Many fans wonder how IFNB naked bodybuilding is judged.
While we have posted several features on judging, we love the sport so much we wanted to offer you a quick refresher on judging criteria:
According to Official IFNB Judging Rules, naked bodybuilding is scored via three main categories:
• BODYBUILDING
• COCK
• CUMMING (or "performance")
This produces three "rounds" in which naked bodybuilders compete. The three scores combine to determine the winner of the competition. The three categories are further broken down across ten criteria:
BODYBUILDING:
THICKNESS: how thickly muscled the body
MASS: how BIG the body is
DEFINITION: how visible the muscles
FORM: how symmetrical and "complete" the body
COCK:
SIZE: the length of the cock
GIRTH: cock fatness and thickness
HARDNESS: how hard an athlete can maintain erection, and for how long
PERFORMANCE (CUMMING):
CUM LOAD: how much cum a competitor unleashes
CUM SHOT/POWER: how far or intensely he shoots
CUM TIMIG: how an athlete cubs with each pose
With so much being judged, judges need a LONG time with competitors on stage.
You can see an actual judge's scoring sheet here: http://ifnb.blogspot.com/2012/07/ifnb-judging-score-sheet.html.
Let us know which of the categories or criteria you think should be emphasized more, should be emphasized less, or is the "key factor" for determining a winner.
THINK WHEN IT COMES TO COCK SIZE, LIKE THE BODS BLANCED MUSCULARITY, THE COCK SHOULD SHOW THICKNESS AND LENGTH IN BALANCE WHICH MANY OF THE CONESTANRS DON'T HAVE.
ReplyDeleteI think the idea is the "form" score represents the TOTAL SYMMETRY of the body, including the cock and how it matches the muscles.
ReplyDeleteSo even though "form" is scored among the bodybuilding round, it is intended to emphasize that a bodybuilder's cock length AND GIRTH should MATCH THE MUSCLES.
Obviously, though, it is only one score among ten a bodybuilder receives. Do you think it shojuld be weighted more heavily, RawMuscleXL?
BECAUSE OF MY MANY BIASES - I LOOK FOR MASS AND SYMETRY IN A BODY BUILDER WHICH IN THE CASE OF IFNB CONTESTANTS, AS YOU'VE POINTED OUT, INCLUDES THE COCK. I'D THEN MOVE DOWN TO THE PERFORMANCE CRITERIA AND THERE THE TIMING, I.E. CONTROL, WOULD BE A BIG FACTOR WHICH MEANS FREQUENCY OF EJACULATION IN SYNC WITH EACH POSE AND THE LOAD TO BE EVIDENT THROGHOUT THE POSING ROUTINE.
ReplyDeleteNot everyone agrees with the judging standards 100%, but it sounds like you are mostly on board, just with different biases.
ReplyDeleteAt least the IFNB trends towards cum TIMING rather than just arbitrary sperm shooting. Timing cumshots with flexing is a BIG standard with judges, as they are looking for men with superior control.
IF THIS IS A BODYBUILDING COMPETITION AND EACH OF THE 10 CRITERIA ARE EQUALLY WEIGHTED, THEN YOU HAVE 4 DEALING WITH THE BODY AND 6 WITH THE COCK AND THE EJACULATION CAPABILITY. IN MY OPINION - MINIMALLY - IT SHOULD BE A 50/50 BALANCE.
DeleteA lot of people have said this over the years. Remember, the founders int he IFNB all came from regular bodybuilding backgrounds.
DeleteI think you may actually be misinterpreting the criteria, too. There are THREE aspects being judged here: the body, the cock, and the ABILITY TO PRESENT BOTH. In regular bodybuilding there is not hardly enough emphasis on how well a competitor presents. They have become just about the body. Over the decades that naked bodybuilding criteria have developed, they have sought a masculine ideal that goes far beyond just the body.
So, the first four qualities are VERY much about the body (and DO include the cock to some extent, when you think about balance and form).
But among the remaining six, do not be deceived. They are NOT JUST ABOUT COCK!
Two of the three cock scores ARE EVALUATED VIA THE BODY:
Girth - your favorite - is one of them. After all, as you yourself often mention, what makes a cock look fat and thick versus just look DISTRACTING is how it compares with the REST OF THE BODY. How a bodybuilder shows off his cock will influence his girth score.
Hardness, while to a naive person may just seem a random thing, is actually VERY MUCH TIED TO POSING. Think carefully on this. How you pose will influence your bone. The judges SEE THIS. An athlete who can present, flex and pose in such a way to keep that dick nice and full is showing a FULL BODY skill as well as a cock property. You can not get and maintain a hard on without a LOT of physical prowess. The Hardness score has much to do with how a bodybuilder poses.
Among the Performance scores, well, posing and flexing is ENTIRELY included. Just standing on stage and shooting a big load is not enough. How well one flexes and poses will absolutely create big, powerful loads. THIS IS THE ESSENCE OF THE DIFFERENCE THE FOUNDERS WERE GOING FOR: a MAN sport that takes the full prowess and power of manhood and pushes it's ability. To have a greta cock performance, judges watch what you do with your WHOLE body, not just the cumload that erupts from the dick.
The Cum Power score shows this exactly. Just standing still you may shoot far. But let's say you hit a side triceps pose, squeeze hard on your hams and glutes, and as you flex the arm, release your load; you can cause a much farther "fling" int his position, and the judges note this. How you pose has a ton to do with your Power score.
And Cum Timing, well, that is the grandaddy score that really founded the whole naked bodybuilding scoring process. Timing has EVERYTHING to do with how a bodybuilder controls his BODY. Traditional bodybuilding does not emphasize this level of manly muscle control nearly as much as naked bodybuilding. Timing scores are about how well you pose and how in control of your beef you are.
So, rather than thinking 50/50 cock/body, you should look at the scores as 1/3-1/3-1/3, between cock, body and PRESENTATION. it is three thirds, not two halves.
I agree that the NAMES of the scores can be deceiving at first, and make one think it is two halves. But that is NOT how this game is scored. And, indeed, when you think of it only as cock and body, there is more body scoring - even in the cock and cum scores - than you;d think. The game is definitely more emphasis on the body as it is integrated with the cock, than just about the cock in a vacuum.
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Also, keep this in mind:
DeleteIf the judges judged based more on cock and cum than on body and complete balance/symmetry, then logically we would see more cock than muscle.
One look through the pros and amateurs alike proves the OPPOSITE: we see more muscle than cock and cum.
This should prove my point that the way judges HANDLE the criteria is more towards a balanced physique, and that the body is VERY much the key factor, just as in non-nude bodybuilding. If the body was not the primary focus, we would be seeing small, skinny guys with big dicks all over the IFNB. We don't. Proof.
D not let the simplified way in which the criteria are written above be the dictate of how judges uphold that criteria. Judges are trained and learned in the sport, and approach the criteria with nuance. Indeed, most judges aren't looking at these athletes as "ten parts," but rather as "one total." The scores are really just a numeric way to bring metrics into the game.
And as I posted above, what may look like just a cock or cum score on the page is, in practice, actually about the full body.
Which is why we get massive muscle freaks with great cocks and awesome performance rather than just a bunch of average-built dudes with exceptionally big dicks shooting sperm.