Author Topic: Branch Warren 2019 Update [08-Nov-2019].  (Read 7373 times)

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Re: Branch Warren 2019 Update [08-Nov-2019].
« Reply #25 on: December 03, 2019, 10:47:00 PM »
Same caveat as JuicedKangaroo - I've never been anywhere near Branch's level (mainly because I'm 6'1")

So clearly I'm not really qualified to comment, but do those arms look slightly lumpy..?

He's still clearly shaving all over too for some reason.  He resembles a smooth pink Orc or something



Neither, I am 6"3! Arms do look lumpy, great pick up. Pink orc...  ;D ;D ;D

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Re: Branch Warren 2019 Update [08-Nov-2019].
« Reply #26 on: December 04, 2019, 12:52:36 AM »
It's a height thing- Dorian is 5'10 ish, Branch is 5'6". Short guys who get big can't handle being little again. So Branch could never drop the weights.

Not true, bbers are all in the same, a lot of them are mentally weak and insecure, Ruhl is 5’11 still big, Ronnie 5’10 still trying to hold on, milos 5’10 still at it in size, Nasser 5’11 dead while still big, both flex wheeler and Levrone made comebacks not long ago, the list goes on

Branch wishes he was 5’6, he’s 5’4/5’5 at best with shoes on

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Re: Branch Warren 2019 Update [08-Nov-2019].
« Reply #27 on: December 04, 2019, 12:55:44 AM »
Branch wishes he was 5’6, he’s 5’4/5’5 at best with shoes on

He is certainly shorter than Lee who is 5"4


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Re: Branch Warren 2019 Update [08-Nov-2019].
« Reply #28 on: December 04, 2019, 12:57:59 AM »
He is certainly shorter than Lee who is 5"4



I’ve seen them both many times in person, both are similar in height, give or take, which is in the 5’4 range

Branch I just saw two wks ago at the new destination gym 

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Re: Branch Warren 2019 Update [08-Nov-2019].
« Reply #29 on: December 04, 2019, 02:03:03 AM »
No. Ronnie isn’t the ONLY one to have issues with his body from lifting heavy, however, he is one of the few to be in the extreme end of it

The problem he has is he keeps lifting while he’s still recovering from surgery


Well I never said he was the only one - I said he was the only one I'd heard of having the dire issues he has.

Ever since Ronnie's plight has come to err.. light, if someone is posted lifting heavy here, according to the board that's it, that guy is done for and is definitely doing damage.  It's an old fashioned pile on every time. 

Not like guys like Bill Kazmaier seem to be walking particularly wounded. 

Like I say, I haven't heard of many guys being in bad shape at all.  There are so many way more intense powerlifters out there who should also be completely wrecked.

I've actually posted this in response to the FUD a couple of times and every time, there's a very tepid response to it - and that's because nobody has a ton of examples to refute it.  :)  All they have is their crippled posterchild in Coleman.  It's basically a getbig catchphrase, by now. 

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Re: Branch Warren 2019 Update [08-Nov-2019].
« Reply #30 on: December 04, 2019, 04:30:56 AM »
I’ve seen them both many times in person, both are similar in height, give or take, which is in the 5’4 range

Branch I just saw two wks ago at the new destination gym 

I believe you, but if you told me you saw him while standing in line for a roller coaster at Six Flags, I’d have to call bullshit

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Re: Branch Warren 2019 Update [08-Nov-2019].
« Reply #31 on: December 04, 2019, 06:26:57 AM »
Everything considered he's looking good. His physique unfortunately has that burned out look that Ruhl pioneered - like dead ham hanging on.

His short statue is a life saver when it comes to training injuries.
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Re: Branch Warren 2019 Update [08-Nov-2019].
« Reply #32 on: December 04, 2019, 07:52:00 AM »
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Re: Branch Warren 2019 Update [08-Nov-2019].
« Reply #33 on: December 04, 2019, 04:31:26 PM »
I believe you, but if you told me you saw him while standing in line for a roller coaster at Six Flags, I’d have to call bullshit

Hahaha ;D

Are you suggesting that he can’t ride the rollercoaster until he comes back and grows a few inches?

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Re: Branch Warren 2019 Update [08-Nov-2019].
« Reply #34 on: December 04, 2019, 05:12:46 PM »
Branch is melting but trish is still looking thick solid and tight

https://www.instagram.com/p/B3cF_0IHqrR/

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Re: Branch Warren 2019 Update [08-Nov-2019].
« Reply #35 on: December 04, 2019, 11:50:40 PM »
With age typically brings more money which always trumps size, looks, shredded physique, etc..

Really? I wouldn't have thought of this. What happens to those poor fellows who struggle financially all their lives? Do they retain their size, looks and shredded physiques?

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Re: Branch Warren 2019 Update [08-Nov-2019].
« Reply #36 on: December 05, 2019, 01:50:34 AM »
I fear for his health.  He will be 45 in February:

At least he is still alive I guess.

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Re: Branch Warren 2019 Update [08-Nov-2019].
« Reply #37 on: December 05, 2019, 06:51:14 AM »
At least he is still alive I guess.

Great post.

Branch wrote one story in MD about how running diuretics for his Nationals win caused him to basically curl up into a ball, and I think he even said he wanted to call 911.  His training partner [or maybe trainer, or diet coach - I can't recall...but someone in his hotel room with him] told him not to do anything, and to tough it out.  He did that, and ended up turning pro.

Branch said that up to the then present day, he wasn't sure if he should be grateful for, or hate, his trainer [or whoever] for encouraging him to push his conditioning/dehydration seemingly to the brink of death.

He did look really good in 2001 when he turned pro though - although I think he looked older than 26, and has always looked older than his biological age, IMO:

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Re: Branch Warren 2019 Update [08-Nov-2019].
« Reply #38 on: December 05, 2019, 10:56:47 AM »
I’ve seen them both many times in person, both are similar in height, give or take, which is in the 5’4 range

Branch I just saw two wks ago at the new destination gym 

So this gun isn't quite as massive as it seems..?  (

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Re: Branch Warren 2019 Update [08-Nov-2019].
« Reply #39 on: December 05, 2019, 10:57:52 AM »
This one always makes me smile (even though it's obviously a little bit sad, retrospectively...)
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Re: Branch Warren 2019 Update [08-Nov-2019].
« Reply #40 on: December 05, 2019, 11:22:16 AM »
This one always makes me smile (even though it's obviously a little bit sad, retrospectively...)

Hahaha...wwwhhhaatt??

Is this photo altered in any way, or was Dallas simply that much bigger than Branch?  Wow!

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Re: Branch Warren 2019 Update [08-Nov-2019].
« Reply #41 on: December 05, 2019, 11:48:32 AM »
Hahaha...wwwhhhaatt??

Is this photo altered in any way, or was Dallas simply that much bigger than Branch?  Wow!

Lil' bit...

of both  ;D

(this one is not my work)

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