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Title: Branch 10 days out
Post by: irocktheyellow on September 20, 2006, 10:25:16 PM: http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/5433/1ns4.jpg

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Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: benchmstr on September 20, 2006, 10:29:39 PM: fuck the dennis james pics branch is looking badass :o
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: 240 is Back on September 20, 2006, 10:30:22 PM: holy crap - he looks unreal
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Post by: The True Adonis on September 20, 2006, 10:32:22 PM: All Drugs
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Post by: Bast000 on September 20, 2006, 10:34:23 PM: big but ugly
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Post by: M75 on September 20, 2006, 10:34:53 PM: Very impressive, thick as a house.
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Post by: tommywishbone on September 20, 2006, 10:37:03 PM: Two words; hard core.
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: Bast000 on September 20, 2006, 10:41:03 PM: Quote from: tommywishbone on September 20, 2006, 10:37:03 PM
Two words; hard core.

two words:

moon face
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: Rich2 on September 20, 2006, 10:42:33 PM: Quote from: The True Adonis on September 20, 2006, 10:32:22 PM
All Drugs

i know, isn't it awesome?!?
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: Adam Empire on September 20, 2006, 10:44:02 PM: If you compare the approx two week out pics of Jay, DJ, and Branch - then Vince Taylor, it make Vince look like he will be taking last...
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: zerosen on September 20, 2006, 10:46:01 PM: What happened to his right arm ? He is big, but has poor
esthetics.
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: TrapsMcLats on September 20, 2006, 10:57:01 PM: its the shadowing around his arm,
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: Redwine on September 20, 2006, 11:11:58 PM: big.. yeah but UGLY!
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Post by: brianX on September 20, 2006, 11:14:52 PM: I think he needs more veins.
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: dawakaman on September 20, 2006, 11:14:59 PM: he's no Flex Wheeler, that's for sure. He's big and conditioned,ill give him that.Somehow his physique doesn't look right.And he needs bigger arms.He does have that rugged/hardcore AnimalPak-look over him though that some seem to like.Hope he stays healthy.

Peace
D
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: siouxcountry on September 20, 2006, 11:16:19 PM: Top 6!
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: Jr. Yates on September 20, 2006, 11:17:44 PM: Quote from: dawakaman on September 20, 2006, 11:14:59 PM
he's no Flex Wheeler, that's for sure. He's big and conditioned,ill give him that.Somehow his physique doesn't look right.And he needs bigger arms.He does have that rugged/hardcore AnimalPak-look over him though that some seem to like.Hope he stays healthy.

Peace
D

he does look good, but i agree, something doesn't look right...abs maybe??
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: Bast000 on September 20, 2006, 11:42:23 PM: This is improvement?
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: SWOLETRAIN on September 20, 2006, 11:51:34 PM: I saw him in person!!!! the man is a fucking freak!!!! thick as a brick!!! short little bastard though.
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: Scimowser on September 21, 2006, 12:26:22 AM: i dont like his physique, its fucking ugly. Hes lb for lb one of the biggest but theres nothing that stands out for me
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: Rudee on September 21, 2006, 12:42:20 AM: Biceps and forearms are lacking a bit.
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: JasonH on September 21, 2006, 12:43:48 AM: Amazingly good physique, looks like he's brought up his chest and delts but I'm a bit concerned about the obvious drug abuse going on here. Think how fcuked up his body must be on the inside. How much further can he take it?
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: Matt C on September 21, 2006, 12:49:37 AM: No man who is 5'6 will ever look aesthetic in the same way someone like Bob Paris did. You simply need longer limbs to pull off that look. Also, his waist could be smaller and his arms could be bigger. He's a freak through and through though. He will place quite well.
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: phyxsius on September 21, 2006, 01:25:46 AM: Batman is trying to be Gaspariesque
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: Matt C on September 21, 2006, 01:37:05 AM: Quote from: phyxsius on September 21, 2006, 01:25:46 AM
Batman is trying to be Gaspariesque

All pros try, but I think it's genetic more than anything.

http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=94652.0
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: the shadow on September 21, 2006, 01:37:37 AM: one more
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Post by: M75 on September 21, 2006, 02:00:44 AM: Iron age chest thickness in the side shot.
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Post by: jammer on September 21, 2006, 02:32:35 AM: Quote from: Bast000 on September 20, 2006, 11:42:23 PM
This is improvement?

Not Really...Good point
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: sandstone on September 21, 2006, 02:34:41 AM: FUCK ASTHETICS. ITS ANOTHER WAY OF SAYING YOU WANT TO BE A BITCH. BRANCH IS A TRUE HARDCORE CHAMP A MEAN BEAST WHO DOSENT GIVE A FUCK WHAT YOU THINK! IF I WANT ASTHETICS ILL LOOK AT PLAYBOY.
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: Cold on September 21, 2006, 03:23:51 AM: i get worried just lookin at his pics. I wonder if he'll make it past 45.
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: swilkins1984 on September 21, 2006, 03:32:18 AM: It looks like Branch packed on about 10lbs of solid muscle. Never the aestetically pleasing bb but still he uses that hardcore bb look to his advantage.
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: Slick Vic on September 21, 2006, 03:58:32 AM: Damn! :o

Branch looks incredible, but doesn't exactly look pleasing to the eye. :-\
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: BayGBM on September 21, 2006, 03:58:43 AM: Quote from: The True Adonis on September 20, 2006, 10:32:22 PM
All Drugs

Could I get a serving of french fries to go with my drugs, please? :D
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: DEFCON on September 21, 2006, 04:13:12 AM: he looks like yoda
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: JasonH on September 21, 2006, 04:18:47 AM: Great hardcore physique but he really does need to get those ears pinned back.
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: Weightpit on September 21, 2006, 04:41:54 AM: Quote from: the shadow on September 21, 2006, 01:37:37 AM
one more

The dude is big, but compared the shots of Cutler yesterday, he's got no chance.
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: Mars on September 21, 2006, 04:47:29 AM: All creatine, whey, weightgainer, fishoil and multivitamins.
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: gatrainer on September 21, 2006, 04:54:09 AM: thats not Branch
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: New York on September 21, 2006, 04:55:56 AM: Branch look's grainy in those pics and is thick as a house, but his abs are looking shallow.
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: Rearden Metal on September 21, 2006, 04:57:45 AM: Quote from: zerosen on September 20, 2006, 10:46:01 PM
What happened to his right arm ? He is big, but has poor
esthetics.

Branch tore the right bicep prior to turning pro. It was written about a few years ago in Flex.
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: jailbird on September 21, 2006, 04:58:25 AM: :o
looks like his head is going to explode
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: BEAST 8692 on September 21, 2006, 05:10:46 AM: Quote from: jammer on September 21, 2006, 02:32:35 AM
Not Really...Good point

he's still got a fair bit of edema going on there.

he will lose this come show time...i hope.

i'm sure he'll get his colour right too.
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: Lee_a_priest on September 21, 2006, 05:23:30 AM: Quote from: Bast000 on September 20, 2006, 11:42:23 PM
This is improvement?

Yep you said it. :(
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: tflexxin on September 21, 2006, 05:24:27 AM: I like Branch, but his physique is not MR. O calibre. Chest is too big for his arms, and he does not have ANY asthetics. His cuts are obscured by the weirdest vascularity since Jim Quinn! Top 10, but out of the top 6.
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: swilkins1984 on September 21, 2006, 06:19:52 AM: I don't think he needed to gain anymore. Being 5'6" and weighing 240lb makes Branch look too dense and makes what aestetics he did have much less obvious. I don't see him in the top 6 anymore thought he would at first.
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: phyxsius on September 21, 2006, 06:40:38 AM: Quote from: Cold on September 21, 2006, 03:23:51 AM
i get worried just lookin at his pics. I wonder if he'll make it past 45.

45? I was wondering if he could make it to the show
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: Mr. Intenseone on September 21, 2006, 06:46:10 AM: :-\

(http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e196/Intenseone/Branch.jpg)

(http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e196/Intenseone/Thing.jpg)
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: bb doc on September 21, 2006, 07:06:10 AM: Props, Mr. Intenseone.

Very, f__king funny.
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: Mars on September 21, 2006, 07:08:36 AM: LOL.
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: rccs on September 21, 2006, 07:09:11 AM: Quote from: tweeter on September 20, 2006, 10:27:35 PM
pics don't work for me; i see a yellow frog
Me too! Is the frog going to mr. O as well? ;)
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: wannabebig5 on September 21, 2006, 07:09:30 AM: although branh isnt very aesthetic, you have to give him one thing. he has no gut and his waist isnt getting wider as he's adding muscle so i say do what you can with your genetic potential and give em hell branch. insane dorian like conditioning :o
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: BigWhoop on September 21, 2006, 07:36:11 AM: He looks like he is about to pop ?
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: texasRUSH on September 21, 2006, 07:36:53 AM: i've seen him in person a few times....dude is ridiculously thick. Height wise id' say 5'6" to 5'8" and that's being generous. But his size alone on that frame makes your jaw drop!
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: phyxsius on September 21, 2006, 07:38:12 AM: Quote from: Mr. Intenseone on September 21, 2006, 06:46:10 AM
:-\

(http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e196/Intenseone/Branch.jpg)

(http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e196/Intenseone/Thing.jpg)

Apparently he lost his ears
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: njflex on September 21, 2006, 07:58:20 AM: Just amazing how far bbing has gone to freak people out.pretty no but that size and hardness is just nuts.
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: Scimowser on September 21, 2006, 08:08:15 AM: every once in a while ill read/see a post which makes me laugh out loud continuously.

That was fucking priceless Intenseone!!!
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: buffbodz on September 21, 2006, 09:09:41 AM: Quote from: tweeter on September 20, 2006, 10:27:35 PM
pics don't work for me; i see a yellow frog

Me 2
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: Special Ed on September 21, 2006, 09:48:55 AM: (http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=95782.0;attach=103584;image)
IT'S CLOBBERIN' TIME!!

Special "The Thing" Ed
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: HICKSON on September 21, 2006, 09:53:15 AM: Peaking too early...
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: the shadow on September 21, 2006, 11:44:53 AM: Quote from: Slick Vic on September 21, 2006, 03:58:32 AM
Damn! :o

Branch looks incredible, but doesn't exactly look pleasing to the eye. :-\
dude get your eyes checked then..he looks fuggin awesome
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: IceCold on September 21, 2006, 02:05:09 PM: Quote from: The True Adonis on September 20, 2006, 10:32:22 PM
All Drugs

all jealousy
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: HUGEPECS on September 21, 2006, 02:16:12 PM: he gets it all, SYNTHOL, AAS, GROWTH HORMONES AND THE WHOLE NINE YARDS ;D ;D
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: nycbull on September 21, 2006, 02:21:36 PM: forearms... Pros neglect them too much ....i say train them and be a real freak.
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: bigmikecox on September 21, 2006, 02:34:18 PM: He is a freak, but when you start breaking down his physique his shape is off and when he is compared to Badell, Dexter and Victor, he loses something.
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: Stavios on September 21, 2006, 03:36:38 PM: Quote from: HICKSON on September 21, 2006, 09:53:15 AM
Peaking too early...

::)

yeah right
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: dr.chimps on September 21, 2006, 03:42:41 PM: Man, he looks ready to detonate. Wonder what his insides look like. :-X
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: honest on September 21, 2006, 04:32:05 PM: Thats one ugly physique, massive test abuse, a modern day Jim Quinn, funny how the judging has changed to me he looks like Tim Belknap from years ago, a guy who was huge but his shape stopped him doing any good this guy turns up now and is competitive,modern bodybuilding suck and that guy looks like shit.
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: phyxsius on September 21, 2006, 05:24:58 PM: Quote from: dr.chimps on September 21, 2006, 03:42:41 PM
Man, he looks ready to detonate. Wonder what his insides look like. :-X

juice flowing throughout the system
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: Luv2Hurt on September 21, 2006, 05:57:01 PM: Yeah Branch needs to work on his shape. The dude is conditioned and thick but should work on the aesthetics. I don't think everyone here is wrong with what they see.

The Mr. Clean look does not help either, it's soooo played out!
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: WOOO on September 21, 2006, 06:03:33 PM: Quote from: 240 is Back on September 20, 2006, 10:30:22 PM
holy crap - he looks unreal

dude is massive..... period...
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: tony b on September 21, 2006, 06:59:48 PM: Quote from: Luv2Hurt on September 21, 2006, 05:57:01 PM
Yeah Branch needs to work on his shape. The dude is conditioned and thick but should work on the aesthetics. I don't think everyone here is wrong with what they see.

The Mr. Clean look does not help either, it's soooo played out!

He at least still has a small waist. Branch is a freak, he cant do the aesthetic thing, and he shouldnt try. Stick to what suits u best. Branch looks awesome.
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: Marty Champions on September 21, 2006, 07:39:51 PM: Quote from: dr.chimps on September 21, 2006, 03:42:41 PM
Man, he looks ready to detonate. Wonder what his insides look like. :-X

imagine the anatomy of the heart and organs look like. probably about worn the hell out
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: SPINZ on September 21, 2006, 08:01:00 PM: Branch is going to take the two spot this year at Olympia....any takers? Dude is sci-fi ;)
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: Wombat on September 21, 2006, 10:18:01 PM: Quote from: Luv2Hurt on September 21, 2006, 05:57:01 PM
Yeah Branch needs to work on his shape. The dude is conditioned and thick but should work on the aesthetics. I don't think everyone here is wrong with what they see.

The Mr. Clean look does not help either, it's soooo played out!

the guy is almost Bald...That is why he should shave his head...what do you suggest, he wear a fu king mop on his head and look ultra silly...Or have the terry bradshawn hairdew and look 10 years older :-\

its guys with a full head of hair who shouldn't be shaving it all off ala' Mike A...
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: ReEvolution on September 21, 2006, 10:52:40 PM: Quote from: honest on September 21, 2006, 04:32:05 PM
he looks like Tim Belknap from years ago, a guy who was huge but his shape stopped him doing any good this guy turns up now and is competitive,modern bodybuilding suck and that guy looks like shit.
Belknap was diabetic. I remember an interview with Tim many years ago. He said
people would ask him if his insulin helped his bodybuilding. Now thats ironic considering how out of control insulin is now.
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: Bast000 on September 22, 2006, 01:00:51 AM: Quote from: Mars on September 21, 2006, 04:47:29 AM
All creatine, whey, weightgainer, fishoil and multivitamins.

haha yes, he would be quite the tiny tit without his supplement stack, eh Mars?
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: Mars on September 22, 2006, 03:33:44 AM: Quote from: Bast000 on September 22, 2006, 01:00:51 AM
haha yes, he would be quite the tiny tit without his supplement stack, eh Mars?

Yessssssss!! he would.
Title: Re: Branch 10 days out
Post by: adipo8 on September 22, 2006, 11:19:19 AM: Quote from: 240 is Back on September 20, 2006, 10:30:22 PM
holy crap - he looks unreal

Maxed out - This is not bodybuilding , the sepratation is missing ... To beat Ronnie , you must be Bigger and More SEPERATED....
2002 GNC SHow and 98 O and every year before that !

Branch - you may be bigger but you looked better when you were a Bodybuilder and not a FREAK