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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: Parker on February 03, 2007, 05:04:54 PM
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Would having Shawn or Flex as Mr. O have changed what they Olympia bodies would have looked like? No more big bellies, wrinkly skin on backs, and size, just for size sake? Would that have taken bbing to another level, being that Shawn already had a show on Espn back in the day, and Flex was linked to Dr. Dre, bridging a gap to the hip-hop culture. Both making it cool to workout, both having two distinct styles, like Kenneth Cole shoes versus Wheat colored Timerlands.
Or would it not matter, and we would still see the Gh guts and. deformed bodies
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I'm sure it would have been more marketable had flex or Shawn won an Olympia.
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Thats what they say , if a smaller more aesthetic guy wins everyone would try and go that route , like when Yates won at 257 pounds in 93 everyone decided bigger is better and everyone started playing the size game
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I think had flex or shawn or even labrada won there would of been endorsments from fortune 500 companies, like Nike, Reebok etc etc..
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I think had flex or shawn or even labrada won there would of been endorsments from fortune 500 companies, like Nike, Reebok etc etc..
Apparently Kevin Levrone was working with Nike in developing a training shoe. It was called The Ghost...because it never appeared.
With Shawn's connections and polished image as a ladies man, and Flex's image as a cocky playa , they both would have taken the spor to the next level. Flex probably would have been in more than just one Dr. Dre video.
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They both would not have gone bald.
Flex would still have working Kidneys.
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Apparently Kevin Levrone was working with Nike in developing a training shoe. It was called The Ghost...because it never appeared.
With Shawn's connections and polished image as a ladies man, and Flex's image as a cocky playa , they both would have taken the spor to the next level. Flex probably would have been in more than just one Dr. Dre video.
wat video was that????
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Flex, Shawn, or Kevin... either of them could have taken the sport in a new and I believe better direction... simply because they were not going to play the "MASS" game with anyone who came along... they would without a doubt played the better is better, not bigger is better game.
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i know its slightly homo of me but Flex, shawn and levrone were much better looking then yates, they would of made more female fans and not the fitness types just the average female
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wat video was that????
I forgot, but in it, Flex is lifting, doing arms. 1993 i guess. It might be in the Dr.Dre video compilation
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i think it was "the lady of rage" video
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If Flex had won, he would have been assassinated by ninjas.
(http://www.mysticalkoala.com/tncc/ninjas.jpg)
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If Flex had won, he would have been assassinated by ninjas.
(http://www.mysticalkoala.com/tncc/ninjas.jpg)
Maybe just held for ransome.
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The sport needs an aesthetic guy to win. Needs to change its image big time. The same folks who go to shows will still go, but we need new fans that aspire to look like the physiques on stage and that's what will get them into bodybuilding.
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i say let Johnnie jackson win
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The sport needs an aesthetic guy to win.
(http://www.powershack.net/Bodybuilding/BB_Images3/Heath-USAChamp.jpg)
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the whole thing with nike and levorne thing is true. from what i was told, the deal didn't amount to anything because weider got in the middle of it. apparently, wieder was piseed that kevin/nike didn't ask weider for his permission. rumor has it that's one of the underlying reasons why levrone never won the olympia !!!!!
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i say let Johnnie jackson win
he needs calves first.....well a lot of guys do, but personally i think his are the worst in BBing
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As long as JOJ uses his anator p70 (patent pending), Creakic, GAKIC, along with the musclebuilding stack of Cell_tech and Nitro_Tech he will dominate for years to come.........
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As long as JOJ uses his anator p70 (patent pending), Creakic, GAKIC, along with the musclebuilding stack of Cell_tech and Nitro_Tech he will dominate for years to come.........
Of course! That's how Jay Cutler won!
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What do you guys mean when you talk about making bodybuilding more marketable? Do you honestly think mainstream media, companies and the public would be aware of who Mr Olympia is, much less give a shit or offer endorsement contracts? Get real, competitive bodybuilding has about as much impact on the real world as unicycle hockey.
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Shawn would probably have been the best spokesperson for BBing after Arnold. He had the look that many could appeal to as opposed to DOz and the Racist. Jay is more marketable because he is white, literate and can put together a coherent thought. Shawn actualyl has intelligence. Flex is an idiot with a lisp, do you really want him being a spokesperson for BBing. In terms of just speaking ability, I think Shawn and/or Bob are best suited. Kevin was a great BBer but in M3 he sounded retarded.
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how is a sport where the main supplement is steroids going to go mainstream, it will never happen, even if justin timberlake wanted to become a ifbb pro
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probably, but we will never know for certain.
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don't worry girls
the wrath of frank mcgrath will bring the universe back to the proper state
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the whole thing with nike and levorne thing is true. from what i was told, the deal didn't amount to anything because weider got in the middle of it. apparently, wieder was piseed that kevin/nike didn't ask weider for his permission. rumor has it that's one of the underlying reasons why levrone never won the olympia !!!!!
Damn, fvckers want to control everything. I guess because kev was a Weider athlete and was exclusively contracted to them did they feel that they were the ones who could only endorse him. He needed a good endorsment agent.
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Flex is an idiot with a lisp, do you really want him being a spokesperson for BBing.
Flex only had a lisp on the BFTO 97, I gues the GH f-up his jaw (reason for him getting braces). He didn't sound like that in his Hardbody vid or Mass Constrution.
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Definitely. Same way Phil Heath will. Crazy masse era is over.
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Flex only had a lisp on the BFTO 97, I gues the GH f-up his jaw (reason for him getting braces). He didn't sound like that in his Hardbody vid or Mass Constrution.
it's slight but it's there, still.
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kevin was very very big guy on stage,, he was symetric and proportional but he was a mass monster,,at 250 he looked 265-270 and looked every bit of it,,kevin was a symetric beast that SHOULD HAVE WON it sometime during the 90s between dorian and ron
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it's slight but it's there, still.
Actually your right. It is slight, but not as pronounced
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kevin was very very big guy on stage,, he was symetric and proportional but he was a mass monster,,at 250 he looked 265-270 and looked every bit of it,,kevin was a symetric beast that SHOULD HAVE WON it sometime during the 90s between dorian and ron
We definitely agree. Besides Escilene how do you account for his massive arms and delts GH?
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kevins great but never a ronnie. ronnie is one of a kind
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We definitely agree. Besides Escilene how do you account for his massive arms and delts GH?
phenominal response to hormones,,site inections,,and training the muscle not the ego,,
and yes ron is one of a kind,,but kevin was a lot better than jason and jason got a title,,it's all about timing in life
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phenominal response to hormones,,site inections,,and training the muscle not the ego,,
and yes ron is one of a kind,,but kevin was a lot better than jason and jason got a title,,it's all about timing in life
Yea, I'd kill for those triceps man. Seriously crazy.
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Flex, Shawn, or Kevin... either of them could have taken the sport in a new and I believe better direction... simply because they were not going to play the "MASS" game with anyone who came along... they would without a doubt played the better is better, not bigger is better game.
Size-wise, there wasn't a huge difference between Kevin, Flex and, Ronnie. So, I don't see how Levrone or Wheeler winning the title would have made much of a difference.
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as long as there taking steroids there is no way this "Sport" is going mainstream, hell even natural bodybuilding does not register an interest with anyone
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as long as there taking steroids there is no way this "Sport" is going mainstream, hell even natural bodybuilding does not register an interest with anyone
Because many women want the metrosexual Beckham/Pitt look and think that is muscular. I mean these people think TO is a beast, C'mon.
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Because many women want the metrosexual Beckham/Pitt look and think that is muscular. I mean these people think TO is a beast, C'mon.
exactly..close thread
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the only reason coleman beat levrone in 00 annd 02 was due to colemans incredible/best ever back. when ronnie truned around the show was over. kevin looked better than ronnie from the front. have you all notice in the "o" posedown, whenever kev got close to ronnie to pse , ronnie would turn around and hit back shots.
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as long as there taking steroids there is no way this "Sport" is going mainstream, hell even natural bodybuilding does not register an interest with anyone
It isn't so much the steroid issue. People see super-muscular men on a regular basis (i.e. professional wrestling). If you watch the CW network's promos, you'll likely see Dave Batista gracing the screen.
Bodybuilders aren't perceived as athletes, because, to the average Joe, they do NOTHING with their muscles. They don't bodyslam people; they don't perform any feat of strengh or speed.
Another factor is that bodybuilding has very few casual fans, in other words, people who love bodybuilding that DO NOT lift weights or compete themselves (or are related/romantically linked to those that do).
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It isn't so much the steroid issue. People see super-muscular men on a regular basis (i.e. professional wrestling). If you watch the CW network's promos, you'll likely see Dave Batista gracing the screen.
Bodybuilders aren't perceived as athletes, because, to the average Joe, they do NOTHING with their muscles. They don't bodyslam people; they don't perform any feat of strengh or speed.
Another factor is that bodybuilding has very few casual fans, in other words, people who love bodybuilding that DO NOT lift weights or compete themselves (or are related/romantically linked to those that do).
great point, maybe make them have a tug o war at the olympia
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the only reason coleman beat levrone in 00 annd 02 was due to colemans incredible/best ever back. when ronnie truned around the show was over. kevin looked better than ronnie from the front. have you all notice in the "o" posedown, whenever kev got close to ronnie to pse , ronnie would turn around and hit back shots.
hey can you tell us alittle about kevins training routine (i know its not magic and just alot of hardwork..) but would be interesting still...
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Shawn, feel free to chime in and give us your point of view
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there was no secret to kev's training. he did all the basic lifts with heavy heavy weight 6-8 reps. he only trained 4-5 month for every show . however he trained his ass off when getting ready.
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there was no secret to kev's training. he did all the basic lifts with heavy heavy weight 6-8 reps. he only trained 4-5 month for every show . however he trained his ass off when getting ready.
Lev was a BEAST in the FLEX Mag Workouts, circa early 90's. Trained heavy and just was freaky big.
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Would having Shawn or Flex as Mr. O have changed what they Olympia bodies would have looked like? No more big bellies, wrinkly skin on backs, and size, just for size sake? Would that have taken bbing to another level, being that Shawn already had a show on Espn back in the day, and Flex was linked to Dr. Dre, bridging a gap to the hip-hop culture. Both making it cool to workout, both having two distinct styles, like Kenneth Cole shoes versus Wheat colored Timerlands.
Or would it not matter, and we would still see the Gh guts and. deformed bodies
The turning point was when Dorian Yates beat Flex Wheeler at the '93 Olympia. >:(
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don't worry girls
the wrath of frank mcgrath will bring the universe back to the proper state
Dude did one show like 4 years ago, and didn't win. I'll reserve judgement for now, kay?
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the whole thing with nike and levorne thing is true. from what i was told, the deal didn't amount to anything because weider got in the middle of it. apparently, wieder was piseed that kevin/nike didn't ask weider for his permission. rumor has it that's one of the underlying reasons why levrone never won the olympia !!!!!
I'm sure most of you know about the Twinlab commercial that Levrone did with Ron Coleman.