Athlete Attire
Posing Suit
Board shorts will be the proper attire (see photo below for an example). You can have any colour and the length of the short can be anywhere from 2 inches above the knee to at your knee. Please choose a quality-made suit appropriate for physique competition.
JEWELLERY
Only small earrings and wedding rings permitted.
Divisions and Classes
Men’s Novice Physique
- Men’s Novice Physique
Men’s Open Physique
- Men’s Open Physique
Men’s Masters Physique
- Men’s Masters 40+ (40 years of age and older)
- Men’s Masters 50+ (50 years of age and older)
Men’s Pro Physique
- Men’s Pro Bodybuilding (one class)
All IDFA competitors must be at least 18 years of age.
Crossovers
- Masters can crossover to Open and / or Novice
- Masters 50+ can crossover to Masters 40+
- Novice can crossover to Open
Novice Eligibility
- Competitor has not placed in the top 3 in an Open Division in another organization.
- Competitor has not placed top 3 in the Novice division in an IDFA sanctioned event.
Open Eligibility
- Competitor has placed top 3 in the Novice division in an IDFA sanctioned event.
- Competitor has placed top 3 in the Open Division in another organization.
Pro Eligibility
- Competitor holds a current IDFA Pro Card in the Pro Division they are entering.
- Competitor has earned Pro Status in a natural organization in the U.S.A. and has been granted permission by the IDFA. Please contact the IDFA at info@idfa.ca to verify that the IDFA recognizes your Pro Status.
Judging Criteria
Judges will be basing their decisions on the following criteria:
- Muscularity – full muscle development of all muscle groups (This is not bodybuilding so we are not looking for excessive size)
- Definition – degree of muscularity brought about by the absence of subcutaneous body fat (This is not bodybuilding so we are not looking for excessive definition, ie. cross striations)
- Proportion – equal development between all muscle groups
- Symmetry – equal development of muscularity on both right and left sides of the physique
- Stage Presence – photogenic quality, posing performance, confidence, skin tone, overall presentation
IDFA Mandatory Poses for PHOTOS and VIDEO Submission
JUDGING
Submitted Competitor Photos and Videos will be compared against the Photos and Videos of the other competitors in your class. Official IDFA Judges will be individually and privately going over all of the competitor Photos and Videos and comparing them and ranking them from 1st place to the final placing and submitting them to the IDFA as their official placings just as we do at our Live Competitions. All competitors will be placed.
PHOTOS and VIDEO SUBMISSIONS
We will need a photo of each mandatory pose. We will also need a VIDEO of you performing all the mandatory poses.
For the Photos and Video make sure we see your entire body from the bottom of your foot to the top of your head. You can not edit or use filters on the Photos and Video. For the Video, if you are using your phone, hold it upright (or vertically). We will be putting together a Contest Coverage and Results video for every online competition.
To validate the date we will need one photo of you holding a piece of paper with the code word on it. We will be emailing the code word out to all the athletes late the evening before the online competition.
Send your Photos and Videos submissions to info@idfa.ca. We can also use sending files sites such as DropBox, Wetransfer, etc. If you prefer another method for sending Photos and Videos please email Shaun at info@idfa.ca. The main file sharing programs we use are Dropbox and WeTransfer.
If you have any questions please message Shaun at info@idfa.ca.
AWARDS
Top 3 will receive Large IDFA Custom Medallions with 4th and 5th receiving smaller size IDFA Custom medallions. We will be awarding medallions for 6th to the final placing. Everyone will receive a medallion.
All Awards will be shipped out to the mailing address the competitor provides. The Awards will be shipped out right after all the Placings are announced.
For information on how to register, Go to homepage and click on the event you wish to compete in. The entry form for that event will be there.
For information on drug testing, please see our IDFA Drug Testing section.
