You already frequent MuscularDevelopment.com, so it is obvious that you’re serious about bodybuilding. At Animal, we look to not just talk the game but to live it, and no one better embodies this spirit than one of Muscular Development’s favorite sons, IFBB Pro and Animal Athlete, Evan “Ox” Centopani.

In just a few short weeks, Evan will be joining the Animal Crew in Sin City for The CAGE at the 2011 Olympia Expo. The CAGE epitomizes all Animal is and if you've never seen it, you owe it to yourself to pay a visit personally. During the same weekend, in the annual Regional Animal Barbell Club event will be held at one of the best gyms in North America, Gold’s on Flamingo. The ABC will be coming together for the fourth straight Olympia weekend on Sunday, September 18th at 9:30am, and as always, the training will be hard, heavy and intense.

To honor our partnership with MD, we'd like to take this opportunity to make the "No Bull" community an offer it can’t refuse. If you’re going to be in Vegas for The O and you want to bang the iron, shoot the shit and learn the “secrets” of the game from one of the best, this is your chance. Post in this thread and state your case, in a minimum of 300 words, why you should be the lucky sonofabitch who gets to trade sets and reps with Evan at the ABC in Gold's Gym.

On September 5th, we’ll choose the best essay (and two runners-up) and boom, you’re in there. All you’ve gotta do at that point is have the balls to show up and have the heart to go toe to toe with Big Ev C. If you win, you will get from us a free day's pass for you and your best bud to visit us in The CAGE. At the ABC event itself, you'll personally train with Evan and score an Animal Gym Bag full of goodies and an Animal Barbell Club t-shirt. After that, share a post-workout meal with the Animal Crew. It's all on us… This is what we'll do. What you take away from this Animal experience, is completely up to you.

To be eligible you must be in Las Vegas on September 18th and be at least 18 years of age. 
When: Sunday September 18th, 2011 at 9:30am
Where: Gold’s Gym East Flamingo, Las Vegas

SWAG BAG: One of each Animal product + extra Animal t-shirt

What is the Animal Barbell Club? A band of brothers across the country and the world over. United. Proud. Growing. Coming together under the stark black and white of the Animal flag, the Animal Barbell Club signifies all that is right with the iron lifestyle. The ABCs, as they’ve come to be known, truly represent the no-bullshit basics of bodybuilding: training, eating and the singular and unique camaraderie and motivation that comes as part and parcel of being surrounded by a legion of supportive, likeminded warriors. A movement that has grown exponentially in the three plus years since its inception, our rise has just begun. Build muscle, break bread and forge bonds with your extended iron family. Come learn from the best, train with the pros and grow along with us, leaving your own indelible mark on the face of the Animal Barbell Club.