BRANDON FRANKLIN, 21, Amherstdale, West Virginia, USA, is a natural bodybuilder/powerlifter and has been training for 3 years. His biggest accomplishments as a natural athlete are:

• 2 NASA State Powerlifting meets 1st place finish; raw and equipped lifting
• 1 National Jr Olympics PL Meet, 1st place finish; equipped meet
• 1 AAU World Powerlifting Meet, finished 1st; equipped Powerlifting meet.
• Placed 1st in his weight class at his fourth show at Musclemania Mountain Pride - Brandon adds, "best moment EVER for sure, and getting to be in the overall was very thrilling as well."

Brandon's reason for training natural, "Really too pussified to take anything, but I respect all athletes no matter what, but I enjoy how I am doing things for now and I just go with the flow." Brandon's future goals are to become thicker with better development, lift heavier, to deadlift & squat 600+, bench more than 405lbs - which is currently his personal best and to compete in more powerlifting meets while focusing on developing his physique beyond limits that he has never imagined he could attain. Brandon shares this advice for other natural athletes, "Eat, grow, and train hard are keys to major success; if you can honestly say you have done this everyday, without a miss and still failed to gain then you have some sorry genetics :p LOL"

To contact Brandon email him at Dierippenrida@hotmail.com