Sports Performance Challenge - Preliminary Round

Preparation Advice

How to take a good competition photo?
Participants must post a before picture of themselves. This must be an original photo and it must be taken and posted within a week of registration. Some things to consider when taking your progress and pose photos:

Clothing

  1. Wear the same type of clothing in all your photos
  2. Remember that if you are covering up parts of your body it will be difficult to show your progress, so show it off
  3. Do not cover your legs with long shorts or "cut" them out of the photo

Photos

  1. Try to get the highest quality photos you can. Remember, this is the only way the judges can see your transformation. Good, clear, high quality photos are essential. Again, good, clear high quality photos are essential.
  2. Try taking them outside in either the morning or the late evening (when the sun is low) as the light is generally better for photos at that time.
  3. Take your photos against a plain background.
  4. Please include your whole body, from head to toe. Make sure to take the key poses so comparisons can be made. Additional flexing photos can be taken for progress comparisons but make sure to have the main ones.
  5. Try to fill the photograph with yourself. If you stand too far away it may be hard to see your great results.

With your photos you can also submit additional stats:

  • Weight
  • Waist, chest, arms, thigh measurements
  • Body fat % (you should be able to have this measurement taken at any local gym or you can usually buy a small body fat caliper at any sporting goods store or health store, it will come with directions on how to measure your body fat %)

How to win the Body Fitness Challenge

NxLabs Body Fitness Challenge is a physique-exhibition contest that emphasizes muscle tone over muscle size. Physique guidelines for fitness competitions typically suggest a small amount of muscular mass; clear separations between muscle groups (but, no visible striations); and, leanness. The competitor should also represent a physically-active body; provide examples of fitness, sports and adventure achievements.

Judges will be looking for symmetry, shape, and sculpting as well as for conditioning, leanness, and how "athletic" (as opposed to brawny) their muscularity is.