my physique either. I'm the type of guy who will do something if it makes my body better, I dont give a fucking rats ass how gay people think it is. I even thought about ballet classes for my next contest to help develop better posing. I get deep tissue massages on the regular and my massage therapist is a man. Say what the fuck they want, if I'm shelling out some decent coin then I better be getting something out of a massage and most chicks just aren't strong enough to do me justice on a massage table. Dudes that wanna pay $100 just to have a hot chick rub them are desperate fucking losers. I've had pedicures for my feet before too, fuckers can call it gay all they want but nothing wrong with taking care of your body. When the panties start dropping because you look like a Greek God, aint nothing too gay about that shit!! LOL I think Gay is being a bitch in the gym that remains small, thats whats gay to me!! haha
Nothing gay at all. Flexibilty makes you a much better fighter. I talked about ground fighting (submissions) and punching. Hip flexibility also increases kicking and wrestling abilities. I have a Thai friend, training hardcore in Thailand for 6 years, and I always tell guys trying to learn how to generate power is to match his hip rotation when he kicks. I am bigger than him, punch harder, but he will cripple you w/ leg kicks. Seriously, guy can break a small tree in two.
Also, wrestling (take downs) are also helped by more flexibility. Here is what I do: I get in a bath, as hot as I can stand and try and stay in for 10 minutes. Then, I do my Yoga.
Massages are great, but I am not....and I know I should be, but I just am uncomfortable to use a male massage therapist. Not judging, Actually, I should be OK, since a real man does not care about gender in a MT.
I tell my gal to use her elbows, and she can get in deep that way.
Back to posing. I would not hire or do Ballet. What you need, is a good posing coach. I got a great deal of help from Joanie Bovino, Chris' wife. All the So Cal pros used her. She corrected about a dozen things in terms of my mandatories and quarter turns.
Remember, your placing is based upon pre-judging. If you do not do well, you won't make the night show, and all your friends who bought tickets to see you will be very disappointed. I tell clients to start working on mandatories 6 weeks out. Start w/ holding each one for just a few seconds. Add time each time. Before you are 10 days out, you should be holding them for 60 full secinds, and smiling. Many times a guy will have a better physique, but he cannot hold mandatories and front/rear/quarter turns relaxed (relaxed is a misnomer, never relax on stage). He will fatigue, let his stomach out, huff and puff and instantly be moved down a few placings.
Demond: I am still pushing for you to do a show soon, especially since you are already about 80% there. I will give you every bit of instruction you need even throw in the diuretic formula for free.
