Congratulations to Tony Doherty for putting on another tremendous expo in Australia. Quite a few supplement companies made their way down there to put up booths, plus a few other big athletes. It is tough to get athletes to take the 14 hour flight plus to Australia, but Tony has managed to make the event one of the biggest in Melbourne now.
I am always amazed that people keep comparing the prize money to other sports. Jeez. Branch has probably earned more than $250,000 so far in the first three months of the year, just had a newborn with his wife in February, and is riding high in life.
Lets keep it real. Most people in the USA are lucky enough to break $100,000 in a year. Simple as that. If you reach that, you are in the 1-2% of the population. And everyone has expenses in life.
Branch looked great - he is the freaky ass mass monster bodybuilder that a lot of people stare at and wonder wtf. But no question about it, Branch is a most muscular competitor right now, and a lot of the times, the judges say that muscularity beats symmetry. Not all agree, but that is the opinions.
Congratulation also to Erin Stern, who was second at the Arnold Classic, and now beat her rival here in Australia, setting up a showdown for the Olympia. Erin vs. Nicole. The battle keeps going...
