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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: Royalty on September 15, 2022, 11:53:15 AM
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This is the result of injury, and backing off of heavy training
It was a dramatic reduction in size, but he was still placing well in 99
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He needs to make two quarter turns to the right, so we can see the entire package if you know what I mean. #boosted
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This is by far, the best Kevin Levrone. 1997. 99 Grand Prix was a product of lighting. While Heath beats him in back double and conditioning in rear lat spread, Kevin is better in every other pose. He's wide, full, lean, big legs, great posing, great separation.
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This is by far, the best Kevin Levrone. 1997. 99 Grand Prix was a product of lighting. While Heath beats him in back double and conditioning in rear lat spread, Kevin is better in every other pose. He's wide, full, lean, big legs, great posing, great separation.
Looks insane there. This combination of size and shape won’t ever been seen with the way this “sport” is going
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This is by far, the best Kevin Levrone. 1997. 99 Grand Prix was a product of lighting. While Heath beats him in back double and conditioning in rear lat spread, Kevin is better in every other pose. He's wide, full, lean, big legs, great posing, great separation.
Levrone’s width, roundness, and cuts were a great combo
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That is the perhaps the best anyone has ever looked on stage
Imagine that presentation going up against Yates 93 and Ronnie 99
V difficult to judge
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This is the result of injury, and backing off of heavy training
It was a dramatic reduction in size, but he was still placing well in 99
he didn't lose size, he was more conditioned in 95 you can see it in the trap separation
post a pic from 2002 or 2003 and you'll notice a big difference
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Kevins best look was the 92 Olympia.
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Looks insane there. This combination of size and shape won’t ever been seen with the way this “sport” is going
The 90's was the best decade for bodybuilding. It will never be that good again.
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Kevins best look was the 92 Olympia.
I totally agree he never achieved that look again
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I totally agree he never achieved that look again
I would second that
He was shredded to the bone around that time
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I would second that
He was shredded to the bone around that time
I totally agree he never achieved that look again
Kevins best look was the 92 Olympia.
I would 4th that. He had crazy definition. His arms and legs were huge. He looked wild at that time.
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92 too small and flat compared to 97 Finland GP. If you're in to shredded, ok. But 97 GP, best combo of size, definition and fullness.
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92 too small and flat compared to 97 Finland GP. If you're in to shredded, ok. But 97 GP, best combo of size, definition and fullness.
I think you’re right. It’s the combination of dense, full muscle with overall shape that made his GP show so impressive. You don’t see that kind of thickness in ‘92 although he was very lean and his waist was tiny
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92 too small and flat compared to 97 Finland GP. If you're in to shredded, ok. But 97 GP, best combo of size, definition and fullness.
You can say he was small in 92 but not flat possiblya tad depletedbut not flat.. He definitely timed his peak correctly.
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You can say he was small in 92 but not flat possiblya tad depletedbut not flat.. He definitely timed his peak correctly.
That's fair
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Where's the 2016 lat spread for comparison
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Where's the 2016 lat spread for comparison
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Where's the 2016 lat spread for comparison
Yes the comeback was sad. He really had no business being on a pro stage. BUT outside of being on stage (at the top 2bodybuilding contests in the world) what he was able to do at 50 +53 years old after being off for so long was pretty remarkable.
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Yes the comeback was sad. He really had no business being on a pro stage. BUT outside of being on stage (at the top 2bodybuilding contests in the world) what he was able to do at 50 +53 years old after being off for so long was pretty remarkable.
He actually thought that he was going to dethrone Heath
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Does anybody know what made the GP competitors appear so much better than all other contests? Was it the French parabolan, dehydration from the long plane ride or the European pie filling?
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Although it has been repeatedly stated that Priest had the best arms, I always though Kevin at his peak had the absolute best arms ever in bodybuilding. Shape and size of both biceps and triceps were incredible.
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Although it has been repeatedly stated that Priest had the best arms, I always though Kevin at his peak had the absolute best arms ever in bodybuilding. Shape and size of both biceps and triceps were incredible.
The only downside was that he did not have the tall bicep peaks like Ronnie Coleman or Robby Robinson (purely genetics)
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He lost his body flow after 92, he got bigger not better, his legs fell behind and he never got dry like that again. I think both him and Yates started using insulin after 92 and 93 and it ruined their physiques in comparison to their absolute best shapes which were in 92 and 93, same with Flex after 93 ironman he played the size game with insulin and lost.
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the 92 version is his best looking physique
it is NOT his best competitive physique, he would be too small
the sport changed a lot just from 92 - 94, heck his 92 body doesn't crack the top 6 after 95
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Although it has been repeatedly stated that Priest had the best arms, I always though Kevin at his peak had the absolute best arms ever in bodybuilding. Shape and size of both biceps and triceps were incredible.
Best overall arms phil is in the running, a long with Roelly
Kai was not too bad
Overall, forearms, biceps, triceps
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After his 2016 “comeback” I remember his dumbass was making all sorts of excuses why he looked the way he did, said he wasn’t willing to take what was necessary to compete, and said injuries where his knees were shot ::)
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After his 2016 “comeback” I remember his dumbass was making all sorts of excuses why he looked the way he did, said he wasn’t willing to take what was necessary to compete, and said injuries where his knees were shot ::)
The only thing that he had to say was that he simply wasn’t as good as his 90’s version
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He lost his body flow after 92, he got bigger not better, his legs fell behind and he never got dry like that again. I think both him and Yates started using insulin after 92 and 93 and it ruined their physiques in comparison to their absolute best shapes which were in 92 and 93, same with Flex after 93 ironman he played the size game with insulin and lost.
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that has always been my point
I only liked Yates 92 and 93 version that's it
WoooSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH LE VRO NEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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The only thing that he had to say was that he simply wasn’t as good as his 90’s version
Arms, delta and pecs were 90% of their peak
The back and legs which take far more stress and poundage to develop were way behind
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that has always been my point
I only liked Yates 92 and 93 version that's it
WoooSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH LE VRO NEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Boom!
(https://preview.redd.it/gc8wk2zz57p31.jpg?auto=webp&s=a0ea6202209659cef4cbbf4f915a96d52450379c)
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the 92 version is his best looking physique
it is NOT his best competitive physique, he would be too small
the sport changed a lot just from 92 - 94, heck his 92 body doesn't crack the top 6 after 95
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Isn't that why Haney retired? He knew what was coming.
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Arms, delta and pecs were 90% of their peak
The back and legs which take far more stress and poundage to develop were way behind
Yes. Legs were way down in 2016
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Arms, delta and pecs were 90% of their peak
The back and legs which take far more stress and poundage to develop were way behind
Agreed. From the front and from the waist up, he looked pretty good-especially for his age. But 3/4 of his body just wasn't there.
He was supposed to look better at the Arnold in 2018. But he was off. He said he was holding water. It looked worse than that, like he fell off his diet.
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Just insane, better than Nick Walker
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Just insane, better than Nick Walker
But not better than Bhanky
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Levrone just posted on FB possibly in response to this thread.
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Levrone just posted on FB possibly in response to this thread.
Uncrowned Olympia Champion
And
Uncrowned Grammar Champion
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Uncrowned Olympia Champion
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Uncrowned Grammar Champion
Sure, just like legs….. yet he hits chest with very heavy weights…. And have his schmoe old man and women that he cuckolds cook all his meals…. Yeah, sure levrone….
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So the general consensus is he looked better when he was losing to Yates than when he was losing to Ronnie?
Does any version of Kevin ever beat Yates?
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But not better than Bhanky
Bro...
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So the general consensus is he looked better when he was losing to Yates than when he was losing to Ronnie?
Does any version of Kevin ever beat Yates?
Id say his 97 and 98 was better than Yates of certain years
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I think his approach to training over the year affected his physique
He take months off after the O and then start training out a few months out. Those body parts that were his strengths namely arms, pecs and delts obviously responded well and in time for the comp but legs and back not so much
It was cumulative year on year which is why his legs and back did get worse as the years went by
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I think his approach to training over the year affected his physique
He take months off after the O and then start training out a few months out. Those body parts that were his strengths namely arms, pecs and delts obviously responded well and in time for the comp but legs and back not so much
It was cumulative year on year which is why his legs and back did get worse as the years went by
this didn't become an issue until the 2000's, he competed year round in the 90's
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So the general consensus is he looked better when he was losing to Yates than when he was losing to Ronnie?
Does any version of Kevin ever beat Yates?
yes he was better against dorian than ronnie
based on the way contests are judged, none
dorian's body was tailor made for the mandatory poses, even with the torn arms
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1999 was the year that Cormier showed up noticeably larger than in previous years
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His decline started in 1999
Despite this, even at 85% of his previous best he was leagues ahead of everyone else bar Ronnie and perhaps Cormier
I was watching backstage footage recently of the 2002 O and Kevin was simply in a class of his own (with the exception of Coleman)
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His decline started in 1999
Despite this, even at 85% of his previous best he was leagues ahead of everyone else bar Ronnie and perhaps Cormier
I was watching backstage footage recently of the 2002 O and Kevin was simply in a class of his own (with the exception of Coleman)
I admire this kind of dedication to the sport
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I admire this kind of dedication to the sport
Rambone why did this “tug of war” approach to pumping up become so widespread?
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Rambone why did this “tug of war” approach to pumping up become so widespread?
BB can correct me on this, but I believe this style of “tug of war” was popularized in 1981 when competitors backstage showed support for the Christian side of the Lebanese civil war, and clearly Samir didn’t take kindly to such disrespect and whipped out his 100% cotton Turkish bath towel and challenged some of the largest “athletes” backstage, Jusup Wilkosz being one of them. It’s a modern-day David vs Goliath story that schmoes still talk about to this day.