Branch Warren

[Bestia]

Before I start the thread I should make a countdown timer for how fast David will jump in here as I know he is a big fan.

Listening to him on Hany's podcast and all I am thinking is - I love this guy. His outlook and mentality toward bodybuilding is immediately relatable for me. I am not a fan of his loose style of training but I do very much relate to the intensity and drive.

He is "throwback" in every sense of the word. It is a good listen if you have the time.

[Jude2]

He is a good dude.

[Draxthedestroyer]

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ya man, reeeeeeee-spekt!

[Beti ona]

Kids today with huge quads don't look like that, I wonder why

[Bestia]

Quads and chest among the very best at the peak of his career

[Griff11]

A meatheads 's meathead

[1Patrick]

Before I start the thread I should make a countdown timer for how fast David will jump in here as I know he is a big fan.

Listening to him on Hany's podcast and all I am thinking is - I love this guy. His outlook and mentality toward bodybuilding is immediately relatable for me. I am not a fan of his loose style of training but I do very much relate to the intensity and drive.

He is "throwback" in every sense of the word. It is a good listen if you have the time.

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[lifepulse]

Yes I’m a fan. I was a fan before I knew he had the “super fucking hardcore” mindset and approach - I remember when he won the ‘05 show in Texas, I was blown away by his legs and overall density and vascularity. I was going to the Olympia that year, my first pro show, Branch was still slightly off the radar- I met him at the meet and greet, told him I was pulling for him. That weekend be wowed the hell out of the audience and ended in 8th place, despite being kinda unions, shorter, and not having beautiful lines and esthetics. He brought an element of freaky hardcore to the stage that had kinda been missing since Dorian left the game (outside of Ronnie’s insanity).

As his career got bigger, we got to see his nutso cuckoo approach to training, and how fierce his mindset was. Most on the boards mocked him, but he kinda stood the test of time - showed the naysayers that he had what it took to be almost the best in the world. Then as we got to know him better, we saw his overall mindset and demeanor in life, business, everything.

Just sort of a bad motherfucker who doesn’t fit well into this day and age of enshrining weakness. I will always be a fan, both the physique, and the mindset behind it.

[Bestia]

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I just laughed my fucking ass off. Beef jerky! Snap into a Slim Jim!

[bigmikecox]

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ya man, reeeeeeee-spekt!

He would get rock hard!!

[1Patrick]

I just laughed my fucking ass off. Beef jerky! Snap into a Slim Jim!

Oh no brother no Slim Jim .Branch will treat you with his own line
https://wickedcutz.co/

[Beti ona]

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Hahahaha, Branch never has a smile but in this capture he is seen with a friendly and threatening tone at the same time

[lifepulse]

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Only real "knock" I have against Branch -- I have seen him guest pose probably 4-5 times, and have watched him compete I think 4 times? -- plus so many shows I watched online -- and that mofo used the Kid Rock version of Metallica probably every single time I saw him pose, lol.

[lifepulse]

Pictures 1 -- shitty and blurry -- me meeting Branch when he guest posed at the Illinois State in May '07. I had been lifting for about 4 years, was still natty -- I'm 6'1" and about 230lbs in this picture -- gives you an idea of how thick Branch really was, and no way was he over 5'6". Straight muscle troll.

Picture 2 -- 2012 NPC Pittsburgh, Branch was one of the guest posers -- no longer natty here, stage weight was 227ish -- I was thankful to get a quad pic with Branch, and even more thankful that he didn't make me look like a complete asshole in the process, ha -- nothing like comparing your legs to the best in the world for a slice of humble pie.

[Beti ona]

Next to you he looks like an evil gnome, haha