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Title: Levrone def hanging with Yates @ 1993 Mr O
Post by: Royalty on October 15, 2013, 04:46:15 AM
at least on this one pose......

This was back when Levrone was squatting & deadlifting like a powerlifter. Levrone is standing next to Yates, at his best, and Levrone looks good. Especially considering that Yates was known for his back shots.

(http://forum.bodybuilding.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4797273&d=1345435094)
Title: Re: Levrone def hanging with Yates @ 1993 Mr O
Post by: mesmorph78 on October 15, 2013, 04:52:40 AM
where is pauls lower back
Title: Re: Levrone def hanging with Yates @ 1993 Mr O
Post by: Kwon_2 on October 15, 2013, 07:30:22 AM
What's Lee Labrada doing up there
Title: Re: Levrone def hanging with Yates @ 1993 Mr O
Post by: macos on October 15, 2013, 07:41:04 AM
Yates was one of the least deserving Mr O.
Dark period in bodybuilding history.
Title: Re: Levrone def hanging with Yates @ 1993 Mr O
Post by: njflex on October 15, 2013, 07:46:47 AM
What's Lee Labrada doing up there
HANGING IN THERE AMONGST HEAVYWEIGHTS...
Title: Re: Levrone def hanging with Yates @ 1993 Mr O
Post by: Grape Ape on October 15, 2013, 07:52:12 AM
Yates was one of the least deserving Mr O.
Dark period in bodybuilding history.

93 was the most dominant win in history, and very much deserved.
Title: Re: Levrone def hanging with Yates @ 1993 Mr O
Post by: njflex on October 15, 2013, 08:03:43 AM
93 was the most dominant win in history, and very much deserved.
ABSOLUTLEY...91/97 STELLAR...98/2004 RONNIE/JAY/OLD GUARD KEV/FLEX/RAY/CORMIER STILL PRETTY GOOD I MUST SAY.ON UP IS NOW HOW MUCH STEROID/FAKE MUSCLE SITE INJ WISE THAT CAN BE DONE/INSULIN RUBBER LOOK  :-\
Title: Re: Levrone def hanging with Yates @ 1993 Mr O
Post by: delta9mda on October 15, 2013, 08:05:12 AM
Game over. No one was hanging with this
Title: Re: Levrone def hanging with Yates @ 1993 Mr O
Post by: dj181 on October 15, 2013, 08:06:38 AM
ABSOLUTLEY...91/97 STELLAR...98/2004 RONNIE/JAY/OLD GUARD KEV/FLEX/RAY/CORMIER STILL PRETTY GOOD I MUST SAY.ON UP IS NOW HOW MUCH STEROID/FAKE MUSCLE SITE INJ WISE THAT CAN BE DONE/INSULIN RUBBER LOOK  :-\

how many eyetalian-americans have been the champ?

i'll admit that franco "cybergenics" was diesel and he should have went much further than he did
Title: Re: Levrone def hanging with Yates @ 1993 Mr O
Post by: JasonH on October 15, 2013, 08:08:09 AM
Game over. No one was hanging with this

x 1,000,000

Yates crushed all that year. I love how the anti-Yates crew say so-and-so was beating or was as good as Yates "at least on this one pose".

Haha, what about all the other mandatories where he absolutely destroyed all-comers?
Title: Re: Levrone def hanging with Yates @ 1993 Mr O
Post by: njflex on October 15, 2013, 08:18:20 AM
how many eyetalian-americans have been the champ?

i'll admit that franco "cybergenics" was diesel and he should have went much further than he did
franco columbu that's all and  1 win was his worst showing 81,gaspari 2nd 86/87/88 beast then.kev leverone 3/4 2nd places.franco ur thinking of santoriello never mr o won national title and never did well in pro's had sick build...
Title: Re: Levrone def hanging with Yates @ 1993 Mr O
Post by: dj181 on October 15, 2013, 08:25:37 AM
franco columbu that's all and  1 win was his worst showing 81,gaspari 2nd 86/87/88 beast then.kev leverone 3/4 2nd places.franco ur thinking of santoriello never mr o won national title and never did well in pro's had sick build...

columbo wasn't an eyetalin-american, just a dego

and yea, santoriello was BOSS, his only flaw was a sub-par back
Title: Re: Levrone def hanging with Yates @ 1993 Mr O
Post by: Royalty on October 15, 2013, 08:31:44 AM
Game over. No one was hanging with this

yeah, Yates's muscles are nearly exploding through his skin on that shot
Title: Re: Levrone def hanging with Yates @ 1993 Mr O
Post by: njflex on October 15, 2013, 08:32:31 AM
columbo wasn't an eyetalin-american, just a dego

and yea, santoriello was BOSS, his only flaw was a sub-par back
FRANCO WAS A DAGO/WOP FROM SARDINIA.TRUE GINZO,FRANCO ITALIAN AMERICAN/GASPARI ALL 1ST GENERATION,SHANE DIMORA NAT CHAMP SICK BUILD 85/87
Title: Re: Levrone def hanging with Yates @ 1993 Mr O
Post by: njflex on October 15, 2013, 08:34:20 AM
yeah, Yates's muscles are nearly exploding through his skin on that shot
AND HIS FACE SHOW'S IT ,LIKE I GOT IT IN THE BAG.
Title: Re: Levrone def hanging with Yates @ 1993 Mr O
Post by: el numero uno on October 15, 2013, 08:36:27 AM
Yates destroyed the competition in that year.
Title: Re: Levrone def hanging with Yates @ 1993 Mr O
Post by: Iceman1981 on October 15, 2013, 09:54:28 AM
where is pauls back?

Fixed it for you.
Title: Re: Levrone def hanging with Yates @ 1993 Mr O
Post by: Danimal77 on October 15, 2013, 11:10:33 AM
at least on this one pose......

This was back when Levrone was squatting & deadlifting like a powerlifter. Levrone is standing next to Yates, at his best, and Levrone looks good. Especially considering that Yates was known for his back shots.

(http://forum.bodybuilding.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4797273&d=1345435094)

This is before Levrone (and everyone) gained 20+ pounds of bodyweight to compete with Yates. Imo, a 250+ Levrone was so much more dominating than a 230-240 pound Levrone.
Title: Re: Levrone def hanging with Yates @ 1993 Mr O
Post by: Shockwave on October 15, 2013, 11:13:08 AM
This is before Levrone (and everyone) gained 20+ pounds of bodyweight to compete with Yates. Imo, a 250+ Levrone was so much more dominating than a 230-240 pound Levrone.
eh... he never brought that level of conditioning heavier, so its a moot point.

you either got small and shredded levrone, or huge and not so shredded. If he could have ever brought them together he may have been a threat to yates, but he didnt/couldnt.
Title: Re: Levrone def hanging with Yates @ 1993 Mr O
Post by: galain on October 15, 2013, 11:16:29 AM
Labrada was looking fucking awesome like he always did!

I've heard/read a lot that photos of Dorian didn't do him justice - that he looked really different in the flesh. I have no idea though - maybe someone who's actually seen him in Olympia shape can comment. In this photo it certainly looks like Levrone is every bit as good.
Title: Re: Levrone def hanging with Yates @ 1993 Mr O
Post by: honest on October 15, 2013, 11:16:56 AM
I think this was his best shape ever after this contest, he never got his condition right again and his physique become unbalanced and his legs became a real weakness in comparison to his larger less conditioned upper body.
Title: Re: Levrone def hanging with Yates @ 1993 Mr O
Post by: Grape Ape on October 15, 2013, 11:22:23 AM
I've heard/read a lot that photos of Dorian didn't do him justice - that he looked really different in the flesh. I have no idea though - maybe someone who's actually seen him in Olympia shape can comment. In this photo it certainly looks like Levrone is every bit as good.

Not sure if you're serious about Dorian, since his fans claim this a lot here, and get ragged on for it.

I can say it's true.  The photos don't capture the size or 3d effect yates has - from the front his legs can look skinny/2d, when in reality they were huge....He dwarfed so many guys on stage.
Title: Re: Levrone def hanging with Yates @ 1993 Mr O
Post by: honest on October 15, 2013, 11:24:30 AM
I totally agree seeing him in person in shape, he was a step up from everyone including an Olympia winning Coleman, his all round conditioning was insane.
Title: Re: Levrone def hanging with Yates @ 1993 Mr O
Post by: Parker on October 15, 2013, 11:47:43 AM
where is pauls lower back
3 quarters of Paul's back froze and slid off.
Title: Re: Levrone def hanging with Yates @ 1993 Mr O
Post by: JasonH on October 15, 2013, 11:48:07 AM
Labrada was looking fucking awesome like he always did!

I've heard/read a lot that photos of Dorian didn't do him justice - that he looked really different in the flesh. I have no idea though - maybe someone who's actually seen him in Olympia shape can comment. In this photo it certainly looks like Levrone is every bit as good.

I never got to see him in contest shape but when I first joined Temple Gym in late 1996 I saw Dorian at 300lbs - it was his last competitive year before he defended the 1997 Olympia and subsequently retired. He was in the gym training his son Lewis at the time who was only still a relatively young boy back then (maybe early teens), just messing around with a few machines as it was offseason. Dorian was unreal - wearing the biggest t-shirt I had ever seen a human being wear at that point in my life. I've seen bigger bodybuilders since at Expos and the like, but you never forget the first time you see a pro in the flesh so to speak (no homo).  
Title: Re: Levrone def hanging with Yates @ 1993 Mr O
Post by: Grape Ape on October 15, 2013, 12:29:43 PM
I never got to see him in contest shape but when I first joined Temple Gym in late 1996 I saw Dorian at 300lbs - it was his last competitive year before he defended the 1997 Olympia and subsequently retired. He was in the gym training his son Lewis at the time who was only still a relatively young boy back then (maybe early teens), just messing around with a few machines as it was offseason. Dorian was unreal - wearing the biggest t-shirt I had ever seen a human being wear at that point in my life. I've seen bigger bodybuilders since at Expos and the like, but you never forget the first time you see a pro in the flesh so to speak (no homo).  

Saw him both contest shape at the 96 O and NOC, and offseason guest posing at 305.  All were unreal.
Title: Re: Levrone def hanging with Yates @ 1993 Mr O
Post by: illuminati on October 15, 2013, 01:37:21 PM
Same here, i was never a fan of Dorian, couldnt see the hype,
In pics he looked Kinda Flat and angular.
Until I saw him on stage in competion :o :o :o :o
Lights out Game over.
He looked like Man v boys.
cant explain how why,
just he had to be Seen.!!!!


Oh and i always rated levrone's phsyique.
Title: Re: Levrone def hanging with Yates @ 1993 Mr O
Post by: Royalty on October 15, 2013, 03:08:13 PM
I saw yates in person at about 300. Huge & Lean.

I never saw him compete. But I have heard that he lost a little of his freakiness when he dropped below 270-280LB.

But he wanted to be ripped so he would diet down to 255-260LB
Title: Re: Levrone def hanging with Yates @ 1993 Mr O
Post by: Papper on October 15, 2013, 03:30:05 PM
(http://forum.bodybuilding.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4797273&d=1345435094)

Kevin looks great here. Dorian doesn't look so great
Title: Re: Levrone def hanging with Yates @ 1993 Mr O
Post by: Hulkster on October 15, 2013, 05:56:24 PM
(http://forum.bodybuilding.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4797273&d=1345435094)

Kevin looks great here. Dorian doesn't look so great

both kevin and dorian need better arms (mainly biceps) to really make the back pose stand out.

compare to someone who has a back AND arms, like Ronnie, and the difference is really striking:
Title: Re: Levrone def hanging with Yates @ 1993 Mr O
Post by: Hulkster on October 15, 2013, 05:57:43 PM
as you can see, ronnie at peak owns em all in the back shots
Title: Re: Levrone def hanging with Yates @ 1993 Mr O
Post by: Shockwave on October 15, 2013, 05:59:54 PM
Back right off the back with the douche lord back patting double reply meltdown.....

you're still a sad man Hulkster.
Title: Re: Levrone def hanging with Yates @ 1993 Mr O
Post by: el numero uno on October 15, 2013, 06:08:21 PM
Obsessed homosexuals.
Title: Re: Levrone def hanging with Yates @ 1993 Mr O
Post by: Bevo on October 15, 2013, 06:12:05 PM
how many eyetalian-americans have been the champ?

i'll admit that franco "cybergenics" was diesel and he should have went much further than he did

Overrated "Italian genetics"  :D

Germans will continue to own them  ;D
Title: Re: Levrone def hanging with Yates @ 1993 Mr O
Post by: Danimal77 on October 15, 2013, 06:26:41 PM
Game over. No one was hanging with this

A face only a mother can love.  ;D
Title: Re: Levrone def hanging with Yates @ 1993 Mr O
Post by: Danimal77 on October 15, 2013, 06:33:15 PM
both kevin and dorian need better arms (mainly biceps) to really make the back pose stand out.

compare to someone who has a back AND arms, like Ronnie, and the difference is really striking:

NO, this man had the best back

Title: Re: Levrone def hanging with Yates @ 1993 Mr O
Post by: Bevo on October 15, 2013, 06:35:18 PM
NO, this man had the best back



In terms of detail but he disappears in poses with Yates and Coleman

Flex is narrow compared to those guys
Title: Re: Levrone def hanging with Yates @ 1993 Mr O
Post by: Fortress on October 15, 2013, 06:54:11 PM
I've heard/read a lot that photos of Dorian didn't do him justice.

TOTALLY. I saw him guest pose a few weeks after the 1995 Mr. Olympia, at around 285, and it was mind-blowing. Pics just NEVER captured Yates' incredible mass, thickness and density. I've seen many of the best up close (no homo), and when Dorian's quads were flexed no more than three feet from my eyes (again, NO HOMO ;D), it was the most freaky shit I had ever seen. His musculature didn't appear real. It actually looked like granite or something. Quality, quality, quality ... coupled with crazy separation, striations and tissue-thin skin.

During his prime, despite his injuries, the totality of his development and conditioning made him truly dominant, and this is saying A LOT when one considers his Mr. Olympia competitor peers.  
Title: Re: Levrone def hanging with Yates @ 1993 Mr O
Post by: Shockwave on October 15, 2013, 06:56:04 PM
TOTALLY. I saw him guest pose a few weeks after the 1995 Mr. Olympia, at around 285, and it was mind-blowing. Pics just NEVER captured Yates' incredible mass, thickness and density. I've seen many of the best up close (no homo), and when Dorian's quads were flexed no more than three feet from my eyes (again, NO HOMO ;D), it was the most freaky shit I had ever seen. His musculature didn't appear real. It actually looked like granite or something. Quality, quality, quality ... coupled with crazy separation, striations and tissue-thin skin.

During his prime, despite his injuries, the totality of his development and conditioning made him truly dominant, and this is saying A LOT when one considers his Mr. Olympia competitor peers.  
you can kind of see that in the 96 gp video on youtube.... dude is literally huge in all directions no matter which way he turns.
Title: Re: Levrone def hanging with Yates @ 1993 Mr O
Post by: Danimal77 on October 15, 2013, 07:11:15 PM
In terms of detail but he disappears in poses with Yates and Coleman

Flex is narrow compared to those guys

Yeah, he didn't have a big distended GH gut.
Title: Re: Levrone def hanging with Yates @ 1993 Mr O
Post by: Danimal77 on October 15, 2013, 07:12:20 PM
TOTALLY. I saw him guest pose a few weeks after the 1995 Mr. Olympia, at around 285, and it was mind-blowing. Pics just NEVER captured Yates' incredible mass, thickness and density. I've seen many of the best up close (no homo), and when Dorian's quads were flexed no more than three feet from my eyes (again, NO HOMO ;D), it was the most freaky shit I had ever seen. His musculature didn't appear real. It actually looked like granite or something. Quality, quality, quality ... coupled with crazy separation, striations and tissue-thin skin.

During his prime, despite his injuries, the totality of his development and conditioning made him truly dominant, and this is saying A LOT when one considers his Mr. Olympia competitor peers.  

His quads were 3 feet from you? Did you have a chair on the stage?
Title: Re: Levrone def hanging with Yates @ 1993 Mr O
Post by: Bam-bam on October 15, 2013, 07:34:05 PM
(http://forum.bodybuilding.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4797273&d=1345435094)

Kevin looks great here. Dorian doesn't look so great

dorian once again looking flat as fuck on stage. No wonder his facebook pic is a shot from a gym posing session X weeks before competition. His best pics are always before or after a show, when he was still in top notch condition but much more full.
Title: Re: Levrone def hanging with Yates @ 1993 Mr O
Post by: Skeletor on October 15, 2013, 07:44:49 PM
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Title: Re: Levrone def hanging with Yates @ 1993 Mr O
Post by: dj181 on October 15, 2013, 07:52:32 PM
Overrated "Italian genetics"  :D

Germans will continue to own them  ;D

good point

Germans are definitely wider through the shoulders, but i gotta admit that many degos got round pretty muscles (no homo)
Title: Re: Levrone def hanging with Yates @ 1993 Mr O
Post by: ESFitness on October 15, 2013, 08:14:39 PM
NO, this man had the best back



in certain poses... but view him at a different angle and his lats disappear and you see how freaking THIN his back is.

alllllll illusion. detail in the inner-back, rhomboids, lower part the of traps, ect... draws your eyes to the center and then the round delts draw them out, gives the illusion of a big back... but it's actually pretty damn thin.

it tends to be either A or B.

A- great big, separated back with thick, heavy, hanging lats.... combined with weak, smaller, medicore arms/bi's.

or

B- high, thin lats, lacking detail and top-to-bottom separation... combined with big, round full arms/biceps.

it's a rare thing that a guy with a great back had great arms. guys with great arms seemed to let their arms do a lot of work in back movements, whereas guys with shitty arm genetics were able to use the muscles in their backs better (when training back).

Title: Re: Levrone def hanging with Yates @ 1993 Mr O
Post by: delta9mda on October 15, 2013, 08:56:13 PM
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owning everyone
Title: Re: Levrone def hanging with Yates @ 1993 Mr O
Post by: Mr.1derful on October 15, 2013, 09:09:10 PM
(http://i42.tinypic.com/35lfeqt.gif)

No one hangs with that.
Title: Re: Levrone def hanging with Yates @ 1993 Mr O
Post by: Dr Kincaid on October 16, 2013, 12:18:30 AM
NO, this man had the best back



Wider than Heath
Title: Re: Levrone def hanging with Yates @ 1993 Mr O
Post by: Danimal77 on October 16, 2013, 12:24:57 AM
owning everyone