Many may have argued but it doesn't make it true.
Also, you mentioned Branch and the fact that he just won a show possibley because he trains heavy. Branch winning that show had nothing more to do with his training than it did him looking terrible for the Arnold Classic. I'm sure that he didn't all of the sudden increase his poundages for the AC to the NY Pro.
I didn't say it was a true statement. I said that many have argued that Flex did not reach his potential. I implied nothing more than enough people felt that statement was true enough to create an 'argument' over. Nothing more.
Branch MAY not be in the position to win a show IF HE NAILS HIS CONDITIONG (which is what you're alluding too), had he spent the last 15 years training like a pussy.
Perhaps the reason SOME lower level pros are not in the position to win a show (IF THEY NAIL THEIR CONDITION so that point does not need to be re-made) is because of their lack of REAL WORK in the weight room.
There is a difference between ego lifting, and hard work.
Some people comfort themselves in the gym under the FALSE guise that taking it easy is actually better for them.
