WINNER ANNOUNCED: See the Olympia Men's Finals with the Animal Crew on Us

[naturalguy]

Here is your chance to go to the finals for the Mr. Olympia contest with the Animal crew. You will be sitting with an IFBB Pro and the Animal Crew as you watch the superbowl of bodybuilding. This year's contest is one that you will not want to miss, as it's the most anticipated lineup in many years.

After the show you will grab a meal with us. Don't forget the day after is the ABC event also.

This opportunity is for you and your guest.

Eligibility: You (and your guest) must be at least 18 and be in Las Vegas on September 26th, 2009.

Winners will be selected by Tuesday September 22nd.

Post here in this thread why you want to go see the Mr. Olympia contest and hang with the Animal Crew.

[Mr. Dead]

Definitely a killer opportunity!!! Good luck to all who enter!!!

[Tempus]

I am IN! I'll be there come hell or high water.

[InkdMuscle]

By far the Olympia is the Superbowl of bodybuilding. You will be able to see the top dogs show off their hardwork and dedication to this awesome sport. Not to mention it is an great honor just to be among the chosen few of the sponsored athletes of ANIMAL and UNIVERSAL. So me making the trip from Southern Cali is a no brainer. That whole weekend is going to be one for the books. And if I was able to be chosen for this promo not only will it be the icing on the cake. but will make my first Olympia trip just even that much more awesome.

[J-Dawg]

Very cool opportunity here. Be sure to get your entries in ASAP.

[Firedrake]

I've been seeing bodybuilding shows for years, but never the O. It's always just sort of been out of reach for me to be able to actually get seats for the night show. I've gotten used to it, and usually am content to watch the video later, but this would be an incredible opportunity to see the best compare their poses on the stage in real time.

Since I'm coming up to Vegas mostly to be with my Animal kin to begin with, and even more importantly to -train- with them at the ABC, the chance to be at the show with them and get to see and compare notes over dinner afterwards would be no-sugar icing on the low-carb cake!

. . . I just don't want to tick off the three guys I'm riding up from L.A. with! <grin>

Animal's done and is doing so much for me already with Rage's Iron Contest, I almost feel greedy for asking, but I've got to go for it, just in case.

Please let me come to the O!

[Love2lift21]

I would find a way to make it out to Vegas from Miami, if I had the opportunity to get to watch the Mr Olympia in person! Let alone the chance to meet the Animal Crew that serve as such an inspiration. I am sure I would learn more in a weekend than I have for the last year or so looking into the Iron game. Animals let me in!!

[Rage]

This is an incredible opportunity guys!

[quinterowill]

Here is your chance to go to the finals for the Mr. Olympia contest with the Animal crew. You will be sitting with an IFBB Pro and the Animal Crew as you watch the superbowl of bodybuilding. This year's contest is one that you will not want to miss, as it's the most anticipated lineup in many years.

After the show you will grab a meal with us. Don't forget the day after is the ABC event also.

This opportunity is for you and your guest.

Eligibility: You (and your guest) must be at least 18 and be in Las Vegas on September 26th, 2009.

Winners will be selected by Tuesday September 22nd.

Post here in this thread why you want to go see the Mr. Olympia contest and hang with the Animal Crew.

It would be a blast to hang and watch the best event of the year by the Animal crew, the guys that bring it everyday. You guys are the best in what you do and with that, comes great pride, it would be the best of both worlds to be able to join you guys,....The Animal crew knows how to motivate and motivate well!...

[11.firefighter.7]

It would be an honor and a privilege to be able to not only see the O but to hang with the Animal crew. I look up to all of them and consider them great influences in my passion for bodybuilding. I've been lifting for a little over 6 years now and have always just seen the O from the internet. I'm sure every member of this site is deserving of being able to go, I just hope that I'm the fortunate one that gets the opportunity.

[D-Bomb]

for crying out loud...

[Refuge]

So often we at the forum talk about this path, this journey, this way of life. It's more than a hobby. For us it's a burning passion, a desire that reaches to our core, an insatiable need we have. We discuss different training styles, give nutritional advice, wake up and roll out of bed everyday at 0500.

So much like everyone else, yet so different...

We are another breed of man, breathing in motivation, exhaling progress... even as I write, I'm not even satisfied using such colorful description. Words are so black and white. How can you describe the dedication? The passion? One that can find the words to describe this has a gift indeed. If you're with us, you know what I'm talking about.

We all remember the shakes we felt before we stepped on stage for our first show. The dry mouth, the heat from the blinding lights, the heavy breathing... Yet not all was negative. There's the rush of adrenaline, the feeling of the pump searing through your body, and then the first skin-tearing pose; contracting as hard as you can.

Going to the Olympia, hangin with the Animal crew may elicit the same euphoric reaction. You are at the Mecca of the bodybuilding world. I've read that in the Islam religion, Mecca is the holiest of places. How else can you compare the Olympia? Not only are you experiencing the same feelings we felt at our first show, but you are soaking in the entire experience. Feeding off of it.

Eat up. It comes but once a year.

[goodtogo69]

Olympia. The biggest show of the year. Im pretty new to the sport of bodybuilding but have always marvaled at the pictures in magazines of the competitiors. Seeing it live would be amazing. Ive been to two shows but they were both local. I still am waiting for the chance to go to the big one. It is one of my goals. Hanging with the animal crew would be amazing to they have provided me with inspiration through the forum. I would love to meet them. It would be an experience that i wouldnt be able to describe. Hanging out with with the crew while watching idols on stage. This would be a dream come true.

[E-Train]

Ahh I'd love to chill with the Animal crew, just a down to earth atmosphere there. Problem is I'm not gonna be in Vegas nor do I even have money so I'm out.

[cmans91]

I would like to go see the olympia and hang with the animal crew, because blatantly i love the sport and everything about it. I love being able to push your limits and watching your body change in front of your very own eyes. I recently turned 18 and i know im young and fairly new to the sport but i just love it. For the past 2 years i have been extremely dedicated to the sport. Training day in and day out, missing parties and not hanging out with friends to make a meal (And again im 18, if thats not dedication then what is??) Kind of rambling but to repeat it i love it and wouldnt change a thing. I am always opened to knew things and would love to just hang out talk and figure out everything you guys go through, and just open my ears and listen and learn.
Thanks for the time
-Chase Mansmann

[AZN-BEEF]

i want to go to this years olympia because this line up is DEEP! in the past there has been one athlete that was the dominant competitor..in the 80's lee haney was on top. from 92-97 dorian yates dominated. 98-05 it was king ronnies reign. 06-07 jay finally dethroaned ronnie, and in 08 dexter wins his 1st! this year you have 8 guys fighting for those top spots. the competitors:

!.) phil heath - took a year off.round full muscle bellies, tiny waist, good conditioning, crazy arms!

2.) Dexter jackson - good conidtioning, symmetry, tiny waist, and good round muscle bellies

3.) jay cutler - thick, alot of muscle. comes in 100% its lights out!

4.) dennis wolf - took a year off. 4th place last year. broad shoulders, tiny waist, and good quad sweep

5.) kai greene - crazy back and legs! crazy conditioning, thick!

6.) Victor martinez - 2nd place in 07 olympia, and arnold. comes in conditioned its light out! carries a lot of mass while maintaing good lines


7.) Branch Warren - Thick, hard,good coniditioning a lot of muscle, and crazy legs!

8.) toney freeman - the X man, comes in conditioned he's dangerous

i love the ABC's because you get to meet new people who love to train hard and share different ideas/information. i always look forward to our monthly ABC's in So.Cal. this will be my 1st olympia and first opportunity to train with pro athletes. this is the only sport/events where you get the opportunity to train with pro athletes for free

[DBOY]

Im already stoked about the ABC event being in vegas, but im even more excited about it bein at the O. Being apart of the Rage's Iron Contest has been an amazing expirence. Although, hangin with the best would be an honor. Its a dream of mine to eventually, and hopefully, one day be apart of the animal crew. Aside from my wife, 2 boys,& new baby girl, bodybuilding, the forum, the guys in my ABC crew, and universal supplements have changed my life. Going from 250, 28%bf to 185 6%bf is only the begining of my journey. And the chance to feel like a straight rook sittin next to THE CREW would only motivate me further in my journey.

Much respect, honor, and admiration.... DBOY

[Austin109]

I would love to go to this contest because the lineup will be INSANE! I would love to get the sites and sounds and all the experiences of a huge bodybuilding show. I have a few hundred dollars saved up and if I was given a chance to get not only into the Olympia, but meet with the animal crew and get to hang out with them I would be on that plan in a heartbeat.

I love this sport, im looking at competing one day in this sport, and going to a show of this magnitude with everything going on in it would be one of the biggest moments in my life!

Good luck to everyone else in this contest.

[jrr256]

I'm definitely in for this! I'm going out there to help my sister move into her new house, but I don't have the cash to go to anything but the expo (she paid for the plane ticket). I would love this opportunity like no other. Thanks for the opportunity to even enter!

[Arnold Is Numero Uno]

I have never been to a bodybuilding show before. I absolutely love the sport of bodybuilding and it is my passion. My room is filled with magazines, posters and not to mention tons of empty Animal cans! lol....The Olympia would be the perfect first show!