The monster body challenge started on 1st march 2010 and 37 guys and girls set out on the 3 month journey to achieve a leaner, fitter, better self. The challenge was simple, transform your body the way you wanted it, whether that be stripping unwanted fat or building the muscle that you desperately wanted. Some guys felt skinny and wanted to be big, some guys felt fat and wanted to be skinny, either way they all had one thing in common, the desire to change.

This will be my write up of the challenge. I watched the challenge and its compeitors progress every day for 3 months and feel i had a great perspective to watch these amazing transformations. When the whole thing started i didnt know what to expect. I was scared nobody would enter, then i was scared they might all end up looking the same as when they started. Luckily though my fears did not come true, far from it. As you will see the transformations made in the challenge were extraordinary and good enough to grace the cover of any fitness magazine.

Anyway from the beginning; i started the forum in february 2010 and it was not receiving massive interest due to lack of content and members. This led me and my boss to think of the body challenge, an opportunity to reward monster customers, to raise awareness of the forum and to allow the opportunity for the general public to achieve their goals with the help of like minded people. The challenge started on 1st march 2010. When i received the start pictures i was a little doubtful as to the change that these people could make. Some looked as though they had trained before but others (including the final winner) looked like he had never picked up a weight in his life. Once i had the start pictures the competition began. The blog section on the forum allowed people to post their progress, trianing and diet for all to see. This ended up being a large part of the success for a lot of guys as it was a plce for encouragement, advice and a place for them to ask questions with parts of their transformation that they were struggling with. It soon became apparant to me that there was a group of people that were going to succeed due to forming a bond and helping each other through thick and thin and never giving up support. Once i noticed this i realised that my fears of the competitors not making good enough improvements completely vanished. I could see they would succeed as they had the support of their fellow competitor. As the competition progressed people who knew very little at the start of the challenge started giving great advice to new forum members and even teaching me a thing or 2. This increase in knowledge gained from the forum and other means allowed the compeitors to achieve something never before possible with limited knowledge. I gave advice where possible and moserated the site to make sure all was running smoothly. With time the forum progressed and we soon had a few thousand members offering support and advice to the compeitors.

At the half way point the competition was anyones to win. There were some guys that stood out above others and some that were quietly progressing without being noticed. Either way everyone was improving. By the end of the competition there was still no indication of who would win. Then on the 1st june after 3 months i received everyones final pictures.

The final pictures can be seen HERE

As you can see the transformations were amazing to say the least. Everyone deserved to win and everyone was a winner in my eyes. However there was only one person who could win the prize of £250 RRP supplements, trade price on all orders for a year and their picture on the cover of over half a million monster brochures. And that winner was TJLEE!!

Not only did he make an amazing transformation; he did it with a hard job, young children and very little previous knowledge of diet or training. He also had to put up with being hypoglycemic and having an injured back. He is proof that anyone in any situation can achieve amazing things if they really put their mind to it. His detemination to succeed nomatter what set him back is what i believe led people to vote him the winner. His blog entries right through the competition are testiment to his dedication and a re a great record for anyone in the same situation to follow for guaranteed success.

TJ’s blog can be seen HERE

TJ had this to say about the competition:
“What can I say………..
Firstly, I want to say congratulations to everyone that entered the competition, your photos are evidence of how much hard work and dedication you have all put in over the last 3 months and you should all be so proud of the transformations you have made. The fact that we are all standing at the finish line, with better looking bodies, more confidence and better health, makes everyone of us a winner!

At first I wasn’t going to enter this competition, I was just happy to browse from a distance and watch everyone else’s progress, but eventually I plucked up the courage to get involved and it has turned out to be one of the best decisions I have ever made. This challenge has provided me with the platform to get in shape for my upcoming wedding to my beautiful partner Joanne and to make my 3 children and family proud of me and for that I can’t thank Adam Campbell and Monster enough.

Having once weighed 18 stone and completely out of shape, to be standing here today as the winner of a Body Transformation Competition is just out of this world and will go down as one of the best achievements of my life. This transformation would not have been possible without the support of my family and the great group of people on this forum. The people on this forum have been with me from the beginning, offering me advice and encouragement, picking me up when I was down and sharing in my joys when I was on a high and without your support, my transformation would not have been possible, so thank you so much.

The aim is to push myself further with my training into the future and continue making progress. I would also like to continue being a part of the fantastic community spirit on the Monster Forum and use some of my new knowledge and experience to help other people achieve their training goals.”

As you can see it helped him achieve something he once thought impossible.

You can see other peoples views on the challenge HERE

I would also like to make a special thanks to Charlotte Pugh (bikini body) who won it for the females. She made a fantsatic transformation and represented the women brilliantly, winning a bag of phd diet whey and a bottle of phd lean degree.

Charlotte had this to say about the challenge:

“I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the Body Challenge. I was apprehensive at first but wanted to get in better shape for the summer (hence the bikini body name) and thought that entering a competition like this could only help with motivation!I did originally think the competition was solely for guys and thought there was a chance i may be excluded but thankfully this wasnt the case!Through the forum ive increased my knowledge dramatically of exercise and nutrition and now feel comfortable in the gym doing weight lifting exercises. I was previously limited to doing exercise classes due to a lack of knowledge but thanks to the forum ive been developing my own weight lifting programmes to supplement my usual fitness routine.I had also thought of supplements as being for “bodybuilders” but thanks to the guidance recieved I know now how vital they can be to achieving your goals.Im hoping this will be the start of a positive lifestyle change and hopefully ill continue to see results from training smarter! thanks TEAM MONSTER”

All competitors received a monster T-shirt and samples for competing as well as now being eligable for fitforums 10% off deal.

I personally would like to say thankyou to everyone for entering and making the forum what it is today. Without all of your dedication the forum would not exist so for that i owe you my thanks. I hope everyone will enter again next year and i hope anyone reading this has been inspired to do the same.

All the best

Adam Campbell – Team Monster