Makes you wonder where are todays genetic freaks.Todays "Champs" are nothing like Kevin was..dude was strong as an Ox
Kevin Levrone is/was the most intriguing of the 1990s bbers, and I think he had the best genetics out of all them. He had a back injury early on that limited his ability to train legs and back to the fullest degree. Also, he was known to come off for half the year and shrink down to nothing .. if not for these two factors, could he have been Mr O?He was a hard trainer that is for sure & always came over as a good guy
Really irritating personality... kind of "precious," don't know quite how to explain it. Kind of similar to Flex Wheeler.
Levrone was also born in Rome, Italy. According IMDB.
Did we ever find out who the couple was who Levrone was living with?The schmoes
Kevin Levrone is/was the most intriguing of the 1990s bbers, and I think he had the best genetics out of all them. He had a back injury early on that limited his ability to train legs and back to the fullest degree. Also, he was known to come off for half the year and shrink down to nothing .. if not for these two factors, could he have been Mr O?
Really irritating personality... kind of "precious," don't know quite how to explain it. Kind of similar to Flex Wheeler.
Levrone was also born in Rome, Italy. According IMDB.
When I met him, at his biggest, I was shocked how small, frame-wise, he is.
Not a naturally big man.
Very quiet and … vacant.
But a heck of a bodybuilder.
(Without gas, he is a tiny tit.)
This
Him and flex wheeler both are very small naturally, frame wise and just build in general, it’s their incredible response to steroids especially Levrone, wheeler had the better muscle bellies
Incredible physiques when gassed
Add dexter to the list too, naturally just very small individuals, joints, frame, build
That’s because Levrone is a weirdo, very awkward personSeems polite in Interviews but then again I don't know the man personally.i=RwSSzilKQTXP7HQI
The “injury” that prevented him to train legs “correctly” was all BS, a few years ago he was squatting 500 pounds
Incredible physique in his prime.
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Looks awesome in that pic !! Size, shape, symmetry & condition .
An ATG without an Olympia win - so many great physiques in his era.
Dude had a great physique :) & the strength to match.
Looks awesome in that pic !! Size, shape, symmetry & condition .
An ATG without an Olympia win - so many great physiques in his era.
I don’t know enough to say, just repeating what I’ve always heard. Why were his legs smaller as his career progressed, do you think he was just lazy?
he started to pursue music in 2000 and would shrink down and stop training
legs don't seem to have muscle memory like the upper body, being close to 40 probably didn't help as that's not exactly prime years, the fact that he didn't squat anymore probably didn't help either
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he started to pursue music in 2000 and would shrink down and stop training
legs don't seem to have muscle memory like the upper body, being close to 40 probably didn't help as that's not exactly prime years, the fact that he didn't squat anymore probably didn't help either
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His physique was actually preferable over many of the O-winners physiqueYes, he was near perfect.
Yes, he was near perfect.
The “injury” that prevented him to train legs “correctly” was all BS, a few years ago he was squatting 500 pounds
Now look at how Kevin's biceps insert almost immediately above his elbow joint. Even when Kev is SKINNY, you can clearly see this, because muscle shape is GENETIC.
You can tell Kev has a superior genetic template for being muscular, even when he's 185-lb.
Now look at how Kevin's biceps insert almost immediately above his elbow joint. Even when Kev is SKINNY, you can clearly see this, because muscle shape is GENETIC.
You can tell Kev has a superior genetic template for being muscular, even when he's 185-lb.
His biceps were not very good though, flat, no peaks, his triceps and shoulders were world class
Ronnie, flex, now those are top biceps, but Ronnie’s triceps were ok
Flex wheeler at his best was better imo, round muscle bellies win
Cocks are a toss up
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I met Levrone about 2 months after the 1994 Arnold Classic. I believe that he was 28 at the time. His biceps were pretty damn peaked in my opinion. But that was in person. In pictures, the peaks might not be impressive. But standing next to him in person was a much different story.
One of the other things that stood out seeing him in person was that his hair had a lot of red in it. Standing under the bright lights, the red stood out. I thought that was surprising at the time.
Levrone supposedly stuffed a sock in his posing trunks at the 2003 Mr Olympia
True, I agree his biceps weren’t bad, but in comparison to some of the top competition it was “lacking” a bit, by no means it was a weakness on his physique
Who was the most impressive in your opinion in person?
I’ve seen most of the 90’s guys, flex and Cormier at golds, and Ronnie training for the O in 2003 at metroflex, I’ll give flex the nod in terms of overall physique, the muscle bellies, the cartoon look, best I’ve seen, Ronnie, however, was just a monster, huge beyond belief
Levrone supposedly stuffed a sock in his posing trunks at the 2003 Mr Olympia
Sometimes I feel bodybuilding is just a bull shit activity.
“Sometimes”? You’ve been beating this drum for as long as I can remember
Anyways, bodybuilding is a fucked up niche hobby filled with freaks and scumbags ….. and that’s why we love it :D
Sometimes I feel bodybuilding is just a bull shit activity. It's a sport based on drug use. No drugs and the sport disappears. I know fans of bodybuilding drugs will say all sports use. It isn't true but it makes guys feel good about sticking needles in their ass to look good to the clueless. Amazing how so many pros look amazing the day of the contest then 5 months later look like absolute crap.Drug free bodybuilding is mostly muscle free bodybuilding.
Dude was Hardcore !
Flex wheeler at his best was better imo, round muscle bellies win
Cocks are a toss up
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That’s because Levrone is a weirdo, very awkward personi=RwSSzilKQTXP7HQI
Looks like he pulled his food out of a dumpsters, definitely not the quality that old couple use to make for him. Poor nutrition has him talking crazy and doing odd things at a track.
You think Kevin was the lady's boy toy and her husband was a cuck?
Very strange behavior for a man in his mid-40s.
The guy is an enigma, was he ever married ? does he have any kids?
I remember watching all his videos and not once you will see him with a girlfriend or sth...just this dude alone in his big old house in Maryland...training all kind of weird hours, from late night to 5 in the morning... cleaning his floor with a toothbrush....having old people cooking his meals...
Beat me to it lol
Show that clip to average people and they’ll think Kevin has mental issues. Lol.
His biceps were not very good though, flat, no peaks, his triceps and shoulders were world class
Ronnie, flex, now those are top biceps, but Ronnie’s triceps were ok
I think that’s just skilled posing. His wrist isn’t fully supinated, it’s about halfway there, making his biceps look longer. Try it for yourself, flex your biceps with your wrist supinated, and then pronate your wrist .. the gap will disappear.
Obviously Kevin has insane muscle shape but his triceps are superior to his biceps, he was just skilled enough at posing to hide his flaws.
He is such a tiny tit that he makes bhanky look buff. But when he takes the drugs he balances the Steroid Universe against bhanky's 2 grams a week for decades and zero improvement. Might well be a nice guy in the real world but most of us will never know as we are not in his world. I wish him some normalcy as his years pass ever faster toward his personal infinity.If you want to spew your venomous shit about that Bhanky guy take it somewhere else asshole
The guy is an enigma, was he ever married ? does he have any kids?Nothing wrong with that.
I remember watching all his videos and not once you will see him with a girlfriend or sth...just this dude alone in his big old house in Maryland...training all kind of weird hours, from late night to 5 in the morning... cleaning his floor with a toothbrush....having old people cooking his meals...
Nothing wrong with that.:D ;D
levrone woooosh had a wife and has a son.Nothing wrong with that.
Great to see a bodybuilder doing mobility drills and sprinting. How many pros could even jog a lap without gassing? Remember that tape of Levrone challenging a top sprinter to a race? He lost but at least he showed he was an athlete.
Half the fools on this thread can´t even get a hard on without more drugs ::)
Whenever I say I'm anti drugs the fans of drugs on this site lose their mind.even had one fool on here call some drug addict a drug addict , like he was no druggie himself :D
Leading up to the 2016 Mr Olympia, Dave Palumbo predicted that Levrone would win... Heath erased that idea pretty damn quickly
Would like to see Phil Heath attempt the same feat. His last contest was in 2020, so let’s see him do the 2033 Mr OHeath is a washed up bum
even had one fool on here call some drug addict a drug addict , like he was no druggie himself :D
I think the notion of "TRT" has given people a psychological release to classify their addiction as medicinal/therapeutic.Or other medications they are addicted too like anti-depressants.
Or other medications they are addicted too like anti-depressants.
They spend 24/7 on getbig
They dislike the world & try to attack other people online but the truth is they are little people with a world of hurt.
Greg Douchete ?Joe Douchete :D
The guy is an enigma, was he ever married ? does he have any kids?
I remember watching all his videos and not once you will see him with a girlfriend or sth...just this dude alone in his big old house in Maryland...training all kind of weird hours, from late night to 5 in the morning... cleaning his floor with a toothbrush....having old people cooking his meals...
Greg Douchete ?
Dude is still in shape..
Remember that photo sequence in one of the muscle magazines in which Samir and Strydom are racing each other?
If I remember correctly, Gary suffered a debilitating hammy cramp and Bannout won.
The pics are hilarious.
It’s the late-‘80s/early-‘90s so they’re wearing those dumb, bulky tops and shit.
:D
Mentzer and Viator were deadlifting after back and loaded the bar to about 500lbs. Both failed. Samir watching them grabbed the bar and did a bunch of reps while weighing less than both of them.Samir practiced olympic lifting if I recall correctly, and he was saying he was phonemenally strong in pulling.
Samir practiced olympic lifting if I recall correctly, and he was saying he was phonemenally strong in pulling.I recall a story about Samir
I recall a story about SamirWhat can I say, great muscle bellies, great shape and structure and amazing strength to match, and he was always in great shape (he messed in some contests but he seemed to keep his size and shape all the time even in off season)
The Barbarian brothers were doing 1rm with a weight I cant remember, they asked Samir if he could do it and he repped out with it
What can I say, great muscle bellies, great shape and structure and amazing strength to match, and he was always in great shape (he messed in some contests but he seemed to keep his size and shape all the time even in off season)
Mentzer and Viator were deadlifting after back and loaded the bar to about 500lbs. Both failed. Samir watching them grabbed the bar and did a bunch of reps while weighing less than both of them.
A little known fact, Samir was known in the metro Detroit area for having a very a large and active cock. COCK!!!
Mentzer and Viator were deadlifting after back and loaded the bar to about 500lbs. Both failed. Samir watching them grabbed the bar and did a bunch of reps while weighing less than both of them.I'm surprised Mentzer deadlifted at all.
Mentzer and Viator were deadlifting after back and loaded the bar to about 500lbs. Both failed. Samir watching them grabbed the bar and did a bunch of reps while weighing less than both of them.Absolutely bullshit
Looks great for a fella pushing 60 but why not just do normal exercises ???
Absolutely bullshitits a story, it may be true in may not
Which mag did you get that from..were you there?
Did you see it happening?
its a story, it may be true in may not;D
Calm the fuck down...
Maybe he is bored and fed up with training and just want to end workouts quickly, exercising multile muscle groups at a time.Bodybuilders trained in this way years ago, cleans, clean & press... a lot of Olympic lifts were in many a routine.
Just like me.
Absolutely bullshit
Which mag did you get that from..were you there?
Did you see it happening?
Allegedly it’s true.But do you have proof you can post?
Over the decades I’ve heard this from several solid sources.
Bodybuilders trained in this way years ago, cleans, clean & press... a lot of Olympic lifts were in many a routine.
It was just later that machines took over & the "isolation" training began. Why clean & press a bar when you can sit on a machine & just press.
with regards to Kevin, he likes the old school heavy ass training so i am not surprised he now does these basic, multiple muscle lifts.
Did you watch the video ??? He's not doing Olympic lifts, he's doing a bunch of weird made-up shit like "squat hammer curls" (hammer curls with too much weight so you have to use your legs to swing them up).still a multi muscle lift. Some do a squat & press lift is that a multi muscle lift?
But do you have proof you can post?
Lol...well, if the story involved Samir Bannout, Mike Mentzer, and Casey Viator, that would have put it at around, what, 1983?well who knows maybe someone on here was there or got real information & not just , "i heard it"
Cellphone cameras weren't as common back then. ;D
But your post sort of reminded me of the first meme below. Then I found the other two, while searching for the first one. ;D
Although that meme would be more appropriate to send to OAK - he literally spent 3+ years believing that Covid was a lethal plague, and no amount of evidence proved otherwise to him. ::)
I hate posting sources for people who won't change their views no matter how much evidence you give them.
Didn't Mike Mentzer had shorter arms than Samir Bannout? So it would make sense Samir's deadlift was stronger.
Also, I'm not surprised that even a bodybuilder would miss a 500-lb deadlift if they don't specifically train deadlift. And it's not like Mentzer or Viator were mass monsters. They probabaly just never deadlifted. But who knows?
well who knows maybe someone on here was there or got real information & not just , "i heard it"
know what i mean bro
Yes, good sir.
If it happened at Gold's Gym Venice, there were probably witnesses.
In the "RXMuscle Power Hour" podcast from ~2011, Tom Prince was asked about some of his best lifts, and mentioned his 700-lb deadlift for 3 reps.
I recall 2001 FLEX magazine pictures with Milos Sarcev deadlifting 675-lb.
And of course Ronnie Coleman's 800-lb for 2 reps was legendary. Other big bodybuilder DL's would be Johnnie Jackson who pulled ~805-lb, and Dallas McCarver who pulled 845-lb.
So, IMO, most pro bodybuilders deadlift in the 500-700 range, with only exceptionally strong ones exceeding that.
I would guess that probably 80% of bodybuilders DL between 525-675. Maybe around 60% are between 550-650.
I'm speculating. But if most pros deadlift 700+, they aren't posting videos of it.
So I'm not shocked that two 1980's IFBB pros likely both weighing sub-230, and probably not deadlifting regularly or at all - with shorter arms - failed to deadlift 500-lb. Heck, well under 1% of men deadlift 500+.
But - there is no absolute proof. That said, Fortress used to write for MUSCLEMAG, and was very connected/networked in the bodybuilding industry. He has proven his credibility.
In general, I trust Fortress on such matters.
Jack,OK i believe you... :D
As Rob said, it was 585, not 500.
The only knowledge I have of it came from Samir himself
He said the Mentzer bros and Viator were doing deadlifts. They'd loaded the bar to -- yep -- 585, and before any of them attempted it, Samir says he ran up and half-jokingly grabbed the bar and made some smart-ass remark (I think he said, "Ready!", as in "ready to rep this" or somesuch).
Viator allegedly told Samir to get lost -- that he couldn't hang, blah blah.
They all took their turns. Again, according to Samir, Mike got one hard rep with the weight; the supposedly much stronger Viator and Ray couldn't get it, and Samir went on to do several reps.
Could be true. Again, as Rob said, there were supposed witnesses, even though I will say that eyewitness testimony is the lowest form of evidence.
was a great source of information this is true, i spoke to Bob Kennedy a few times.
BUT... i trust only my eyes..what i witness
i agree though most do not do heavy deads ..but why should they ?
Jack,
As Rob said, it was 585, not 500.
The only knowledge I have of it came from Samir himself
He said the Mentzer bros and Viator were doing deadlifts. They'd loaded the bar to -- yep -- 585, and before any of them attempted it, Samir says he ran up and half-jokingly grabbed the bar and made some smart-ass remark (I think he said, "Ready!", as in "ready to rep this" or somesuch).
Viator allegedly told Samir to get lost -- that he couldn't hang, blah blah.
They all took their turns. Again, according to Samir, Mike got one hard rep with the weight; the supposedly much stronger Viator and Ray couldn't get it, and Samir went on to do several reps.
Could be true. Again, as Rob said, there were supposed witnesses, even though I will say that eyewitness testimony is the lowest form of evidence.
Bob Kennedy died a bit too young, IMO [age 73], with excessive tanning in his youth what he claimed to be the cause of his skin cancer. Sad stuff - MUSCLEMAG turned to garbage without him, and very quickly folded.Bob was a decent man & straight talking too. I liked him.
Regarding you asking why bodybuilders should deadlift - exactly...why should they?
Major injury potential, for a lift that you can probably get the same progress on using exclusively other lifts. Although perhaps that's not exactly true. But the injury potential is still there, so it's probably for the best that bodybuilders avoid deadlifting.
The guy is an enigma, was he ever married ? does he have any kids?
I remember watching all his videos and not once you will see him with a girlfriend or sth...just this dude alone in his big old house in Maryland...training all kind of weird hours, from late night to 5 in the morning... cleaning his floor with a toothbrush....having old people cooking his meals...
he was married all throughout the 90's, they divorced then got together again in the mid 2000's and had a son, he's 18 or so now
and yeah he got sexual favors from that old lady in the Maryland Muscle Machine video
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Never seen Kevin do any deadlifts considering he’s a basic old school lifter who does heavy bench presses and squats
Wife must have been not exactly a head-turner if he had to pound out the old lady on the side.
he did them
Wife must have been not exactly a head-turner if he had to pound out the old lady on the side.You gotta pay the bills. :-X
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Levrone didn’t have Mr and Mrs Smith cooking his flounder, rice and green bean meals hence the dead last placing. Remember when Kevin didn’t know what red pepper was and then sniffed the shaker in curiosity? He’s a special guy who needs lots of help.
I don't understand the hate from people on here. The dude was stronger than anyone on getbig ..haha
I don't understand the hate from people on here. The dude was stronger than anyone on getbig ..haha
Wife must have been not exactly a head-turner if he had to pound out the old lady on the side.
But do you have proof you can post?
I don't understand the hate from people on here. The dude was stronger than anyone on getbig ..haha
they divorced shortly before then
this is right before 99 olympia, his wife is here
the M3 video was recorded right before 2000 olympia and she was gone at that point
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they divorced shortly before then
this is right before 99 olympia, his wife is here
the M3 video was recorded right before 2000 olympia and she was gone at that point
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Those Eastern-European Dudes who wanted Kev to peel were sus :D
Very touchy feely and "Show cock!"
His wife didn’t want any of it, walked right away
At least the Maryland Muscle Machine never posed for Schmoes ......
or did he ?
WooooSHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Be ye ke