Do you want to win cool prizes just for training hard?

bruno85 · Jan 18, 2010

Hey guys, I do not post here very often but I know that there are a lot of really strong guys here. I love watching when people post their training videos, and thought I would let people know about a contest at IntenseMuscle.com called Intense Set of the Month (ISOM). For those of you that are members, here is a link for the rules of the contest:

**broken link removed**

The contest is a chance to show what you can do in the gym. Lots of people talk about how hard they train, and this is a chance to show it. Each month there is a new exercise that Skip decides, and you do the best you can in one set. At the end of the month, a panel of a few judges (Skip, Dusty, Homonunculous, myself to name a few) look over all the videos and judge what they deem to be the most intense. The winner gets 2 t-shirts and a $50 dollar gift certificate to True Protein. How cool is that? We all train anyway, so here's a chance to win some cool stuff for it.

I really like this contest because I think there is no better way to get motivated to lift hard than watching other people lift hard. It is a great chance to showcase your efforts and motivate others. I really hope of you guys decide to do this contest because I sure as hell would like to see your training, and I think it's a good chance for some prizes. For the smaller guys out there, don't worry if you aren't the strongest because judging is based on form and intensity. We are all at different levels and it just comes down to who puts out the most effort with good form. Give it a try guys. There's really nothing to lose and a lot to gain. There have been some good videos recently but I would like to see more.

This month's exercise is hack squats. There's about 2 weeks left!

fade · Jan 18, 2010

Don't worry, my hacks are coming up tomorrow night.. I'll be entering =)

bruno85 · Jan 19, 2010

fade said:
Don't worry, my hacks are coming up tomorrow night.. I'll be entering =)

Nice man. I look forward to watching it! You always bring it. I hope some other guys here decide to challenge you...

bruno85 · Jan 25, 2010

Hey guys I just wanted to bump this up and hopefully get some more of you guys to participate. Only a week left to bust out some hack squats for free stuff! There are already some great videos in there so the bar has been set.

JeffD · Jan 25, 2010

Yes, and you too could be a part of the elite group over there stroking each other and telling each other how great their videos are. Despite the fact that 75% of them look like monkeys trying to hump a football.

bruno85 · Jan 25, 2010

JeffD said:
Yes, and you too could be a part of the elite group over there stroking each other and telling each other how great their videos are. Despite the fact that 75% of them look like monkeys trying to hump a football.

I really don't want to argue or anything like that. I personally see the contest simply as a chance to showcase a great effort and motivate others. I realize that there isn't as big of an emphasis on training on this board, but some guys here do post their training videos and I have been impressed with a lot of them so I thought some people might want a chance to participate and try to win some stuff.

I actually think most of the videos are good, but if you think they suck, it could be an easy opportunity for you to jump into the mix yourself and win the thing. Your choice man. I have seen the postive responses that Shelby and others get when they post sweet videos, so there are some people that get motivated by this stuff. I am one of them. If you aren't, cool.

rAJJIN · Jan 25, 2010

bruno85 said:
I realize that there isn't as big of an emphasis on training on this board,

After we have been kind enough to allow your post.....
Thats a pretty disrespectful comment for someone that says he doesn't want to argue, but come HERE to our forum and say that.

Dangkolo · Jan 25, 2010

rAJJIN said:
After we have been kind enough to allow your post.....
Thats a pretty disrespectful comment for someone that says he doesn't want to argue, but come HERE to our forum and say that.

OUCH!

bruno85 · Jan 25, 2010

rAJJIN said:
After we have been kind enough to allow your post.....
Thats a pretty disrespectful comment for someone that says he doesn't want to argue, but come HERE to our forum and say that.

Sorry about that. I can see how that came across as disrespectful. My bad.

bloodshed · Jan 25, 2010

rAJJIN said:
After we have been kind enough to allow your post.....
Thats a pretty disrespectful comment for someone that says he doesn't want to argue, but come HERE to our forum and say that.

hey rajjin, from my point of view it doesnt look as if hes bashing this board in saying that we don't care about training, but how that board in particular has more of an emphasis on training than this one. for instance go there and look through all of the threads and then come here and look at them. a much higher percentage of threads there are focused on training in comparison to here. On the other hand they dont allow talk of AAS, so this is a more rounded board whereas that one is more specialized.

betito · Jan 25, 2010

Please guys don´t get offended, this is a thing that goes on at IM and Bruno told it with good intentions because it´s logic to expect mind blowing vids from the people here, even saying the "thing about training" is not realy a disrespect, this is a higly advanced forum with people who know their stuff at the top end of bodybuilding, in this kind of endeavor is a must being knowledgeable about drugs... please please don´t take it as an insult, a lot of people like myself feel at home either here or at IM... we are in the same boat fellas

Hungry Hungarian · Jan 25, 2010

JeffD said:
Yes, and you too could be a part of the elite group over there stroking each other and telling each other how great their videos are. Despite the fact that 75% of them look like monkeys trying to hump a football.

What a jack ass comment.....Totally Unnecessary. Sounds like someone is a little jealous?

Hungry Hungarian · Jan 25, 2010

rAJJIN said:
After we have been kind enough to allow your post.....
Thats a pretty disrespectful comment for someone that says he doesn't want to argue, but come HERE to our forum and say that.

I dont think he meant anything bad by what he said, rajjin. Bruno is one of the most humble guys around and would never try and be disrespectful. That being said, I will not be entering the contest because I know theres no way I can compete against him in intensity!

bruno85 · Jan 25, 2010

Guys I am sorry that part of my post sidetracked this thread. I really was not intending to be disrespectful at all, but I do see how it came across as such. I know there used to be a thread where people were posting their training videos here, and I thought that was awesome, but that has slowed down, so I thought by posting it might encourage some people to start bringing their cameras to the gym again. The reason I came to post on this board about the ISOM in the first place is because I have a lot of respect for the members here and there are a lot of advanced guys that I know can throw down in the gym, so I thought I would encourage them to get it on tape to motivate us all. I love coming to this board to watch the videos the people post, and I thought it would be a good addition to the competition. That's all. I hope some guys will still shoot a video and post it up for us all to watch.

BigChef · Jan 26, 2010

JeffD said:
Yes, and you too could be a part of the elite group over there stroking each other and telling each other how great their videos are. Despite the fact that 75% of them look like monkeys trying to hump a football.

How about u stroke my cock dickhead!!