I have found the in-person posing with Ryan and Shauna to be extremely useful. The SUF posing studio is well equipped with mirrors, cameras and monitors that allow you to view yourself from all angles as you pose and transition. I love how the footage and their cues are recorded during the session and shared with you digitally to serve as reference for your at-home practice. I make it a priority each competition season to attend at least one in-person session to help refine and tweak my stage technique.

I had been competing in the Men’s bodybuilding division for years with aspirations of earning a WNBF pro card. I couldn’t seem to connect the dots with my contest prep until I linked up with Ryan and joined Sci-Unison fitness. Aside from giving me crucial guidance on the training and nutrition front, what Ryan offered that was most valuable to me was his elite studio posing clinic. Posing was by far my weakest link, and Ryan made sure to correct all of the mistakes I was making when trying to display my physique on stage. After just one season with Ryan I racked up 2 first place open class wins and finally won my WNBF pro card.

In person posing lessons were extremely helpful. Anyone new coming into this space has no idea what kind of asset this is, posing is by far one of the most important parts of showing your progress on stage. Each week we would chip away as I learned the mandatory poses, my strengths, and how to improve on my weaknesses. Ryan integrates camera and computer technology of his own creation so you can visually see yourself from all angles in order to make a mind muscle connection for each pose. Not only this, but he would record each session for your review making it even easier to learn from your mistakes. I owe a lot of my success as an amateur competitor to his workshops and would have never earned first in my weight class in my very first year of competing without his expertise.

Virtual posing with Ryan is just one of the many assets of working with him. Through virtual posing you can send Ryan a video that he is able to break down and critique bit by bit as if your posing session was happening in person. The best part is that you have access to rewatch the video over and over to help perfect the poses. He provides solid feedback that allows me to get better each time and display my physique in the best way. With me living several hours away the virtual posing is a huge benefit! 

I have received many methods of coaching for posing over my 5+ years competing, including in-person and live stream posing.  However, I prefer virtual posing with SUF over in person with posing with others. Shauna and or Ryan will review your video, and while talking over your video, provide detailed feedback as you pose so you can focus on your strengths and weaknesses.  Not only do they provide verbal feedback, they will pause the video and mark up the footage to demonstrate how adjustments should be made.  The feedback they provided ensured that my posing was in line with the sanctions posing guidelines and helped me to be confident on stage. I was so impressed by their technology and expertise.

Another SUF teammate said that her posing session was well worth the drive (5 hours for me) and she was right. We spent four to five hours covering figure, fit body, and body building posing for two different federations. His studio was set up with lighting from all directions and video monitoring from multiple angles so I could see what every pose looked like. We worked hard and I was shaking like a leaf and exhausted afterwards. I left with clear expectations on what I needed to work on and practice did not end there. We continued to work virtually.