Exactly i can remember my first bodybuilding competition in 1998 Mr KY gold cup.
Many of the guys who worked on these routines wasted their time according to my then pre contest coaches ,Roger and Sandy of Beverly international.
Yeah they made sure i worked on my mandatory s for weeks and weeks ,well you already know posing brings out all the detail with the diet.
Several routines before me where slow and easy sounding songs and Roger asked me what i was going to hit first and i said ,i don't know ?? Welcome to the jungle was the song he picked cause i had 10 years of powerlifting before i started bodybuilding(had more thickness) and 40 seconds later everybody said it was great(lol)
He told me afterwards the winner of the class is already picked at prejudging ,i just went out there and had fun@
You as well as the others know Npc wants the fee's (can't blame them) but most go to see the muscle not the hand on hip
Glad you as a judge pointed this out to all ,oh btw i didn't win the over all but i was hooked and went back next year to win the over-all.
Good judges are not a dime a dozen and for the most part ,at least in the state local are judged fairly .
I am sure there are shows tht clearly the winner shouldn't have one ,but name one activity judged that is?I was always told apples and oranges! God i hate that excuse(lmao)