IFNB Revisited

My first article on the International Federation of Naked Bodybuilders (IFNB) blog has become one of my most read posts here. IFNB, for those of you unfamiliar with the term, promotes naked bodybuilding contests in which display of sexual potency is just as important as muscular development. You can find out more by reading my first post, which reviewed the IFNB culture and it's remarkable erotic features. This post revisits IFNB for a look at what happens in contests.

As Competition day approaches the training routines of entrants become ever more intense, but such is the culture of IFNB that rivals help each other by willingly exchanging fluids that are proven to help them achieve peak performance.

Behind the scenes, preparations for the contest include the creation of a new 'Golden Phallus' trophy for the winner. This is always modelled on the previous victor's endowment. Professional Naked Bodybuilders are accustomed to producing sperm repeatedly on-stage and usually find it difficult to stay hard for the lengthy 'sittings' without ejaculating. Their stray splashes are an occupational hazard the sculptor happily accepts for the privilege of creating the prize.

 

As the big day dawns, contestants and their training teams meet up one last time to exchange thanks and good wishes, knowing they have done everything they can to prepare for the contest.

 

Competitors must present themselves naked for the registration process. Not surprisingly fans sometimes gatecrash the room to catch a glimpse of their heroes waiting in the queue and for a chance to express their admiration. Competitors usually appreciate the diversion at this tense time and are glad of the opportunity to keep on edge, while giving their admirers something to remember them by.

Two contestants bubble with excitement as they meet the officials for the first time for preliminary vetting.

It's not really part of the competition but these men waste no opportunity to impress and influence.

The official Press Call offers a first chance to see rivals properly at first hand.Many a competitor's confidence has been dented by the realisation that their preparations may not have been quite thorough enough.

 

Tanning Assistants are on hand to provide the finishing touches.

They are often a valuable source of insider information as to which contestants are in the best form.

There's a thriving secondary market in their discarded clothing.

  

As the start time approaches the antechambers become a bubbling cauldron of nerves and testosterone. Trainers do their best to calm the nerves of their athletes, but in spaces crowded with naked male flesh, primed competitors have been known to spontaneously mount their rivals, thereby gaining relief  and disorienting the opposition at a stroke.

 The pre-contest milking establishes a common starting point for assessing the sexual stamina which successful contestants have to demonstrate on stage. It's not unknown for inexperienced candidates to falter at this first fence, but the day can be saved by their Sponsors who are permitted to supply last-minute stimulation and will pull out all the stops to ensure the fruits of their investment do not go to waste.

 

A friendly helping hand from the Coach just before going on stage helps to overcome last minute nerves.

Once on stage all anxieties are forgotten as competitors focus on showcasing their assets for the Judges.

The enthusiastic approval of the noisy audience is a source of great pride for the men.

It's a thin line between success and failure.

Illegal interference from an out-classed rival successfully disrupted this entrant's routine.

After the contest the Press and admiring fans eagerly crowd round the winner, no doubt hoping his star quality will rub off on them.

Victory celebrations can continue into the early hours.

This popular star kept an excited, admiring crowd up for many hours.

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The images and ideas in this post are entirely the work of the anonymous blogger at IFNB,

all credit his due to him and I recommend you to visit his brilliant site.

2021 Update: This blog has now sadly disappeared. I'm looking at the possibility of a further article by way of tribute and will link it here when it's published

For other muscle-morphs click on the 'body-builders' label below

Ehrlik's Test Subject

Ehrlik - Test Subject

Another dramatic image of a muscular hero being humilated by Ehrlik
(Sorry about the female-ish scientist but I don't think it spoils the picture).

What's remarkable here is that the naked man seems to be unsupported,
his arched contortions being solely a product of his agonised writhing.

The purpose of the scientist's hand-held device is uncertain
but the clawed, free hand suggests it's not entirely benign.  
You could imagine that those pink, spiked wheels are just ticklers
but there are other explanations!

See also Ehrlik - Hero dragged to the Sacrificial Altar

The Bondage Art of BlackProf

BlackProf - The Attack

This dramatic image is part of a series by the artist 'BlackProf'. It shows a young man attacked whilst working on his computer by an intruder dressed all in black. The unusual, skewed viewpoint creates a striking off-balance effect and is typical of action hero comic strips. The simultaneous tying up and gagging shown here would require a superhero to perform, but neatly abbreviates the picture sequence that follows.

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BlackProf - Slung and Brung

The unfortunate captive is tied up and carried off like a trophy.

It's a classic domination situation and nicely rendered.

 The semi-realistic depiction of the figures lifts the image above frivolous cartoonery

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BlackProf - Wrapped

The captive is subjected to the frightening ordeal of being mummified

The motivation of the attack (and of this particular element in particular) is unclear.

There's a slight touch of eroticism in the muscularity of both parties and the tied feet. 

You can't miss the inter-generational element in these images, but the characterisation of the older man is difficult to pin down in Western Culture - more Captain Haddock than George Clooney.

However he's a familiar sight in the pages of Tagame so may present a more sinister image in Asia although the artist is in Italy according to his Deviant Art profile.

BlackProf -Grabbed

 This marvellous, capture scene features a pair of malevolent dwarves as abductors. These chaps are a recurring motif in BlackProf's work providing an unfathomable but respectable screen for their antisocial behaviour. I don't usually respond to fantasy subjects but I think this device works quite well in creating and attacker that's not easy to evade. Their target has a very nice face here.

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BlackProf - Carried Away

This captive appears to be the same character as the man abducted by the 'man in black'.

The humiliating incongruity of this scenario speaks for itself, notice the bare feet again

BlackProf - My Abduction by the Dwarves - 1

 The same villains appear in this set with a different, younger looking victim.

You'll notice that the clothing style doesn't vary very much 

and it's calculated to be as tantalising but un-erotic as it's possible to be.

BlackProf - My Abduction by the Dwarves - 2

This startlingly effective image introduces an totally unexpected ingredient in the form of a bridle head-harness with gag. There's a slight drift towards cartoonery in the facial expression as though to emphasis that this is just a jokey fantasy. The dwarf standing on the victim's back conveys the impression of forceful overpowering much more effectively than a conventional human character would

BlackProf - My Abduction by the Dwarves - 4

There's usually a spanking moment in these sequences, this one seems particularly violent.

Sadly the target area does not receive it's rightful share of loving attention from the artist.

BlackProf - My Abduction by the Dwarves - 6

There's a chilling threat about the scaffold-like structure being hauled into view here.

It hasn't gone un-noticed by the captive either, although the boggled eyes are a bit much.

 Placing it in the background cleverly conveys the sense of it appearing from nowhere.

The captive's shapely pecs are a hint of what might have been.

You can see the dénouement of all these sets by following the links below.

BlackProf - Starting With Silence

 This reworking of the same theme reverts to the goatee-bearded gentleman we started with.

I admire the dramatic energy the artist manages to capture in these images.

But the desert of sexuality continues........ 

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BlackProf - Stripped Down

Until now! The dwarves unexpectedly strip their captive of his clothes. 

He proves to have a more impressive booty than you might have expected.

The portray of nudity is carefully crafted to be conventionally decent

But notice how the dwarf at the rear seems to be finding the revealed area interesting.

BlackProf - Boxing The Boy

The captive is comprehensively gagged, bound and booted into a tiny box (resembling a safe).

There's even a hint of testicular interest here, stretching the boundaries of allowable nudity.

However the generous backsides in these last pictures give a clue to the artist's real gender interest.

 

BlackProf isn't really a gay artist and it shows in his work, but his ideas are imaginative and have a distinct edge which stokes the viewers thoughts. He treads a narrow line between realism and caricature - imperfectly sometimes from my point of view, but his comic-based technique makes up for that by conjuring up dramatic and energetic struggles that conventional art simply cannot achieve. His sometimes-slavish adherence to nudity norms is perfectly understandable, but leaves one wanting more, especially have been teased by the glimpses in the images just above. 

 

There's an extensive gallery of BlackProf at Deviant Art but you won't find these pictures in it, instead it is filled with the female equivalents. If you are not repelled by that subject-matter you will find more interesting images and ideas there and discover that this artist has a much better understanding of what makes a woman sexually attractive than he does a man. That is perhaps reflected in the exaggerated bottoms in the male nude pictures above which don't quite correspond to their fully clothed physiques and (generally speaking) don't achieve quite the same erotic effect in men as they do in women.

However I fear that any hope of his male art developing further may go unfulfilled. The near-uniformity of his male clothing in the four different sets presented here contrasts vividly with the wildly imaginative garb of his female abductees which he cleverly manipulates to produce added erotic effect, a feature almost totally absent from his male subjects. He doesn't even put his signature on male images and recently published a statement at Deviant Art saying he was going to concentrate exclusively on male subjects but it turned out to be just an April 1st spoof.

Make what you will of that.

There's also a BlackProf Patreon page that promises nothing but girls

You can find the set featuring a bridle-style gag at englishkinks 

all the other sets at Ralne2001 at Deviant Art

Black Prof - Robbie1

There are a few other BlackProf male images also scattered among other users at Deviant Art if you use the search function. Robbie1 above is at barabb1no.

I Remember Chris Redfield

Chris Redfield Swallowed

Although this image references one-time favourite biohazard Agent, Chris Redfield in the title and shows tantalisation by tentacles, it's the other features of the picture that caught my eye;-

• The sinuous, S-shaped, body posture and stressed torso dripping with fluids of uncertain origin.
• The chunky thighs being gradually engulfed by a fleshy orifice. 
• The arms being drawn upwards into a similar chute, stretching out the captive.
• Last, but not least, those tattered remnants of underpants which probably never provided adequate support for that prodigious appendage in the first place and now provide evidence of a furious, erotic struggle which poor Chris seems to have comprehensively lost.

I'm not familiar with the biology of these species but it looks as if Chris has been simultaneously attacked by two separate creatures, who are now contesting which of them shall take the prize. The tug-or war could produce some interesting wriggling if we could ever see it 'GIFed'. If you're gender-sensitive it's probably best not to study the shapes of those voluptuous orifices too closely.

The vaguely military colour of those shredded threads and the barely noticeable, communicator microphone are the only visible signs of the victim's former identity. Not quite conclusive as labeling but at least providing the 'partly-clothed' erotic trigger which I talked about in my last 'Julius' post.


My copy of this image is attributed to Mark Wulfing (aka BathHouseBoi) but a reader has informed me (see comments) that this is an altered version of an original by Tentakun.

Tentakun - Prey (click to enlarge)

I like the enhanced hip effect that the smaller head produces in the original and also the teasing treatment of the underwear, but wishing no disrespect to Tentakun, I prefer the substituted head.

More at Tentakun at pixiv

It's possible Mark Wulfing is responsible for the alteration, other images I've found by him seem to have a more comic drawing style, for example:

Mark Wulfing - The Hermit

I wonder if this interesting image is autobiographical?

It's hard to track down other art by him.
Possibly he's another casualty of 'Born Again Tumblr'.
This is the only link I have found: Mark Wulfing Art . 

This site references a Patreon page but I couldn't find it.

My take on this encounter is below:

Chris Redfield Emergency

A Day In The Water Tank

Mitchell-M721 The Water Tank (Day Break)

Daybreak

Life stirs in the tank as light begins to filter through the curtains

Mitchell-M721 The Water Tank (Morning Sun)

 Mid-Morning

A  shaft of sunlight falls on the tank

Mitchell-M721 The Water Tank (Afternoon Shadow)

 Afternoon 

Clouds scud across the sun, obscuring it

Mitchell-M721 The Water Tank (Evening mood lighting)

Evening

Mood lighting built into the tank entertains our guests

Mitchell-M721 The Water Tank (Night-time)

Night-time

The occupants of the tank settle down in the night-glow 
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My first attempt at a gif is not very good but gives a better idea of what I visualised.

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Vintage Bondage - Jack Wrangler

 

Jack Wrangler was one of the great stars of gay porn in the 1970/80's.
He was well-regarded for his openness about his homosexuality and his obvious contentment with it. 

This oily-jock pose is one of his best known images.

 

His confident attitude, straight-looking appearance and modestly muscled, lean body 

gave him a special 'regular-guy' appeal which is no less attractive 40 years on.

He appeared in films like 'Kansas City Trucking Company', 'Hot House','Gemini' and 'A Night At The Adonis'. His natural masculinity and 'seemingly straight' persona made his performances as a 'bottom' especially memorable. There's a similar effect in the photo sequence below which culminates in a bondage finale.

This series of images appeared in the first issue of 'Action Male' Magazine. The cover of 'Sex Machine' (above) is taken from the same shoot but it's not part of that video as far as I know.

Wrangler deploys his acting skills in this enigmatic opening shot .It's as if he's not quite sure what he has to do and is seeking guidance from the photographer.

His clothes are standard, classic menswear in muted colours which help to create that beguiling, ordinary guy effect. The macho belt buckle and neck pendant look camp and dated now, but were commonplace fashions in their day.

Strip sequences often involve light hearted fumbling and over-eagerness to disrobe. This shoot is quite unusual in that Wrangler portrays reluctance and then impatience, anger even. There's no sense of him wanting to flaunt his body for us, quite the reverse, but no embarrassment either. It makes for an interesting photograph.

Having removed his shirt the model pauses as if hoping that's all that is required of him. It would have been in any mainstream advertising shoot at that time. There's a sense of wariness and simmering rebellion and a nice, natural shot of his torso.

The model's reluctance is partly explained when it's revealed that he's been wearing  a pair of shiny, riding boots inside his jeans and a very different personality emerges.

Boots like this were regarded as symbols of a dominant male personality and subtly threatening, but Wrangler kneels and worships them himself, as though imagining they belong to a dominant partner. That 'butch' belt is now draped around his neck waiting for a master to come and collar him.

Having exposed his inner vulnerability, Wrangler attacks his jeans with energy as though this shoot is not about gradually revealing his body for the viewer's pleasure, but simply about getting naked, a process that needs to be got over as quickly as possible. It's a very mannish thought process (shared by most modern video producers).

The photographer has other ideas and manages to catch a nice flash of white underwear, (it's a shame we don't have access to the original photo quality). A different, intimate angle might have made this image even more erotic, but by capturing the growing pile of discarded clothes in the foreground

it tells the story of the model's accumulating compliance with the order to strip and the shedding of his outer, public 'skin'.

'Free at last!', he seems to be saying, here, neatly reflecting the sense of freedom all gay men were getting used to around this time, the freedom to express all aspects of their sexuality.

When silent movies gave way to the talkies, some prominent actors whose voices did not live up to their appearance were forced to retire. I imagine there must have been a similar effect in porn when nudity became more available and stars could not hide behind clothes any more.

As you can imagine, Wrangler's generous endowment did his reputation no harm at all.

This image is a variant of the 'Sex Machine' cover above.

You get a good sense of the charisma of this man in these images. He flaunts his physique, shrugging off the awkwardness of 'half mast' underwear but portraying perhaps a lingering reluctance to surrender to complete nudity. The bowed head and hands behind back pose (while facing the intimidating boot) seems to reiterate that desire to be dominated

Be careful what you wish for!

There's a nice element of surprise in this image as Wrangler 'finds himself' naked and bound. His performance for the camera is curtailed here by the simplest of restraints, reducing him to an ordinary man now under the control of another. His twist to examine the predicament produces a subtle arching and tension in his torso

The addition of elbow ties amplifies the effectiveness of the restraint and his submissive, kneeling pose adds pathos to the frustration of captivity. I've always been a fan of simplicity in bondage scenarios and this arrangement pairs well with Wrangler's under-stated physique. There's a sense of spontaneous capture rather than a contrived, muscle restraint 'scene'.

An moment of desperation. As the captive struggles against his bindings, he unwittingly shows his backside which he uncovered voluntarily but cannot now protect. This fleeting, blurred glimpse of explicit eroticism is unexpectedly compelling.

The 'coup-de grace' is the addition of knee-ties, which makes for a pleasing symmetry in the restraint arrangements and further limits movement. Wranglers examination of the situation shows the calm thoughtfulness needed to effect escape. This is much more interesting than endless, mindless struggle because it shows intelligence and an acknowledgement of his captivity. The anguish and frustration on his face suggests he might be obliged to surrender to this fate

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In these early days of liberation, explicit nudity was still a novelty, but bondage themes had largely slipped into obscurity. Having subtly flourished in the 1950's scenarios which gave the excuse for protraying near-nudity, they were pushed aside by the rush to express straight-forward, gay sexuality in full for the first time legitimately on camera. There was probably an element of 'needing to be respectable' in that prioritising too, which we see revived today in the antics of Yahoo (which perhaps ought to be re-christened as Yahboo!) 

This series showing a mainstream, 'Star' porn model in an extended bondage sequence is therefore something of a rarity and one to cherish. Jack Wrangler's understated but essentially positive masculinity which helped make him so desirable and somehow attainable makes for a perfect bondage fantasy and the sheer lack of artifice in this sequence teases the lust-buds with it's believability. A classic portrayal of a very special man.

Other Vintage Bondage articles are listed in my article on Ryder Knight