How are Bodybuilding Competitions Judged?

In this video I breakdown how an IFBB Bodybuilding show is judged.
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[@blackphoenix8932]

I could answer the title with one word: Badly.

[@bigbobbybrown1213]

This is how the judging system is supposed to work minus the corruption

[@julez2106]

Yes and the personal preferences!

[@NothingParticularVid]

Phil Heath winning the 2017 was one thing, but winning it with a perfect score? With that bubble gut? Very suspicious.

[@sam88wise22]

Stanley Reading indeed, it means that all the judges are bubble-blind

[@jerrodrabenbauer5896]

Sam Roelands or money

[@DJ-toblerone]

That just meant at least 5/7 judges had him first in each round - that's how you get a perfect score in bodybuilding. It doesn't mean that they considered him flawless, just that he was voted the winner by the majority of judges. In which sense is this suspicious?

[@dolphziggler-lundgren6711]

Simple: if you’re muscular Vince gives you the contract

[@swoledick9012]

Damn and this whole time I thought it was whoever swallows the most loads from the judges was the winner!

[@bblvrbiboy9860]

One of the most practical videos on your channel so far

[@rushc5]

Keep in mind that it's never ACTUALLY relaxed. You still flex, just not as hard.

[@PGproductionsHD]

Absolutely..

[@SF-fu9xr]

yeah... their guts would be all over the place

[@realfaithlife2104]

Bro, that was the best explanation I have ever heard… Seriously. Very informative. I had no idea the placement was added up and the low score wins like golf. Good stuff. Love your content.

[@plantbasedhealthy9149]

It's about time someone explained the judging process THANKS

[@elcaballo2601]

Bro... Make a video on classic physique judging. And what you think about, turn that as main competition? And over-weight in to a special categery?

[@JustinHollandFitness]

But is the relaxed pose really ‘relaxed’?

[@timjones7336]

Justin Holland no, of course not. They still tense their bodies & suck in those guts. They’re just not hitting the mandatory poses.

[@satinderjit4]

Nope

[@sukmadek8626]

No.

[@Sean-if7rp]

Definitely not, still flexing like fuck

[@triedproven9908]

Its a hidden flex. You flex your body and relax your face lol.

[@DrsJacksonn]

Nick you're a fantastic video maker, well deserving of all the subs you get.

[@MacLethal]

I’m all about lifting weights. I’m all about getting in shape. I’d even say I’m a fan of body building. But god damn, body building is such a bizarre life choice. There’s nothing even remotely healthy about it. 🤦‍♂️

[@tylercraven2745]

Thanks for making this video. I was always curious as to how these shows were judged in an as objective way as possible.

[@craigsmith2030]

Thanks nick for doing this video. Very informative for me especially as a newcomer to the sport. Great video's and content and well told☺.

[@grizzlymanverneteil4443]

They need to add a gut category.

[@Rahulsingh-bu6jh]

Thank u so much Nick,not a single video I found about this on youtube🙏🙏

[@doloman77]

hey Nick what are your PRs ?

[@whitefeatheroutdoors8130]

Nick everyone of your uploads is gold !!

[@bodybuildingnews927]

Simple. If one guy had a gut and the other guy does not, the guy with the gut wins

[@newhousel]

Next year we see the balloon category for guts only

[@ScoutCrafter]

Outstanding Explanation Nick, I always get a kick watching the "relaxed" poses...

[@theWSt]

Very interestring and informative, thx Nick!

[@my2moneypits]

Back in the day IFBB pros looked amaizing....now they look like cooked chickens wearing thongs lol

[@chulsoonkoreancoleman1436]

Swole Team 6 what day is that idiot? Salty asf huh u skinny idiot

[@calebward05]

These are great photos, nick!

[@hugodavene1426]

awesome vid nick !

[@refinery__]

Thank you for your quality Videos man

[@filipcerny2550]

*Thanks for this videos, i love them*

[@realmovies55]

could you make a video about Paul Dillet's WBFF? why he started it and some history

[@JohnDoe-bb1ut]

ty for makin this video nick :)

[@GamingDump]

Great video Nick!

[@niplvr6141]

Great breakdown

[@eggs-benny]

Hey Nick, love your videos! Could you make a video on who makes up the Olympia judging panel and how the judges are chosen?

[@GTLees]

Thanks for the good info Nick! How does a person become a judge in IFBB? Or at any level, is there specific training? I've often wondered what qualifies a person to do that.

[@DaLooseGoose11]

AMAZING video!

[@SageKStroke52]

Thank you so much for this video. I've always wondered what they judge on because some guys who place lower look way better than the guys that win

[@rishi8840]

Thats not true maximum points for pregnancy... they remind the judges of their mothers 😢

[@rdallas81]

Chandroday Biswas femism = male body building shows...

[@Spar7anProjec7]

Lmao

[@marcelo5803]

I'm gonna answer without watching: based on how popular you are, who sponsors you and if you are a nice model the company can use to get huge money.

[@Al.j.Vasquez]

So this is the reason why they say that all the competitors will be measured against the defending champion, so if Phil Heath gets a perfect score for looking like him 1 year before, hardly someone else will get perfect score unless he is truly amazing, leaps beyond the defending champion.

[@timjones7336]

Khotta Bogard well.. every judge ranks all the competitors from 1st to last based on ...*data not found*. Then they just discard the lowest & the highest. A ‘perfect score’ just means all judges had the same person as number 1. I’d like to see the evaluation criteria published, and then the evaluations against that criteria also shared to accompany each competition outcome... so we could truely understand what was being judged. I would suggest that, compared to some other competitors, Phil is weakest in the symmetry round - simple due to his lack of shoulder width, and more importantly his bloated midsection. If it’s a muscle building competition, he can hardly be penalised for things he can’t change through bodybuilding (his width), but he should be penalised for having a stomach protrude further than his chest..

[@kaantosun6952]

Nice video nick 👌

[@PGproductionsHD]

3:30 Looks like he's advertising Getty images with his hands lol

[@souratendupraharaj4287]

Nick's competitions and judges

[@subhaankhalid]

Do one with physique competition too, love ur vids🔥

[@seanbobier1204]

Thanks for the video.!

[@AFCAWorldBodybuildingArchive]

Also you should explain if there were changes in scoring since Mike Mentzer was considered to have reached the perfect Score at the Mr. Universe of 300 points

[@rafaeldelfino4549]

The thumbnail just goes to show how much a beast jay and sergi are

[@russelllomando8460]

Thanks for the clarification.

[@eyalrophe3456]

Great video

[@DSSabra]

Yes always wanted this

[@paule1441]

Miss Branch Warren on stage... he always looked so freaky

[@robertmilak5425]

Hey Nick nice video! I have an idea. There are so many bodybuilders thats its hard to recognize them from picture. What if you added their names on the pictures? So we would recognize them instantly. Just an idea/suggestion

[@cashcowslave8001]

Finally a KZbinr that actually understands the shit they are talking about

[@mindus5760]

Could you imagine being a judge in a bodybuilding or classic bodybuilding competition, nick? :)

[@lynellehancock1]

great video

[@conorsutherin2044]

Hey Nick, what changes would you make to judging if you could?

[@turbogear7776]

Very good information. You know, randomnly thinking..Tony Atlas used to be a pretty jacked guy. Here's another set of two - The Barbarian Brothers, I still remember them. Speaking of movies I also remember Dorian Yates playing in the movie The Mask lol.

[@v257to]

Step 1. Have a bubble gut Step 2. Win

[@hughw2377]

You also forgot they judged based on future marketing

[@outsiders4951]

From a side angle, Dennis wolf makes them all look small, he even makes jay cutler look small, massive frame, awesome bodybuilding genetics!!

[@nikhileswar5402]

why does Arnold allows pregnant bodybuilders to compete in Arnold Classic, though he hates bubble guts??

[@Ouroboross-]

nicky nik The rules have changed and it’s no longer allowed.

[@wildanS]

Money.

[@patrickblackwell777]

$$$

[@taylorbarton5973]

needs the big names for big money

[@tayk4543]

Although they have bloated stomach that doesn’t change the fact that their physique is amazing

[@tomwilkinson1996]

Your the best nick

[@gerardmcmahon963]

Could you do a video on the correct proportions for bodybuilders? Great channel mate!

[@grizzlymanverneteil4443]

48 inch dick, 24 inch balls.

[@gerardmcmahon963]

Ffs I'm an inch shy. Guess my genetics aren't right for bodybuilding.

[@jayme420]

Could jason genova have been an english teacher

[@jackfordmac]

Anything possible

[@withasprinkleofpiss1337]

Class, class, class lemme essplain,let me essplain

[@lucascoker9514]

Nick, do a video on Doug Furnas. He was a powerlifter and a pro wreslter.

[@markwhaley6973]

I had to come and check this out after the Arnold

[@ahahaha6228]

Some people have anabolic chicken and others have anabolic politics.

[@lucascoker9514]

1991 NPC Nationals had the most stacked lineup of the NPC National heavyweights.

[@gustavoramoscl]

How could phil heath get a perfect score with a belly that killed his proportions?

[@tommyjones1891]

Always wondered how the actually points were determined

[@wildanS]

What I don't understand is why the stage background is not one uniform color, instead of slapping the huge "JOE WEIDER'S OLYMPIA" logo. Jeeze thanks for letting everbody know what show this is, for the case somebody accidentally strolls in. Look @ 1:26 how it optically influences Dexter Jackson his lat sweep. Being in the front row it's probably not as bad but still present and nobody, not judges, can decide how they perceive things.

[@AFCAWorldBodybuildingArchive]

Arnold: “by proportion, muscularity, symmetry, the whole thing“ :D simple as that :D

[@user-rx1pu5sx6q]

Nick please dude make an Arm workout I need it. I know you have done videos in the past but make a new one. And also thanks for all these quality videos I enjoy them very much.

[@timcotter8178]

1:31. Which year Mr. Olympia was this again? I think we have some pretty great physics from all four of these bodybuilders.

[@PooooLsharK]

I'd love to see a video about Andreas Münzer some time, if you haven't already made one.

[@dustman96]

I would say symmetry is more about proportion between different parts of the body. for instance, big chest, small delts...

[@alicecullotto7530]

The truth a still a mystery to this day....

[@juanbaclavab]

2:54 You got symetry wrong. Symetry is the correct balance between biceps and Delts for example. Or between traps and lats. The traps have to catch up to the lats in order to have good symetry

[@joet8862]

the person with the biggest bubble gut wins

[@koi2945]

Joe T And if your name is Phil Heath

[@billymays1857]

amazing videos but why the Vince Mcmahon in the comments? Why is he here?

[@chandanawasthi4739]

If you have biggest gut you are champ

[@sailingshaws4384]

Can you tell me what country's do the Judges at the Olympia come from and why are there more competitors from USA then any other country? . Am I right that the top 10 competitors get an automatic entry in to next years show ? To qualify you have to win a major IFBB show like Mr Universe or Arnold Classic . Is it true that some American bodybuilders will travel to Europe and Australia and enter Olympia qualifying shows even though they have already qualified just to keep the Olympia an American dominated show . Bit like the World Series of baseball that only has USA teams .

[@whitfinks1007]

Nick how about video on humungus mad max. Would be am great vid only you could do

[@maxwellwinkle8185]

Please do a video on a guy's Instagram named cbunda he's an absolutely insane 17 year old bodybuilder who did a few competitions at 16 and looked absolutely insane. Btw love the vids always interesting!

[@King_VQ]

Haha. The Rock in the back on the last picture. Speaking of the The Rock, You should make a video on whether The Rock could of been a body builder or not.

[@Stoirelius]

He already did...

[@varmamaharaj2241]

Welcome to the " first one thousand views squad "

[@mikel.2188]

This video really highlights how fixed bodybuilding actually is. How Phil gets a perfect score from all judges despite looking pregnant on stage is beyond me.

[@aniketmishra8617]

nick can u explain the sets 3×6,3,1 what does this split means?

[@jayw900]

Aniket Mishra Not too hard, it just means 3 sets of 6, 3 of 3 and 3 of one. Typically the weight used is increased by a percent as the reps are dropped.

[@anonymusclelvr6882]

Notification GANG!!!

[@PGproductionsHD]

Unfairly that's how.

[@oscartjaa]

Make a vid about the most shredded athlete ever!!

[@ivang2944]

Lol the judges don’t even look like they lift, yet they are judging the greatest physics in the word 🧐

[@justapekinduck3558]

WHERE PEKIN DUCK COMES FROM THE LAST DUCK ALIVE IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE WINNER

[@MyGreenCola]

Hey Nick, I was wondering if you know Adolf Burkhard. Hes a german youngster with a huge ass tricep. maybe you can do a video on him someday :D

[@bouno3824]

A question... How did Branch placed 2nd at 2009 Mr O and how did the raining Mr O placed 3rd and Jay first....

[@rajeshwarsharma5766]

The winner is predetermined. These rounds are just fir show.

[@mchlwilson1]

What if a contestant hits the “banned pose”? Points deducted?

[@amolgamer9928]

Yeah I'm early, Nick gonna give a 💓... Yo Nick make video about 1900s bodybuilding.. natural era !

[@amolgamer9928]

Please

[@H34D7]

Amol Thombare he has

[@userdoesnotexist600]

If you’re Phil Heath you win every year. That’s how it works apparently lol

[@koi2945]

User Does Not Exist Pretty much

[@EnteKross123]

dont forget the tablespoon of politics LOL

[@sandro9152]

Sign in

[@doctorj7112]

The BLADE was smoking those guys in many of these pics IMO