I've worked out like a bodybuilder before and I've also trained with perfect form before. I was bigger when I had bad form and did more weight, but now that I have better form and stretch it out more I feel more flexible. No way is better than the other. It's whatever floats your boat.
He has been a great friend of mine for 20+ years... I know why he gets injured, it is called overtraining. I have a doctorate in this field and it is rare that an exercise harms a person when they have done it for years. Rest, food, time off from gym, stretching, massage, water are crucial in creating a competitive physique. Also, most, if not all, problems occur when the muscle grows faster than the support system can develop to accommodate that muscle.
the main thing here is he knows from experience how to work the target muscle using mind muscle connection regardless of weather or not he uses strict form. the bottom line i it works for him and it can work for anyone if done right but yes it will most likely led to injurys
It's funny how people tend to forget that this is his living. He is a full time bodybuilder. He built his physique using trial and error. He eats for outcome not just because someone told him this works. The same goes for his training techniques. He is focused on stimulating the muscle in a certain area therefore his movement may not look perfect to you. If you know anything about muscle adaptation, he won't get hurt if that is how he has trained for life! You must be rookies. Live & Learn
Branch trains hard I will give you that . Strong but lacks form . He is good there aint just eny person who just says I am going to be on stage with best in the world many few make it pro level on that level . Respect is given where it is dew . Branch has accomplished alot & has achieved that many would die for to reach . This sport is hard & not just for those who criticise other's by what they can not accomplish by many . We are supposed to up lift others to bring out there full potential not break them down to one's own level . All these men you see working there buts off to bring you the olmp should be given respect .
How big are all you guys talking about his form? Remember his muscle size and density plays a huge role in his movements... Having a 23-24 inch arm and a 15-16 inch arm vastly differ in the range of motion. Pure muscle size really affects movement. Very few pro's have perfect form btw. Come train with him then you can understand what I am talking about
One thing I'd like to know. If it takes the hardest of hardcore gyms and loudest hardcore music to get you up and motivated then what happens when you have to workout at gyms where they don't allow loud music and they don't allow you to be loud? Hardcore gyms are fewer in farther in between today. So these bodybuilders who need "hardcore" atmospheres are limiting themselves and boxing themselves in. Bodybuilders have to figure out how to motivate themselves in other ways when they are taken out of their comfort zone and are in a new or different environment. Well, same goes with most other people in most other professions.
Very true... The sheer aggression is awesome tho.. What you said was correct m8... His style of training works for him but obviously at a physical cost.. I'd say 75% of my routine is controlled. The other 25% I share this attitude... The correct balance between the two approaches works for me.. One thing i will say is the Dorian Yates blood and guts "principle" has really changed how I look.. 50% 12 reps, 60% 12 reps, Max to failure.. Not for the Newb tho..
Hes prob been doing this a year or 2 from the looks of it. He may or may not know whats hes doing i dunno you seem like an expert on this shit. Figured you would be the next arnold classic winner.
kai green couldnt even do his normal weight with dorians form theres a video that Kai works out with Yates and he to drop to a lighter weight so many time and kai gets pissed off cause he cant work out they way he usually does... theres also a video where yates and branch work together and he does it perfect but this is what works for him since he doesnt keep yates training routine... different things work for different people
i agree. i tried strick for and shrank and strained myself. now i go balls to the wall and got huge results. my whole body got bigger. everyone is different. if its not broken don't fix it.
@7drift0king2 I'd say form is a relative term. If you go really strict you can never move the maximum amount of weight. At the same time I don't think this form is good for beginners or someone that is a natural lifter. I'd never use the words bad or wrong because he's obviously getting the results he wants from it.
@raindeerlol If he lifts more than he should then why can he lift it. This isn't a ballet it's weight lifting. The chemical reactions to grow muscle are caused by *intense* muscular contraction. He explodes benching with 135 just as much as he does with 405 etc.
I can see were you are coming from. But every person is designed in a diffrent way, this works for him, how can you explain the amazing lats he has? Every person is different and I think he's got enough knowledge about his own body, enough knowledge to train the way that works for him.
maybe it works for him but strict form targets the exact muscle your trying to work and has been proven to be the safest way to train and the most productive but carry on training sloppy if you want and i wish you a limited amount of injurys.
of course it makes a difference........bodybuilding is science ..im 270 12 b.f. off season 22 inch arms ...been training for 6 years now.I think I know what im talking about ....@ the end of the day whatever works for him works..But don't say fully lengthening and shortening your muscles dosent work for some ppl...its like saying 5 bucks is just like 10 bucks ..still got money ...but the ten dollars is more
If you workout with proper form every time and use weights that you can lift, you cannot get hurt. Scooby, a bodybuilder on youtube for 20+ years said hes had many injuries in sports, but never in the gym as hes always lifted with proper form. Obviously, as we can see in the video, this guy doesn't do proper form, look at how he does lat pull downs. He's lucky he didn't dislocate both his shoulders.
Those lat pull downs look disgusting. But it works. Which is why I like Branch. His training looks sloppy and shit like Bertil Fox's but it fucking works.
@biglabrador yeah and people don't realize that taking steroids isn't everything. It's basically like growing a pair of balls which many people have to do
Agreed. The reason why these pro's get so much injuries IS due to steroids. Steroids aid in growing muscle tissue much faster then tendons and bones. A non steroid user will tend to growth the strength in his tendons and ligaments in tandem with muscle growth. That's a fact.
A good example of how NOT to perform exercises acc. to textbooks - and in interviews or articles the pros underline that it's not how much you lift but how you lift it, the importance of time under tension, feeling the muscle work and all this stuff, yet usually they do the exact opposite of what they preach, which is a bit confusing. However they must do something right as, taking the juice aside, they still posses the gratest muscle mass on the planet.
listen skinny! i never said he wouldnt make olympia. i said as have many others who are bodybuilders that he has no strict form and kids who are starting out in bodybuilding should avoid this quick iratic way of training to avoid injury. if you were to ask branch he would totally agree.
The skinny kid in the back almost dies in this video if it weren't for the safety rack. 1:30 you see him flexin, 1:53 he bottoms out on the bench and is rolling the bar, 2:12 is his last effort to save his ego and he fails and slides out. This is a gym for men and douchebags who didn't assist that kid in finding the EXIT.
i thought muscle building was all about stretch and contraction under tension?? this dude is pretty much just throwing real heavy weight around and sweating a whole lot....
branch i have read ur taro cards and this card says ur short range of motion and lack of flexibility is going to cause great harm to ur goals for 2011 due to a "freak accident" the cards don't like
hehe i can agree u that u dont need to use perfect form with that alot of muscle mass. but if your just a regular/not a monster) guy u will SNAP SOME SHIT UP. but hey, thats all just an advise... you can do wa theva FUCK you wanna DOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
Hey there, have you heard about "MuscLeader" (look on Google)? On their website you will find a nice free video explaining the best way to build notable muscles quickly while eliminating excess fat simultaneously. Ryan and many other guys enjoyed great success applying this system. It might help you out also...
Hey, have you considered "Musclegend" (look on Google)? There you can watch a nice free video showing the way to pack on visible lean muscle quickly whilst dropping body fat as well. Ralph is one of the many men that enjoyed positive results applying this system. It may help you as well.
Really could not care less, just think it's pretty dumb to talk shit on someone who has won the Arnold and placed 2'nd in Olympia. He's not a scrub, and doesn't need any of the morons trolling RUclips videos to teach him how to make the muscles he needs to contract or grow. FACT
I've worked out like a bodybuilder before and I've also trained with perfect form before. I was bigger when I had bad form and did more weight, but now that I have better form and stretch it out more I feel more flexible. No way is better than the other. It's whatever floats your boat.
He has been a great friend of mine for 20+ years... I know why he gets injured, it is called overtraining. I have a doctorate in this field and it is rare that an exercise harms a person when they have done it for years. Rest, food, time off from gym, stretching, massage, water are crucial in creating a competitive physique. Also, most, if not all, problems occur when the muscle grows faster than the support system can develop to accommodate that muscle.
Branch is the man hope he wins at least 1 Olympia
I just realized that Branch speaks like Obama.
brb closing eyes and imagining the head of state talk about how he trains his back
It goes..
1. Genetics
2. Diet
3. Drugs
4. Training style
In that order.
the main thing here is he knows from experience how to work the target muscle using mind muscle connection regardless of weather or not he uses strict form. the bottom line i it works for him and it can work for anyone if done right but yes it will most likely led to injurys
It's funny how people tend to forget that this is his living. He is a full time bodybuilder. He built his physique using trial and error. He eats for outcome not just because someone told him this works. The same goes for his training techniques. He is focused on stimulating the muscle in a certain area therefore his movement may not look perfect to you. If you know anything about muscle adaptation, he won't get hurt if that is how he has trained for life! You must be rookies. Live & Learn
My mom forbids me to see these videos.. because then, I go to the gym to get some injury ..LOL
Branch trains hard I will give you that . Strong but lacks form . He is good there aint just eny person who just says I am going to be on stage with best in the world many few make it pro level on that level . Respect is given where it is dew . Branch has accomplished alot & has achieved that many would die for to reach . This sport is hard & not just for those who criticise other's by what they can not accomplish by many . We are supposed to up lift others to bring out there full potential not break them down to one's own level . All these men you see working there buts off to bring you the olmp should be given respect .
How big are all you guys talking about his form? Remember his muscle size and density plays a huge role in his movements... Having a 23-24 inch arm and a 15-16 inch arm vastly differ in the range of motion. Pure muscle size really affects movement. Very few pro's have perfect form btw. Come train with him then you can understand what I am talking about
I fucking wish i had his support staff tho, for real give it up for his trainers they are mad motivational...
One thing I'd like to know. If it takes the hardest of hardcore gyms and loudest hardcore music to get you up and motivated then what happens when you have to workout at gyms where they don't allow loud music and they don't allow you to be loud? Hardcore gyms are fewer in farther in between today. So these bodybuilders who need "hardcore" atmospheres are limiting themselves and boxing themselves in.
Bodybuilders have to figure out how to motivate themselves in other ways when they are taken out of their comfort zone and are in a new or different environment. Well, same goes with most other people in most other professions.
i wish my gym had machines like that
how can you see brench and Johnnie Jackson engaged in the same program of training why?
Looks like his muscles are trained fine to me. Just an observation though. When you gonna take his title?
Very true... The sheer aggression is awesome tho.. What you said was correct m8... His style of training works for him but obviously at a physical cost.. I'd say 75% of my routine is controlled. The other 25% I share this attitude... The correct balance between the two approaches works for me.. One thing i will say is the Dorian Yates blood and guts "principle" has really changed how I look.. 50% 12 reps, 60% 12 reps, Max to failure.. Not for the Newb tho..
@WHERESAMERICAGOIN years of hardwork, dedication, and a shitload of food
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What is the name of his wrist protection?
I want to buy some of those :)
anybody know the name of the song playing in the beggining?
3:20 - Playing "Pantera - Walk"
Lat Pulldowns? What the fuck?!!
man this is a cardio workout :) didnt you know? haha
Why does MHP present this when he is a muscle tech guy?
@UrizenTheNegator Yeah, i'd hate to have a back like branch, i'd like to have a back like yours though!
it looked like he was doing a workout in fast forward mode.
holy shit man thanks for the laugh!!!! btw i agree with you!! string bean chicken shits lmfao good stuff man!
Hold crap, if I entered that gym i'd be out the door ASAP, I'd be an embarassment haha
Hes prob been doing this a year or 2 from the looks of it. He may or may not know whats hes doing i dunno you seem like an expert on this shit. Figured you would be the next arnold classic winner.
there's only a couple of body builders that have good form,1 is kai greene,dorian yates but if it works for branch than thats how he does it.
kai green couldnt even do his normal weight with dorians form theres a video that Kai works out with Yates and he to drop to a lighter weight so many time and kai gets pissed off cause he cant work out they way he usually does... theres also a video where yates and branch work together and he does it perfect but this is what works for him since he doesnt keep yates training routine... different things work for different people
Shit for a second there watching the lat-pulldowns I thought the clip was playing in fast motion.
forms whatever works for you. It works perfect for him
i agree. i tried strick for and shrank and strained myself. now i go balls to the wall and got huge results. my whole body got bigger. everyone is different. if its not broken don't fix it.
@7drift0king2 I'd say form is a relative term. If you go really strict you can never move the maximum amount of weight. At the same time I don't think this form is good for beginners or someone that is a natural lifter. I'd never use the words bad or wrong because he's obviously getting the results he wants from it.
They'd have to carry me out of the gym on a stretcher if I did lat pull downs like that.
I have a question, have you wondered about this method called the MegaMax Muscle Maker? (Google it). My father says it helps ordinary people get buff.
00:50 what the hell is he doing? dafuq
LoooooL voll krank wie dieser Typ die Ausführung macht, das würde ich so niemanden empfehlen.
@raindeerlol If he lifts more than he should then why can he lift it. This isn't a ballet it's weight lifting. The chemical reactions to grow muscle are caused by *intense* muscular contraction. He explodes benching with 135 just as much as he does with 405 etc.
love branch but his form !!! yates plz help him (:
i wonder if anyone else can use the 45 lb plates
i bet his form's just fine off camera.
i want that gym
hahahahaha love this guy
I can see were you are coming from. But every person is designed in a diffrent way, this works for him, how can you explain the amazing lats he has? Every person is different and I think he's got enough knowledge about his own body, enough knowledge to train the way that works for him.
@blok1pfc you´re welcome man !
maybe it works for him but strict form targets the exact muscle your trying to work and has been proven to be the safest way to train and the most productive but carry on training sloppy if you want and i wish you a limited amount of injurys.
if he would have tightened his form up just a little bit maybe held the contraction just a little longer he would have an olympia and more arnolds.
i wish my gym played pantera rather than the constant cycle of adele and party rock anthem
of course it makes a difference........bodybuilding is science ..im 270 12 b.f. off season 22 inch arms ...been training for 6 years now.I think I know what im talking about ....@ the end of the day whatever works for him works..But don't say fully lengthening and shortening your muscles dosent work for some ppl...its like saying 5 bucks is just like 10 bucks ..still got money ...but the ten dollars is more
i suppose with most body builders when there that big you don't have to stick to good form,more bout the poundage
@jasonsundelin1 you're kidding, right?
good vid though.
branch is a fighter
If you workout with proper form every time and use weights that you can lift, you cannot get hurt. Scooby, a bodybuilder on youtube for 20+ years said hes had many injuries in sports, but never in the gym as hes always lifted with proper form. Obviously, as we can see in the video, this guy doesn't do proper form, look at how he does lat pull downs. He's lucky he didn't dislocate both his shoulders.
This is why his back is his weak part, he is just throwing with weights. It looks spectaculary but where is the muscle tension?
BIG LOG JAMMIN IN THE CABBIN.
if you read one of my other comments at the top of this vid,i say that kai greene is one of only a few bodybuilders that keep good form
@blok1pfc Drowning pool - Soldiers at 0:17
branch has to bring out his forearms more, they are not in proportion with his arms
@mchief101 lol allowed to!?!? you can do what ever you want, Branch made the decision to train with form like that
@7drift0king2 yeah man! muscles respond to heavy ass weight!
"no injuries" haha!
All of his videos he has the worst form or the best juice??
so much swing
Those lat pull downs look disgusting. But it works. Which is why I like Branch.
His training looks sloppy and shit like Bertil Fox's but it fucking works.
And swing!
@biglabrador yeah and people don't realize that taking steroids isn't everything. It's basically like growing a pair of balls which many people have to do
Agreed. The reason why these pro's get so much injuries IS due to steroids. Steroids aid in growing muscle tissue much faster then tendons and bones. A non steroid user will tend to growth the strength in his tendons and ligaments in tandem with muscle growth. That's a fact.
congratulations. you managed to figure out the obvious. would you like a prize?
lightweeeeight
A good example of how NOT to perform exercises acc. to textbooks - and in interviews or articles the pros underline that it's not how much you lift but how you lift it, the importance of time under tension, feeling the muscle work and all this stuff, yet usually they do the exact opposite of what they preach, which is a bit confusing. However they must do something right as, taking the juice aside, they still posses the gratest muscle mass on the planet.
The people below posting hate couldn't bench Branch's lunchbox.
@jasonsundelin1 ok, keep doing "perfect" form and come back when your as big as Branch
listen skinny! i never said he wouldnt make olympia. i said as have many others who are bodybuilders that he has no strict form and kids who are starting out in bodybuilding should avoid this quick iratic way of training to avoid injury. if you were to ask branch he would totally agree.
DAMN THIS GUY SWINGS..
The skinny kid in the back almost dies in this video if it weren't for the safety rack. 1:30 you see him flexin, 1:53 he bottoms out on the bench and is rolling the bar, 2:12 is his last effort to save his ego and he fails and slides out. This is a gym for men and douchebags who didn't assist that kid in finding the EXIT.
pause at 6:20 ....monster ....
he scares me.
i thought muscle building was all about stretch and contraction under tension?? this dude is pretty much just throwing real heavy weight around and sweating a whole lot....
branch i have read ur taro cards and this card says ur short range of motion and lack of flexibility is going to cause great harm to ur goals for 2011 due to a "freak accident" the cards don't like
@WHERESAMERICAGOIN
apple juice
hehe i can agree u that u dont need to use perfect form with that alot of muscle mass. but if your just a regular/not a monster) guy u will SNAP SOME SHIT UP. but hey, thats all just an advise... you can do wa theva FUCK you wanna DOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
The white version of light weight hahaha
His form :s
@jytyjyj hes one of the top bodybuilders in the world and its working for him! FACT!!
Oh hai:) Have you tried the Explosive Muscle Method (just google it)? My buddy says it gets people stronger...
@Fickes Atleast someone has more than a few brain cells and recognises a brute!
Actually it's funny though how all the Olympia competitors have the worst form yet the greatest physiques.
PLease say dat to kai greene ;)
@7drift0king2 the only thing you're gonna shock is your fucking spine...+ hes on the juice
@pussySTEROIDusers HELL YEAH!
you have to lift like an animal but still with feeling "dont think feel" thats it
Hey there, have you heard about "MuscLeader" (look on Google)? On their website you will find a nice free video explaining the best way to build notable muscles quickly while eliminating excess fat simultaneously. Ryan and many other guys enjoyed great success applying this system. It might help you out also...
@los7proph3t haha i know wtf lol i see guys lift like that all the time.
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Hey, have you considered "Musclegend" (look on Google)? There you can watch a nice free video showing the way to pack on visible lean muscle quickly whilst dropping body fat as well. Ralph is one of the many men that enjoyed positive results applying this system. It may help you as well.
@jytyjyj Or, maybe it's the best form!!! It obviously works for him, he is huge!!! FACT!!!
And let me guess, you dont swing ever.. You must be buffer than Branch
Really could not care less, just think it's pretty dumb to talk shit on someone who has won the Arnold and placed 2'nd in Olympia. He's not a scrub, and doesn't need any of the morons trolling RUclips videos to teach him how to make the muscles he needs to contract or grow. FACT