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Title: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: Rammer on October 27, 2006, 04:24:13 PM
I just uploaded this clip to YouTube of the heavyweight class from the 1991 NPC Nationals:

Highlights include:
Ronnie Coleman with hair coming in 4th place.
Flex Wheeler's haircut and statement about legally changing his name to "Flex".
Levrone saying he "drug" it out, no pun intended  ;D.
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: alexxx on October 27, 2006, 04:32:31 PM
Who could Flex ruin that great physique!!!!! Awesome vid Rammer thanks!
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: MattT on October 27, 2006, 04:38:03 PM
great vid! Man what happened to bbing, guys looked way better back then..
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: hardkor on October 27, 2006, 04:38:45 PM
That was awesome!  I believe that's when ronnie was natural.  Didn't have the crazy back back then but you can see the potential.  Being that big natural you can see why he's so HUGE now!!

Thanks!!!
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: alexxx on October 27, 2006, 04:38:55 PM
haha notice how Flex barely acknowledges Levrone at the end. As if he is forced to do it.

That must have been the best lineup ever if scott mendanhall takes 5th you know its a tuff one!
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: affy on October 27, 2006, 04:44:40 PM
great video

LEVRONE is amazing...he had huge legs back then

back then colemans back was his weakpoint...it was wide, but didn't have any thickness...who would have thought he would be one of the greatest ever
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: Brutal_1 on October 27, 2006, 04:46:30 PM

Wow!! :o  That was one helluva lineup! :o

Was that the most competitive national lineup?  Most of those guys ended up going pro.

I thought it was funny that the outcome with Flex and Kevin happened EXACTLY the same way at the 95 Arnold...Flex made the same look when he lost to Kevin ;D
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: McFarland on October 27, 2006, 04:47:14 PM
Over the next decade that weightclass was to write some of the most significant chapters of bodybuilding's history to date.   :o

Very good clip, Rammer.  
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: Kaliym73 on October 27, 2006, 04:54:23 PM
Great Video, that lineup was crazy.
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: albertabeef on October 27, 2006, 04:56:04 PM
hey Alexxx its matt not scott, you numb nuts. And did someone say ronnie was natural there. please, hes about as natural as pamela andersons chest. and still no calves.
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: McFarland on October 27, 2006, 04:57:04 PM
This YouTube phenomenon's the best thing to happen to bodybuilding in a long while, IMO.  It's just what the sport needed.  The opportunity for the sport's reflection on it's past has never been more present.  Seeing it now from our current perspective offers us alot of insight.  I'm gonna predict right now that we see another golden era emerge in the sport over the next 2-3 years, so look for the superheavyweight national-level classes to be pretty badass by 2008-2009.  It'll be interesting to say the least.   ;)
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: affy on October 27, 2006, 05:00:03 PM
That was awesome!  I believe that's when ronnie was natural.  Didn't have the crazy back back then but you can see the potential.  Being that big natural you can see why he's so HUGE now!!

Thanks!!!

lol...natural...you mean they didn't have dat dere cell tech back then?
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: Rammer on October 27, 2006, 05:01:31 PM
That was awesome!  I believe that's when ronnie was natural.  Didn't have the crazy back back then but you can see the potential.  Being that big natural you can see why he's so HUGE now!!

Thanks!!!

I remember back in the day when there was an ad in Muscle Media 2000(might have been for MetRx) challenging anyone to prove Ronnie wasn't natural. If you paid for it Ronnie would take any drug test, any time, any where and if he failed it you were awarded $10,000.
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: jaejonna on October 27, 2006, 05:08:28 PM
Holy crapp!!!

I dont think there ever was a better NPC heavywieght finals...Ronnie in 4th!! hahahah
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: whateva on October 27, 2006, 05:17:25 PM
I remember back in the day when there was an ad in Muscle Media 2000(might have been for MetRx) challenging anyone to prove Ronnie wasn't natural. If you paid for it Ronnie would take any drug test, any time, any where and if he failed it you were awarded $10,000.
I remember ,but I think was this guy
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: Chick on October 27, 2006, 05:18:41 PM
Holy crapp!!!

I dont think there ever was a better NPC heavywieght finals...Ronnie in 4th!! hahahah

It was the guys in 6th and 7th they should have shown....!
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: Figo on October 27, 2006, 05:20:01 PM
What a heavyweight lineup! That was history in the making there.
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: knny187 on October 27, 2006, 05:40:21 PM
good stuff
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: knny187 on October 27, 2006, 05:41:58 PM
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Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: NarcissisticDeity on October 27, 2006, 05:43:40 PM
Awesome video if you have any more please post  ! thanks.
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: knny187 on October 27, 2006, 05:45:15 PM
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Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
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Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
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Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: knny187 on October 27, 2006, 05:57:06 PM
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Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: knny187 on October 27, 2006, 05:58:27 PM
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Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: knny187 on October 27, 2006, 06:00:41 PM
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Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: Adam Empire on October 27, 2006, 06:05:41 PM
Flex wins most idiotic haircut award.
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: Dredlock Rasta on October 27, 2006, 06:06:04 PM
I thought Ronnie should have won it.
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: McFarland on October 27, 2006, 06:09:38 PM
It was the guys in 6th and 7th they should have shown....!

Who was 6th and 7th, Bob? 
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: Rammer on October 27, 2006, 06:12:52 PM
Hey knny how 'bout a gif of Carla Dunlop scoping Flex's crotch as she says "now I see why they call you Flex"  ;D
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: Articulate Bodies on October 27, 2006, 06:16:35 PM
great vid! Man what happened to bbing, guys looked way better back then..

Amazing! Phil Heath seems to resemble a few of them...
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: tweeter on October 27, 2006, 06:22:25 PM
This lineup was better than this years Olympia.
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: affy on October 27, 2006, 06:25:29 PM
This lineup was better than this years Olympia.

lmao id say it was better than the line up of the last 5 olympias
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: Sculpter on October 27, 2006, 06:26:17 PM
I still to this day find it unbelievable that Mendenhall was never able to realize his potential & gain a pro card.The man was absolutely incredible when it came to a bb'er w/size & shape to his physique.Besides being blessed w/great genes he also bagged Rachel McLish (sp?) as a gf.Lost in some areas but won in others I guess.
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: knny187 on October 27, 2006, 06:30:01 PM
Hey knny how 'bout a gif of Carla Dunlop scoping Flex's crotch as she says "now I see why they call you Flex"  ;D
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: Debussey on October 27, 2006, 06:31:02 PM
Demayo: Dead.
Flex: Ruined his kidneys
Mendenhall: Burnt out on steroids.
Levrone: Small as a stick nowdays
Coleman: Former Mr.O

3/5: Either dead or struggling with health issues
1/5: Stick figure
1/5: Mr.O, will die before 60.

BB is very healthy.
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: Rammer on October 27, 2006, 06:31:57 PM

(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=103491.0;attach=113306;image)

knny, you're the greatest, LOL!

I like how Flex raises his eyebrows like he knows she's gonna check his package.
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: DragonsBreath on October 27, 2006, 06:41:22 PM
One of the best clips I've ever seen. The line-up was classic.

Too bad though, some of them actually looked worse as their careers progressed.

Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: Stavios on October 27, 2006, 07:08:50 PM
crazy how Ronnie looks WAY bigger when he is being compared to the other guys at the end

usually, everybody looks better when they pose alone
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: Chick on October 27, 2006, 07:17:30 PM
Who was 6th and 7th, Bob? 

6. Yours Truly
7. Chris Cormier

Can't remember the rest, but I'm pretty sure theres a few more names you would remember...tough show.
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: Robbie on October 27, 2006, 08:32:10 PM
I much prefer Ronnies phsique then, to now.
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: b.c. on October 27, 2006, 08:50:40 PM
Bar none the best amatuer competition ever.  I remember a guy from our gym who has jacked as hell and got waxed.  When he came back he said some guy came out of know where and took it.  They could not tell who or what he was , ended up being Kevin Levrone.  The rest is history.
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: pobrecito on October 27, 2006, 08:56:55 PM
You are an idiot if you think Ronnie is natural there :-\
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: quadzilla456 on October 27, 2006, 08:57:25 PM
6. Yours Truly
7. Chris Cormier

Can't remember the rest, but I'm pretty sure theres a few more names you would remember...tough show.

Congrats Bob. That was a good show to be in!
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: UpTheDosage on October 27, 2006, 09:30:42 PM
This YouTube phenomenon's the best thing to happen to bodybuilding in a long while, IMO.  It's just what the sport needed.  The opportunity for the sport's reflection on it's past has never been more present.  Seeing it now from our current perspective offers us alot of insight.  I'm gonna predict right now that we see another golden era emerge in the sport over the next 2-3 years, so look for the superheavyweight national-level classes to be pretty badass by 2008-2009.  It'll be interesting to say the least.   ;)

I think you are exactly right about the superheavy class emerging in the next few years.

Also, Ronnie looked like he was actually somewhat of a good poser in that video.
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: b.c. on October 27, 2006, 09:32:26 PM
You are an idiot if you think Ronnie is natural there :-\

I agree.  They had the best "supplements" ever during that time frame.  All human grade.  Then Bush in 91 enacted all those tough laws.
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: Earl1972 on October 27, 2006, 09:37:01 PM
awesome classic levrone ownage 8)

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Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: M75 on October 27, 2006, 10:09:17 PM
Amazing line up.


Great job on the gifs knny.
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: McFarland on October 27, 2006, 10:18:05 PM
Bar none the best amatuer competition ever.  I remember a guy from our gym who has jacked as hell and got waxed.  When he came back he said some guy came out of know where and took it.  They could not tell who or what he was , ended up being Kevin Levrone.  The rest is history.

AWESOME.   8)  I've heard guys tell basically the same story but included the fact that a year before that he was competing at 210 or something.  I remember reading his competitive record in one of his earliest Flex articles and they said that just the year before THAT one that he'd competed at something closer to 185 at the 1990 Maryland State Championships.  Who knows the exact numbers and years?   
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: tweeter on October 27, 2006, 10:23:03 PM
Levrone looked amazing; only flaw I saw was that his left bicep looked a little small compared to his right (freeze the screen when he does the front double bi), however he corrected this imbalance later in his career...24 inch guns in ya face baby!!
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: SWOLETRAIN on October 27, 2006, 10:29:30 PM
Demayos legs WOW!
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: McFarland on October 27, 2006, 10:30:04 PM
KevinLevrone.net temporarily down due to insufficient funds in the meantime please visit me at http://www.myspace.com/levrone


Man what the hell.  Kevin should do the '07 Arnold Classic.  He's got plenty of time to get ready!  
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: tweeter on October 27, 2006, 10:32:53 PM
KevinLevrone.net temporarily down due to insufficient funds in the meantime please visit me at http://www.myspace.com/levrone


Man what the hell.  Kevin should do the '07 Arnold Classic.  He's got plenty of time to get ready!  

Yeah, I saw that too. Levrone needs to get back to bodybuilding; competition is way down now, he could do some damage if he brings those wheels back up.
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: McFarland on October 27, 2006, 10:34:40 PM
Contests include the 1990 Maryland State 1st; 1991 NPC Nationals 1st; etc. etc.
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: McFarland on October 27, 2006, 10:46:55 PM
Check this out.  I just found this written in the October 1999 issue of Parillo's Performance Press in an article written about bodybuilding competitor Josh Beach. 

In November of 1990 I was introduced to Kevin Levrone at Powerhouse Gym in Linthicum, Maryland.  Kevin at the time was the NPC Maryland State Champion and though he was tiny by his current standards, I could see he was something special.  After meeting Kevin I went home and called my friend Kyle Norris in Knoxville, TN.  Kyle, a Parillo disciple, was the 1989 NPC Junior National Heavyweight Champion and Kyle had his sights set on some national competitions in 1991.  I knew he would be facing the hungry, gifted Levrone, and I told Kyle that he better watch himself at the '91 national shows if Kevin's name was on the contestant list.  I knew as surely as the sun rises in the east that this guy from Maryland would really do some damage.  And he went and did just that.  The rest of Kevin's saga is bodybuilding history.

Whoosh.   ;D
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: b.c. on October 27, 2006, 10:57:05 PM
AWESOME.   8)  I've heard guys tell basically the same story but included the fact that a year before that he was competing at 210 or something.  I remember reading his competitive record in one of his earliest Flex articles and they said that just the year before THAT one that he'd competed at something closer to 185 at the 1990 Maryland State Championships.  Who knows the exact numbers and years?   

This thread made go back in time and thats the first thought that came back to me.  Who beat you?  I dont know, the guy was the freakiest thing he had ever seen in his life.  We were all in shock to say the least, especially coming from him.  Oh the early 90's, what a time frame.
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: McFarland on October 27, 2006, 11:08:24 PM
Check this shit out...a pro that accompanied Levrone on one of the European Grand Prix tours told me a few interesting things about our man Kevin.  First of all, he said that every time he prepped for a show, that at 8 weeks out, he'd just throw away his cell phone.  He all of a sudden could no longer be contacted, by anyone.  He then said that at some point over the course of the prep he'd begin "locking himself in his bedroom, dressing up in military fatigues and playing army with toy guns and shit for days and days on end.  For just days at a time he'd stay in there."  I'm not sure how this other pro knew this, but he'd have to have gotten it from somewhere...it's just too strange for anyone to have made made up.  Apparently Kevin displayed very strange behavior on the overseas tours as well.  He said he might have seen him eat a total of 2 whole food meals the entire trip but that the rest of the time "he'd just be sitting in the back of the plane drinking straight Jack Daniels.  Every time I saw him he was just drinking hard liquor and then he'd hit the stage and look like he did."

IMO, it takes a very special person to get into a zone like this and if that's what it takes to put on 50 pounds of competitive muscle in right around a year and a half and maybe these behaviors are actually more responsible for his extraordinary legacy than his actual phenotypic genome.  

Check out this clip filmed for American Muscle Magazine right after Levrone's '92 NOC win:  



When I finally got the opportunity to ask Kevin what he was thinking, saying all this shit in the way he did for this segment, he just kinda sheepishly laughed, hung his head, and said, "I don't know, man...I don't know."  In the same conversation he spoke of his macronutrient intake (carbs, protein, fat) in terms of MILLIgrams.  From this I immediately understood that he wasn't exactly well-versed in the more technical aspects of the processes involved in coming to look the way he did.    

  
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: b.c. on October 27, 2006, 11:19:43 PM
Genetics unmatched by any person in this universe. As far as the alcohol thing he may have used it as a carb filler.  It 7 calories/g and all carbs at that. Also it acts as a diuretic and pops your veins out too.  Throw in a few meals and drinks, he's carbed up full and pissing out water at the same time,   I dont reccomend it but works obviously.  The army thing, I guess everyone has a weird side.
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: Al-Gebra on October 27, 2006, 11:25:11 PM
Check this shit out...a pro that accompanied Levrone on one of the European Grand Prix tours told me a few interesting things about our man Kevin.  First of all, he said that every time he prepped for a show, that at 8 weeks out, he'd just throw away his cell phone.  He all of a sudden could no longer be contacted, by anyone.  He then said that at some point over the course of the prep he'd begin "locking himself in his bedroom, dressing up in military fatigues and playing army with toy guns and shit for days and days on end.  For just days at a time he'd stay in there."  I'm not sure how this other pro knew this, but he'd have to have gotten it from somewhere...it's just too strange for anyone to have made made up.  Apparently Kevin displayed very strange behavior on the overseas tours as well.  He said he might have seen him eat a total of 2 whole food meals the entire trip but that the rest of the time "he'd just be sitting in the back of the plane drinking straight Jack Daniels.  Every time I saw him he was just drinking hard liquor and then he'd hit the stage and look like he did."

It takes a very special person to get into a zone like this and if that's what it takes to put on 50 pounds of competitive muscle in right around a year and a half and maybe these behaviors are actually more responsible for his extraordinary legacy than his actual phenotypic genome. 

Check out this clip filmed for American Muscle Magazine right after Levrone's '92 NOC win: 



When I finally got the opportunity to ask Kevin what he was thinking, saying all this shit in the way he did for this segment, he just kinda sheepishly laughed, hung his head, and said, "I don't know, man...I don't know."  In the same conversation he spoke of his macronutrient intake (carbs, protein, fat) in terms of MILLIgrams.  From this I immediately understood that he wasn't exactly well-versed in the more technical aspects of the processes involved in coming to look the way he did.   

   

posting shit like this is going to cause your old running mate true adonis' head to explode . . . you might be able to help him retain his equilibrium by erasing your post and just noting that no human being is far from mediocrity the norm as defined by Adonis. 
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: the shadow on October 28, 2006, 12:56:46 AM
Demayos legs WOW!
dammit demayo was awesome.i read about paul on some website that he was planning for a comeback wayback in 2001 and from what i have heard that he was training hard to make a comeback.sad he died last year.he had unlimited potential.he was of the true mass freaks.RIP PAUL
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: the shadow on October 28, 2006, 01:00:33 AM
coleman was looking like mike tyson in this video...
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: McFarland on October 28, 2006, 01:04:05 AM
dammit demayo was awesome.i read about paul on some website that he was planning for a comeback wayback in 2001 and from what i have heard that he was training hard to make a comeback.sad he dies last year.he had unlimited potential.he was of the true mass freaks.RIP PAUL

Did you hear where in his acceptance speech for the Weider best poser award he thanked Ed Connors for "making this all possible?"  And I'm telling you, it's just just the growth money or whatever he may have provided.  It was something much more hard to come by.  I've heard Jay Cutler give Ed Connors mad props before, basically crediting him with most of his initial success.  Now he's Mr. Olympia.  You can consider these points from the most superficial perspective or you can look underneath to find the REAL key to the greatness attained by these guys. 

When I finally met Ed at the 2005 San Francisco Pro Invitational, he was adamant in his opinion that "drug use (recreational) is the main factor responsible for the quality decline seen in bodybuilding today."  Demayo succumbed to this fate.   
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: crownshep on October 28, 2006, 02:17:52 AM
Great show ,on par with the 83 Nationals with Paris,Leidelmeyer,Christian,Mendenhall and Gaspari.
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: Figo on October 28, 2006, 05:55:27 AM
Who placed where in that 83 show?
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: MAXX on October 28, 2006, 05:58:47 AM
damn best Nationals ever for sure. Ronnie had triceps back then. Kevin had some great wheels to. Demayos legs  :o
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: rayisnumerouno on October 28, 2006, 06:17:56 AM
Demayo: Dead.
Flex: Ruined his kidneys
Mendenhall: Burnt out on steroids.
Levrone: Small as a stick nowdays
Coleman: Former Mr.O

3/5: Either dead or struggling with health issues
1/5: Stick figure
1/5: Mr.O, will die before 60.

BB is very healthy.


Always gotta be one pathetic loser to ruin a good thread.  What is your point?
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: rayisnumerouno on October 28, 2006, 06:25:30 AM
damn best Nationals ever for sure. Ronnie had triceps back then. Kevin had some great wheels to. Demayos legs  :o

That '83 show sounds like it was ultra-competitive as well.  It was this time and the likes of Levrone and Flex that really got me interested in bodybuilding.  Mendenhall's size and structure were incredible!!!

DeMayo's quads to me have no equal in size, shape, condition, and cuts.  I didn't really remember Ronnie from that far back.  His physique never really appealed to me (looked his best in 98-99) and he looks weird to me here even when smaller.
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: Figo on October 28, 2006, 06:35:22 AM
Demayo: Dead.
Flex: Ruined his kidneys
Mendenhall: Burnt out on steroids.
Levrone: Small as a stick nowdays
Coleman: Former Mr.O

3/5: Either dead or struggling with health issues
1/5: Stick figure
1/5: Mr.O, will die before 60.

BB is very healthy.



If you have such animosity towards the game, why frequent or post here?

We all know De Mayo passed on, and it wasnt due to bbing related issues.

Flex was predisposed to kidney issues,and yet chose to abuse the drugs, his choice.

Perhaps Mendenhall had other goals, after getting the shaft for a decade and a half?

Levrone would dwarf anybody, anyday, if he chose to, but he chooses to be marketable to his new industry.

Coleman has achieved every goal, nothing to prove, his life expectancy is not in his, nor anyone's hands, he did what he had to do, knowing the repercussions, last I checked, he's living the good life, and set-up for the future.

Why dont you go watch some Busey reruns or something?
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: affy on October 28, 2006, 07:22:43 AM
KevinLevrone.net temporarily down due to insufficient funds in the meantime please visit me at http://www.myspace.com/levrone


Man what the hell.  Kevin should do the '07 Arnold Classic.  He's got plenty of time to get ready! 


man thats sad, one of the greatest bodybuilders every being short of money for a website...he'll probably come back to bodybuilding soon...he'll get atleast at top three finish
man if he comes back, next years olympia will be freaking stacked
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: TDK on October 28, 2006, 07:48:57 AM
What I don't get is why doesnt Kevin just say his site is down?  Why does he have to add the "due to insufficient funds" bit.  Does he want us to feel sorry for him?  He chose to leave BBing and persue a stupid pipe dream in Hollywood.

Stick to what you were born to do Kevin.
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: crownshep on October 28, 2006, 08:34:20 AM
Who placed where in that 83 show?

1st Paris,2nd Rory,3rd Mike 4th Matt,5th Gaspari.
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: Rammer on October 28, 2006, 08:54:46 AM
DeMayo's quads to me have no equal in size, shape, condition, and cuts.

Here's a great vid of Demayo, sick quads for sure:

Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: Figo on October 28, 2006, 09:22:29 AM
How the hell did this guy walk with those pins?!
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: the shadow on October 28, 2006, 09:36:50 AM
Here's a great vid of Demayo, sick quads for sure:


holy shit :o :o :o
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: Earl1972 on October 28, 2006, 10:44:05 AM
Check this out.  I just found this written in the October 1999 issue of Parillo's Performance Press in an article written about bodybuilding competitor Josh Beach. 

In November of 1990 I was introduced to Kevin Levrone at Powerhouse Gym in Linthicum, Maryland.  Kevin at the time was the NPC Maryland State Champion and though he was tiny by his current standards, I could see he was something special.  After meeting Kevin I went home and called my friend Kyle Norris in Knoxville, TN.  Kyle, a Parillo disciple, was the 1989 NPC Junior National Heavyweight Champion and Kyle had his sights set on some national competitions in 1991.  I knew he would be facing the hungry, gifted Levrone, and I told Kyle that he better watch himself at the '91 national shows if Kevin's name was on the contestant list.  I knew as surely as the sun rises in the east that this guy from Maryland would really do some damage.  And he went and did just that.  The rest of Kevin's saga is bodybuilding history.

Whoosh.   ;D

I had no idea you were a Levroneite, Jeff

will you be here for the 2nd annual pic bonanza Novermber 6?

E
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: McFarland on October 28, 2006, 10:51:56 AM
I had no idea you were a Levroneite, Jeff

will you be here for the 2nd annual pic bonanza Novermber 6?

E

Yes, I have been looking forward to it.  Seriously, I've got some good stuff ready to post.   ;D
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: Earl1972 on October 28, 2006, 10:53:40 AM
don't tell me what it is, I like to be surprised :D :D :D

E
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: body88 on October 28, 2006, 11:07:41 AM
Ronnie C was not frekin natural. Will people ever stop being nieve? You are not that big and ripped o natural ::)

All those guys looked great. Flex looked incredable there.
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: Van_Bilderass on October 28, 2006, 12:10:48 PM
Did you hear where in his acceptance speech for the Weider best poser award he thanked Ed Connors for "making this all possible?"  And I'm telling you, it's just just the growth money or whatever he may have provided.  It was something much more hard to come by.  I've heard Jay Cutler give Ed Connors mad props before, basically crediting him with most of his initial success.  Now he's Mr. Olympia.  You can consider these points from the most superficial perspective or you can look underneath to find the REAL key to the greatness attained by these guys. 

When I finally met Ed at the 2005 San Francisco Pro Invitational, he was adamant in his opinion that "drug use (recreational) is the main factor responsible for the quality decline seen in bodybuilding today."  Demayo succumbed to this fate.   
You mean Ed Connors kept Jay Cutler away from recreational drugs? What exactly does Ed do other than give them a place to stay for free in exchange for walking around in their drawers at his place? That's what I heard from a friend of mine who trained at Venice for a few months, that Ed just liked to look at the guys.
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: Debussey on October 28, 2006, 12:13:36 PM

If you have such animosity towards the game, why frequent or post here?

We all know De Mayo passed on, and it wasnt due to bbing related issues.

Flex was predisposed to kidney issues,and yet chose to abuse the drugs, his choice.

Perhaps Mendenhall had other goals, after getting the shaft for a decade and a half?

Levrone would dwarf anybody, anyday, if he chose to, but he chooses to be marketable to his new industry.

Coleman has achieved every goal, nothing to prove, his life expectancy is not in his, nor anyone's hands, he did what he had to do, knowing the repercussions, last I checked, he's living the good life, and set-up for the future.

Why dont you go watch some Busey reruns or something?
That was easy.
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: Van_Bilderass on October 28, 2006, 12:14:52 PM
Check this shit out...a pro that accompanied Levrone on one of the European Grand Prix tours told me a few interesting things about our man Kevin.  First of all, he said that every time he prepped for a show, that at 8 weeks out, he'd just throw away his cell phone.  He all of a sudden could no longer be contacted, by anyone.  He then said that at some point over the course of the prep he'd begin "locking himself in his bedroom, dressing up in military fatigues and playing army with toy guns and shit for days and days on end.  For just days at a time he'd stay in there."  I'm not sure how this other pro knew this, but he'd have to have gotten it from somewhere...it's just too strange for anyone to have made made up.  Apparently Kevin displayed very strange behavior on the overseas tours as well.  He said he might have seen him eat a total of 2 whole food meals the entire trip but that the rest of the time "he'd just be sitting in the back of the plane drinking straight Jack Daniels.  Every time I saw him he was just drinking hard liquor and then he'd hit the stage and look like he did."

IMO, it takes a very special person to get into a zone like this and if that's what it takes to put on 50 pounds of competitive muscle in right around a year and a half and maybe these behaviors are actually more responsible for his extraordinary legacy than his actual phenotypic genome. 

Check out this clip filmed for American Muscle Magazine right after Levrone's '92 NOC win: 



When I finally got the opportunity to ask Kevin what he was thinking, saying all this shit in the way he did for this segment, he just kinda sheepishly laughed, hung his head, and said, "I don't know, man...I don't know."  In the same conversation he spoke of his macronutrient intake (carbs, protein, fat) in terms of MILLIgrams.  From this I immediately understood that he wasn't exactly well-versed in the more technical aspects of the processes involved in coming to look the way he did.   

   
Milos said in a post that Kevin drank a bottle of Jack Daniels every day during his contest prep. Must be true if it's coming from several places. I've heard that he's an alcoholic. Didn't seem to hurt his bodybuilding though.

Regarding the locking himself up in his apartment, in one of the first articles about him in Flex he said that his secret for success was locking himself up in his closet with a candle and meditating LOL.
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: McFarland on October 28, 2006, 12:35:30 PM
You mean Ed Connors kept Jay Cutler away from recreational drugs? What exactly does Ed do other than give them a place to stay for free in exchange for walking around in their drawers at his place? That's what I heard from a friend of mine who trained at Venice for a few months, that Ed just liked to look at the guys.

The way I see it, Ed Connors knows his bodybuilding so well that he can spot the guys that need encouraging and when he tells them to keep going he does it in such a way that they gain the ability to at least trust his eye for potential, before they've seen enough of their own potential to believe they can become what he knows they can.  I guess Flex Lewis was his last find so he's either stopped looking for these guys or for some reason there haven't been any of them to hit the stage in a few years now.  Maybe he's given up on the sport or perhaps he suspects that today's competitive climes ultimately lead to most of these guys' eventual self-destruction and doesn't wanna see the tragedy keep playing out. 

Basically every pro that was most popular from around 1990 to 1995 was discovered by Ed.

Let's ask Bob Chick who all Ed Connors helped. 

Ed Connors actually found the ABC Network show's first "Bachelor" star Joe Millionaire, real name Evan Marriott.  As far as I know he was one of the last guys to have been living in Ed's house in Santa Monica/Venice before he sold it.   
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: Al-Gebra on October 28, 2006, 01:45:40 PM
The way I see it, Ed Connors knows his bodybuilding so well that he can spot the guys that need encouraging and when he tells them to keep going he does it in such a way that they gain the ability to at least trust his eye for potential, before they've seen enough of their own potential to believe they can become what he knows they can.  I guess Flex Lewis was his last find so he's either stopped looking for these guys or for some reason there haven't been any of them to hit the stage in a few years now.  Maybe he's given up on the sport or perhaps he suspects that today's competitive climes ultimately lead to most of these guys' eventual self-destruction and doesn't wanna see the tragedy keep playing out. 

Basically every pro that was most popular from around 1990 to 1995 was discovered by Ed.

Let's ask Bob Chick who all Ed Connors helped. 

Ed Connors actually found the ABC Network show's first "Bachelor" star Joe Millionaire, real name Evan Marriott.  As far as I know he was one of the last guys to have been living in Ed's house in Santa Monica/Venice before he sold it.   

it might be today's "competitive climes," or it might be that at a certain age a man decides to move on to other things . . .
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: Earl1972 on October 28, 2006, 04:54:34 PM
Milos said in a post that Kevin drank a bottle of Jack Daniels every day during his contest prep. Must be true if it's coming from several places. I've heard that he's an alcoholic. Didn't seem to hurt his bodybuilding though.

Regarding the locking himself up in his apartment, in one of the first articles about him in Flex he said that his secret for success was locking himself up in his closet with a candle and meditating LOL.

this is another reason why i'm a big Levroenite

kevin is well rounded and fascinating

there is more to him than just eating, sleeping, and training 24/7 ::)

E
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: McFarland on October 28, 2006, 05:09:19 PM
this is another reason why i'm a big Levroenite

kevin is well rounded and fascinating

there is more to him than just eating, sleeping, and training 24/7 ::)

E

Earl are you squad-approved?  I'm just checking here.   
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: Earl1972 on October 28, 2006, 05:14:44 PM
Earl are you squad-approved?  I'm just checking here.   

they did try to get me to join a while back but I told them to go f**k themselves

i'm a one man owning crew 8)

so no :)

E
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: davidpaul on October 28, 2006, 05:15:26 PM
Earl are you squad-approved?  I'm just checking here.   

Earl is what is known as a homosexual - a male who has anal pentratative sexual relations with another male.

This from what I know, ithis s against squad policy,.

Hope this helps young Jefferson.

Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: Earl1972 on October 28, 2006, 05:18:00 PM
Earl is what is known as a homosexual - a male who has anal pentratative sexual relations with another male.

This from what I know, ithis s against squad policy,.

Hope this helps young Jefferson.



do you ever get tired of being wrong ::)

E
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: Debussey on October 28, 2006, 05:32:36 PM
do you ever get tired of being wrong ::)

E

Did you hurl1972 the first time you touched a naked girl?
Title: Re: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals
Post by: Earl1972 on October 28, 2006, 10:52:50 PM
Did you hurl1972 the first time you touched a naked girl?

did you know you spelled "busey" wrong ::)

E