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Title: Mike CHRISTIAN - Levrone-esque legs
Post by: Nether Animal on November 02, 2016, 09:20:59 AM
World class upper body but those legs....

Even for the '80s it seemed a weak point.
Title: Re: Mike CHRISTIAN - Levrone-esque legs
Post by: Griffith on November 02, 2016, 09:22:16 AM
Did he have any leg or back injuries?
Title: Re: Mike CHRISTIAN - Levrone-esque legs
Post by: 8 INCH not biceps on November 02, 2016, 09:23:28 AM
In the 80s lifters were more realistic nobody wanted big cartoon legs, these days bodybuilders legs are so big they have to walk like a penguin.
Title: Re: Mike CHRISTIAN - Levrone-esque legs
Post by: shootfighter1 on November 02, 2016, 09:33:30 AM
Better balance is good but when leg muscles get to big it completely affects your mobility and anything to do with athletics...so its ridiculous.
Title: Re: Mike CHRISTIAN - Levrone-esque legs
Post by: falco on November 02, 2016, 09:43:11 AM
They already had a Tom Platz,,, and he wasn't taking plastic trophies.
Title: Re: Mike CHRISTIAN - Levrone-esque legs
Post by: Rudee on November 02, 2016, 09:44:32 AM
Levrone's right now are worse than that.
Title: Re: Mike CHRISTIAN - Levrone-esque legs
Post by: Simple Simon on November 02, 2016, 12:00:51 PM
World class upper body but those legs....

Even for the '80s it seemed a weak point.
I believe that top picture was when he made a comeback to do a photo shoot in the early 90s.
Title: Re: Mike CHRISTIAN - Levrone-esque legs
Post by: Taffin on November 02, 2016, 12:06:02 PM
I think he had good proportions - not everyone can rock the Quadzilla look successfully.  And besides, those of us from the '80s with slimmer legs had stylish ways of camouflaging that fact...

Title: Re: Mike CHRISTIAN - Levrone-esque legs
Post by: Rudee on November 02, 2016, 12:16:56 PM
Tony Pearson has better has a better chance of winning a pro show than Levrone has.  And better legs too.
Title: Re: Mike CHRISTIAN - Levrone-esque legs
Post by: Nether Animal on November 02, 2016, 12:22:34 PM
Tony Pearson has better has a better chance of winning a pro show than Levrone has.  And better legs too.

And a way better back:

(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6LX8urhxkJM/hqdefault.jpg)
Title: Re: Mike CHRISTIAN - Levrone-esque legs
Post by: Grape Ape on November 02, 2016, 12:29:46 PM
His legs were a big reason for his placing in the drug tested Olympia, despite being in superior condition.
Title: Re: Mike CHRISTIAN - Levrone-esque legs
Post by: Iceman1981 on November 02, 2016, 02:55:29 PM
Tony Pearson has better has a better chance of winning a pro show than Levrone has.  And better legs too.

LOL true. Levrone's comeback is probably the worst I've ever seen.
Title: Re: Mike CHRISTIAN - Levrone-esque legs
Post by: Dr Dutch on November 02, 2016, 03:40:12 PM
Christian was top notch for the era...didn't he do the 1st WBF too ?
Title: Re: Mike CHRISTIAN - Levrone-esque legs
Post by: Danimal77 on November 02, 2016, 09:57:35 PM
World class upper body but those legs....

Even for the '80s it seemed a weak point.

That's when he made his comeback in the mid 90's. That's not him from the 80's. This is him from the 80's.

Title: Re: Mike CHRISTIAN - Levrone-esque legs
Post by: Nirvana on November 03, 2016, 03:16:08 AM
I would not have noticed if no one had brought it up.
Title: Re: Mike CHRISTIAN - Levrone-esque legs
Post by: Simple Simon on November 03, 2016, 06:31:50 AM
Mike always moaned about his placing's.

mardy twat...
Title: Re: Mike CHRISTIAN - Levrone-esque legs
Post by: Taffin on November 03, 2016, 10:32:42 AM
He was criticised for being a 'pumper' if I remember rightly.  People used to complain about him only using light weights LOL who cares - he looks pretty good in that '80s shot above....

I do also remember him looking f**ked up at one of the WBF shows though, out of shape and seemingly spaced on painkillers or maybe nubain or something - anyone remember that episode and what exactly happened?  Didn't McMahon force them contractually to compete AND drug test them so some of them (not Strydom) had to go onstage looking like sh1t?
Title: Re: Mike CHRISTIAN - Levrone-esque legs
Post by: njflex on November 03, 2016, 10:38:48 AM
He was criticised for being a 'pumper' if I remember rightly.  People used to complain about him only using light weights LOL who cares - he looks pretty good in that '80s shot above....

I do also remember him looking f**ked up at one of the WBF shows though, out of shape and seemingly spaced on painkillers or maybe nubain or something - anyone remember that episode and what exactly happened?  Didn't McMahon force them contractually to compete AND drug test them so some of them (not Strydom) had to go onstage looking like sh1t?
HE WOULD GROW INTO SHOWS LIKE KEV,,