Branch's Dips

[mancubuss]

in the latest flex they follow his chest workout(pre contest,carb depleted) and he does dips with 200 pounds(4 big chains) around his neck, does a drop set, 26 reps total...wow, insane

[BuffGuy123]

steriods my friend... or his extreamly geneticly strong lol

[The_One77]

the guy can supposedly bench press 500 pounds, definetly not just steriods..

[thatsdefyo]

steriods my friend... or his extreamly geneticly strong lol

wow....

[mancubuss]

not sayin he doesnt do roids, but i dont think the average 260 pound guy can do a 26 rep drop set with 200 pounds with even the best steriods

[twiztiddevil]

in the latest flex they follow his chest workout(pre contest,carb depleted) and he does dips with 200 pounds(4 big chains) around his neck, does a drop set, 26 reps total...wow, insane

Does anyone have this picture to post?

I remember seeing that spread, totally awesome.

[joeytgstk]

That's absolutely insane, I knew he and JJ have some crazy lifts, but something like that just blows my mind.

[Contract Killer]

not sayin he doesnt do roids, but i dont think the average 260 pound guy can do a 26 rep drop set with 200 pounds with even the best steriods

Fvkin A dude. Good post. Takes alot more than roids to get your mind and body to crank out that kinda effort.

[CycloneJack]

Does anyone have this picture to post?

x2 This thread fails to deliver without pics

[solarize]

At his size, I don't think thats "AMAZING".

I'm 6'3, 92kg and when I'm training dips (read, not right now, shoulder injury) I do dips with two plates - That's 90pounds for those still on imperial. Thats not impressive.

But around his neck! I use a dip belt and its around my legs, this i gotta see.

in the latest flex they follow his chest workout(pre contest,carb depleted) and he does dips with 200 pounds(4 big chains) around his neck, does a drop set, 26 reps total...wow, insane

[colombianofreak]

not sayin he doesnt do roids, but i dont think the average 260 pound guy can do a 26 rep drop set with 200 pounds with even the best steriods

NOT impossible, I can probably do the 100lb dumbell for 25+ reps. He is heavier though.

[Morbid_Mind]

At his size, I don't think thats "AMAZING".

Why not? He's dipping over 440lbs including BW, that's no easy feat.

[solarize]

Just that, given what he benches and squats, it doesn't seem that much, if I was to compare it to myself.

I only bench 225. He does more than double that.. and yet is 'only' dipping another 2 plates over me.. But overall he's dipping 440, I'm dipping 290. Given his size, strength and profession, it just doesn't seem that impressive.

8 plates. That would be impressive.

Why not? He's dipping over 440lbs including BW, that's no easy feat.

[warbird00]

Just that, given what he benches and squats, it doesn't seem that much, if I was to compare it to myself.

I only bench 225. He does more than double that.. and yet is 'only' dipping another 2 plates over me.. But overall he's dipping 440, I'm dipping 290. Given his size, strength and profession, it just doesn't seem that impressive.

8 plates. That would be impressive.

i see where your coming from but have you ever been carb depleted? i think now
diet for 20 weeks and at the end when your carb depleting leading up to the contest do dips and get back to me

[solarize]

He did this just before a comp? Well, thats another story (/me reminds himself to read the first post more thoroughly next time . His strength is probably 60-80% of what it is normally and endurance is probably 50-60%.

Given this I'd imagine he'd be doing working sets with 6 plates in the off season.

Yes, I've tried training carb depleted (not at 20 weeks of dieting though, I'd be so skinny I couldn't walk outside in a strong breeze).

i see where your coming from but have you ever been carb depleted? i think now
diet for 20 weeks and at the end when your carb depleting leading up to the contest do dips and get back to me

[BB is 4 life :)]

At his size, I don't think thats "AMAZING".

I'm 6'3, 92kg and when I'm training dips (read, not right now, shoulder injury) I do dips with two plates - That's 90pounds for those still on imperial. Thats not impressive.

But around his neck! I use a dip belt and its around my legs, this i gotta see.

You may do that much weight but your not hitting 26 reps with it are you......

I've seen all your other posts so most of what could be said in reply to this post is now redundant lol.

[lifepulse]

There's an ex-powerlifter at my gym who weighs around 220 (ripped), and I've seen him do dips with 5 plates attached for 15 reps. I thought the chain was going to break. To give you an idea of what that strength translates to, I've also seen him do a 495lbs. decline bench for four reps with no shirt support. And he hasn't lifted competitively in years. So those dips are totally within Branch's capacity. Again, the cool thing about the article wasn't that he was doing dips with 200 extra pounds attached, or doing them for 26 reps, but that HE WAS DRAPING FRIGGIN' CHAINS AROUND HIS NECK!!! How hardcore were those pictures? Gotta' love Branch, the guy rules.

-lifepulse

[SupraToWRX]

Pics dammit!!! lol

I want to see those plates chained around his neck.

[czechboy]

Fvkin A dude. Good post. Takes alot more than roids to get your mind and body to crank out that kinda effort.

I agree but you can't deny that steroids contribute a lot

[solarize]

And I said in my edit that, yes, I mis-read the 1st post - My initial reply was related to him in the off-season - my bad, let me say it a second time, my bad.

And in other news..

You may do that much weight but your not hitting 26 reps with it are you......

I've seen all your other posts so most of what could be said in reply to this post is now redundant lol.

[BB is 4 life :)]

I agree but you can't deny that steroids contribute a lot

Nobody has or is trying to deny it.....so its not needed to say this.

Dont understand now and never will understand why people feel a compulsion to make comment about steroids everytime the size, strength, shape, leanness or vascularity of a pro is mentioned.....everyone here already knows that pro bodybuilders use steroids. Get over it people.

[Number69]

As a natural I did 2 x 20kg + 1 x 25kg plates for 18 -20 reps on dips with good form at 240 bodyweight...That's around the 140lbs mark and others would do comparable amounts and more just in my gym. This was dietong too!

Now back at 240 again on gear (a lot leaner ) I can do decent rep ranges, 10+ with 40 to 60kg on a chain, again, dieting and after a few exercises.

I think weighted chins are a lot more impressive for a heavier person as the range of motion is killer. I can hardly do my bodyweight for decent reps on chins so I do rack chins to take my weight out of it. Vic Martinez is the only bodybuilder I know who does weighted chins, although JOJ probably could seeing the ease he did his bodyweight for in his first dvd.

[bbjeff86]

NOT impossible, I can probably do the 100lb dumbell for 25+ reps. He is heavier though.

your bodyweight is also far less than Branch's... he's 250+ along with the 200lbs, plus it being around the neck... so thats a minimum of 450lbs!

[yzrider400f]

Why not? He's dipping over 440lbs including BW, that's no easy feat.

When you do dips, you aren't dipping your entire body weight...just saying

[mancubuss]

yea the article said he was on 50g of carbs that week...plus this was at the end, after doing heavy incline, heavy flat, dumbell press, and cable crossover, also the cahins were big powerlifting chains, not chains with plates....he put it around his neck cuz he said when that much weight is around ur waist it can pinch ur balls

i took some pics from the magazine, so prolly not that great, but i tried

[BendinSteel]

come on everyone knows those chains are plastic

[MassIsAhead]

come on everyone knows those chains are plastic

Considering they use fake plates in other shoots, I'd be inclined to agree with you.

[beachbum23]

Considering they use fake plates in other shoots, I'd be inclined to agree with you.

Right, because you see SO many huge plastics chains popping up in photoshoots these days, especially in Metroflex.

[MassIsAhead]

Right, because you see SO many huge plastics chains popping up in photoshoots these days, especially in Metroflex.

I guess I am still going to give Branch the benefit of the doubt, but you don't see a lot of fake plates either, do you? My point is that if it's needed for a photo shoot, it's not hard to get a hold of. And since the muscle mags let the lifters use fake plates on other lifts, well then it's not a question of integrity either - it isn't there.

[John Prophet]

way back when, Marvin Eder was like the 2nd or 3rd man to bench 500 lbs. He did a dip with like 435 lbs attached, lol. He probably weighed around 198ish

there are pics of him dipping with 2 dudes hanging onto him, lol

here is an old article http://www.americanpowerliftevolutio...MarvEder2.html

note it says he did 8 sets of 10 with 220 on dips



just for old school perspective....notice that at the time this article was written, when they said "how much do you press?" they meant overhead...not bench press.

So that was before bench took over as the "main" strength/ego lift.

it mentions that he "supine presses" 450.....but notice how that was just sort of casually mentioned as an aside