With controlled and full-range reps and mostly limited body "English" he'd have been lucky to do six. For a guy as monstrously gassed and built as he is, I'd suggest Branch is (relatively speaking) weak as shit.
The sad reality is Ronnie and other freakazoids trained with that crazy, ballistic style.Maybe it activates more white /fast twitch muscle fibers which leads to more growth?
I swear, when I was 22 I could incline 315 for 8 clean reps at a body weight of 243. I looks nowhere near as jacked as Branch. His form for being so big, is sloppy.
Did not watch but I'm guessing there was a lot of bouncing the bar off the chest while screaming light weight mother fucker.
Maybe could've got 3-4 clean reps. Beetle Juice is a less embarrassing Bench presser with a better range of motion -.
Beetlejuice is also taller than Branch so.that should be taken into consideration as well.