- Slight lat spread
- Elbows bent and slightly out (accentuates arms)
- Slightly flex wrist
- Hands clasped
- Lift chest
- Thighs turned out slightly (quad sweep)
- Keep feet close together (calves will appear larger)
- Knees slightly bent, further apart than ankles
- Abduct hips (brings out cuts on upper quads)
Rear Poses
- Turn head (brings out upper traps)
- Squeeze glutes, hams, and calves
- flex abdomen (brings out low back muscularity)
Side Poses
- Pull in abdomen or flex
- Squeeze thighs together to push out hamstrings
- Chest high
- Flex far pec (shows cut of inner chest)
- Consider elbows slightly back without exposing space behind back (add thickness)
- Slight twist toward audience.
- Bend elbow slightly
- Flex Triceps
Biceps Poses
- Position fist above biceps (complimentary shapes)
- Position elbow shoulder height or slightly higher
- Consider placing thumb in fist (less detracting)
Lat Spread
- Grasp back of hips with thumbs and fist
- Slide so knuckles are into sides, not back or front
- Top of hands should be horizontal
- Elbow further forward than abdomen
- Chest high
- Keep shoulders from rising, or shrugging
Transitions
- Transitions are movements between poses
- Move arms in circular path
- sometimes in a line
- Hand postures
- Open hands during transaction
- takes focus away from body
- Clinch fists during pose
- brings focus to pose
- Open hands during transaction
- Turns
- Implement 1/4, 1/2, and 3/4 turns
- Step over, raise, and rotate
