Arnold Schwarzenegger Succeeds: Arnold Classic Judging Criteria Changes Following His Feedback

Arnold Schwarzenegger has been succsessful in making some judging changes to the Arnold Classic Bodybuilding Competition, following the recent feedback he gave in a public address to fans last year. 

As part of the changes, posing will now have a much larger focus.  

In the below NPC video, Arnold stares directly down the barrel of the camera and lets his thoughts be known about today's bodybuilders and their posing:

"I feel very strongly that the posing hasn't progressed at all...80% of them suck, to be honest with you." 

"I think bodybuilders would be motivated to do better in posing if you got the same amount of points for posing as you did for your physique" Arnold said.

The rules come into place this year, exclusively at all 6 of the IFBB Arnold Classic Men’s Open Bodybuilding & Men’s 212 Bodybuilding: the posing routine during finals will be judged as a separate round and added to the scores. 

Jim Lorimer, promoter of the Arnold Sports Festival, says it's about making the sport look as "attractive as possible."

Arnold says that if it works really well it might be included in all bodybuilding competitions around the world.

But the Terminator did get quite fired up talking about the shaking whilst posing. Raising his voice and talking about todays competitors Arnold said: "they hit the shot and all of a sudden they start shaking, it's unprofessional, there is NO shaking" he pleaded to future competitors. 

Arnold used the example of Frank Zane, who he said would hold a pose for 3 minutes whilst smiling because he'd trained himself to do so. 

"Smile, look professional, flex, but don't shake anymore and don't get cramps anymore, train yourself for that. That takes time to do, so do it", Arnold said. "We've come along way and we're going to go much further." 

The changes have been welcomed by Australian bodybuilding promoter Tony Doherty, responsible for the Arnold Classic in Melbourne, Australia, that debuted in the country last year and is on again in March this year.

Speaking to Fit'n'Flexed, Mr Doherty said: "I think it's fantastic that the posing round is back into the Arnold Classic, because we are here to entertain the fans."

"With great posing routines, bodybuilding becomes entertainment again."

"Stay Fit, Stay Flexed!" 

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