THE MOST PATHETIC Bodybuilder Video I HAVE EVER SEEN.

[Option D]

Maybe to make it even more hardcore they can take a blow torch to the barbell when they do squats.


or he can throw some nails in with the chains for dips

[Blue Heat]

Sure Branch's form is even worse than Ronnie's, but the guy is moving the heaviest weight he can with 100% intensity.




Ugh, who is this?

Some of the worst genetics I've ever seen.

This man needs more Hack Squats too.

[Option D]

This man needs more Hack Squats too.

HE just dieted down too drastically.

[HMB]

Get Branch's autograph now....he won't be around much longer....

[eastcoastbbman]

This man needs more Hack Squats too.

he needs to be born again as someone else with better genetics.

[Blue Heat]

HE just dieted down too drastically.

And w/o a proper BB diet.

[LAMA-PAI]

can you imagin that going on at planet fitness lol

[jdooly]

I respect and like Branch, but if I saw a regular dude lift with that kind of form, I'd think he was an idiot.  Is it OK for us mortals to "swing a little, use some momentum" or go lighter and strict?  I personlly think there is a time and place for both.  IMO.

[The Enigma]

Sociopath:

Someone whose social behavior is extremely abnormal. Sociopaths are interested only in their personal needs and desires, without concern for the effects of their behavior on others.


Make no mistake............this represents the psychological profile of Adonis.

[benjamin pearson]

Sociopath:

Someone whose social behavior is extremely abnormal. Sociopaths are interested only in their personal needs and desires, without concern for the effects of their behavior on others.


Make no mistake............this represents the psychological profile of Adonis.

Thanks for the input "the luke"

[suckmymuscle]

Even though this isn't a bodybuilder, he did enter an online contest and lost.  I think he sucks more than anyone.  Even more than the Great Black One

  This is absolutely atrocious. No, seriously. I am actually appalled that someone can look this bad.

SUCKMYMUSCLE

[The Enigma]

Sociopath:

Someone whose social behavior is extremely abnormal. Sociopaths are interested only in their personal needs and desires, without concern for the effects of their behavior on others.


Make no mistake............this represents the psychological profile of "Adonis."

[troponin]

I respect and like Branch, but if I saw a regular dude lift with that kind of form, I'd think he was an idiot.  Is it OK for us mortals to "swing a little, use some momentum" or go lighter and strict?  I personlly think there is a time and place for both.  IMO.

Most trainers cheat in the 'wrong' way. 
There is a way to lift explosively create a potential to activate more muscle fibers, and there is a way to swing the weight with momentum. 

[Devon97]

Most trainers cheat in the 'wrong' way. 
There is a way to lift explosively create a potential to activate more muscle fibers, and there is a way to swing the weight with momentum. 

Please speak more this.

[troponin]

Please speak more this.

Lifting explosively (eg: Ronnie Coleman) has been shown to have the potential to recruit more muscle fibers.  By lifting a weight with a higher velocity, you increase the power put into the movement.

Most beginners use sloppy form to use heavier weight. 
For example: Bicep curls, a beginner will use sloppy form so they can use more weight, but their biceps will receive less stimulation because other muscle groups are taking up more of the workload. 

Same example: Jay Cutler will lift explosively, and look like his form is loose, but he is increasing the explosiveness of the movement, and actually hitting his biceps with more workload.

Think of the largest bodybuilders:
Ronnie
Jay
Branch
James
etc., etc
how many of them have been scolded for their "poor form" on various movements. 

Another example is when Jay was getting flak for his "loose form" on pulldowns in a recent video on Flexonline.  He was using explosiveness in the movement, but if you paid attention, he wasn't using momentum to move the weight, he was using his lats to increase the velocity of the movement. 

[Mr. Michael Moore]

Trop, in light of your explanation regarding the role of explosiveness as an aid to recruit more muscle fibers, how can we explain Dorian's style of training - very strict and with heavy weights, although lighter than the gentlemen that you mentioned and for obvious reasons - and his tremenduous amount of mass in his heyday. He definitely didn't lack recruitment of fibers, and his style is the most precise of all the pros. Please discuss it.

[troponin]

Trop, in light of your explanation regarding the role of explosiveness as an aid to recruit more muscle fibers, how can we explain Dorian's style of training - very strict and with heavy weights, although lighter than the gentlemen that you mentioned and for obvious reasons - and his tremenduous amount of mass in his heyday. He definitely didn't lack recruitment of fibers, and his style is the most precise of all the pros. Please discuss it.

Dorian lifted pretty explosively.  He didn't use much body english at all, but he wasn't taking 4 seconds on the positive range of any movements I've seen him use. 
Watch his back movments....very precise.  Slow negative, and then quick turn-around, driving through the positive portion of the movement.

I'm not advocating any particular style of training. 
But, there is probably a reason "all" the pros seem to use loose form. 

There is a BIG difference between cheating to impress your friends, and powering through movements ala' Ronnie Coleman.

[Hedgehog]

That'll end soon.................he's running out of hair .

Dunno about that.

He claimed awhile back that he was going to post a pic where he would comb his hair back, just to prove that he's not going bald.

That pic along with some pic of his 27 inch waist, with a tape measurement.

So give the guy the benefit of a doubt.

-Hedge