What makes everyone pick the music they do? Do you listen to it during a workout? Makes you angry? Pumps you up? What?

I use something that gets me fired up, something that would make me want to get in the mosh pit and jump around --> Hardcore metal.

I've tried different genres of music.. rock, pop, metal.. and, lately, I've found that a slower ballad (like Evanesence or Enya) works best for me - so I can take my time posing. Otherwise, I felt rushed and hurried through the routine and it ended up looking choppy, and not smooth and fluid. Just my opinion..!? Oh.. and I'm female..I like it to be more on the artistic side..

I love to pose!!! For me its the true art of bodybuilidng and I spend quite a bit of time on my posing. I don't like to use popular music, and search for powerful moving music that most will recognize but not hear often. This year I used a track off the movie "Gladiator" and the year before a piece of classical by "Orf." I also have a few other tips. Never use the same pose twice and transitions are more important then hitting a pose. I hate the cookie cutter routines I see now. The common music blaring "pop" poseing is old. Study the masters, Frank Zane, Lee Labrada and Mohommad Makkaw come to mind. These men turned posing into a off Broadway spectical. In fact I have seen few top NPC or IFBB routines that move me at all. Sure most are fun and creative, but few can stir a emotional response. Try to move your audiance and keep the pop and dance to others and this will help you to stand out more.

Sully