Well, Kevin Levrone is dead last at the Olympia

[Azure]

You know what's funny?

Kevin woke up this Saturday morning with a smile, exhausted and relieved and proud.

"The Champ" woke up this morning miserable, scanning social media for haters and anxious for today's show.

Dead last vs. First Place, and completely opposite mindsets.  Kevrone will be happy in 20 years while the other guy will be still seeking validation, disposing of people, lying casually, and generally just being an unhappy crap person.

Kinda makes last night's pre-judging seem like a Levrone victory after all.

And Kevin is posing tonight and will receive a standing ovation for a job and career well done.  Last place notwithstanding he has cemented himself as a legend.

Phil may not get booed as badly as last year since he looks better.  He will tie Dorian for wins but I don't think he will ever have that same respect.  He doesn't get as much respect as Jay who I thought was terrible.

[Kwon]

And Kevin is posing tonight and will receive a standing ovation for a job and career well done.  Last place notwithstanding he has cemented himself as a legend.

Phil may not get booed as badly as last year since he looks better.  He will tie Dorian for wins but I don't think he will ever have that same respect.  He doesn't get as much respect as Jay who I thought was terrible.

Phil will also be FAT in his 50s.

Not able to bring what Kev did.

[thebrink]

Kevin had one of the greatest physiques ever.  Amazing genetics.

But
Kevin was the definition of all drugs.  Shrink every year, live on the protein and greens and super supplements for 4 months, then shrink.  

He never had that foundation of muscle you see in a Ronnie or Kai, or even a Phil Heath now.  Guys can't shrink then just blow up anymore.  

Levrone was awesome, but there is no better example of being dependent upon the added things. Without them he held no muscle.

100 percent agree.
Kev had good genetics and was a great responder. That's it.

[Azure]

Phil will also be FAT in his 50s.

Not able to bring what Kev did.

Dude do we know each other?  I predicted that he will be fat too. 

Nope he won't be able to accomplish what Kevin did.  Even though it was kind of sad to see, I was proud of him that he followed through on it.  He never has to wonder "What if?"  I was a skeptic that he would even get onstage and he proved me wrong...so go out on your terms.

[OB1]

Philsulina will also be FAT and lonely in his 50s.

Not able to bring what Kev did.

Fixed.

[Simple Simon]

Phil in his 50s

[hardgainerj]

^^
No, not quite. Not even close.

his bulge alone should give him #1

[Danimal77]

I don't think Ronnie has a hard time with how he looks. In fact he seems pretty damn comfortable. Seems like a lot of other people do though. People expect Ronnie to look like he used to which is clearly unrealistic. It's nice to see anyone from the older era come on stage as far as I'm concerned. If Lee Haney and Dorian were asked to train for a few months and guest pose knowing full well they are not going to look their best I'd love to see that. We all get older but people seem to get all surprised about it? I talked to Lee Haney about 8 years ago and he was talking about possibly guest posing. Can you imagine the shit he would have gotten if he didn't show up at his best.

As far as Kevin goes lets forget he's 52, the reality is that he trained for 5 months and pretty much started contest dieting from day one. He never had time to gain any real size. OK here I go speculating but it's the truth. Dexter is 5 years younger than Kevin and he's been slamming drugs for well over 25 years. Kevin decides to train for 5 months and you got people saying he's gonna drop dead.   Same with Freeman almost Kevin's age but for the most part never had a break in years. Could Kevin come in bigger? Of course, could his legs regain their past size glory prob not but I'm sure he could muster some more size from them. Kevin was a true freak so he will be judged by his past look. A guy like Dexter doesn't have to be big because he was always judged on his conditioning. Dexter did bring his legs up which is an accomplishment but in reality means nothing as far as the Olympia goes, all it proves is that one can build size to your legs in your later 40's.

I'd love to see Kevin stick around for a few more shows maybe see what he can do in the gym with a true off season but he just may call it quits. Either way I'll shed a nostalgic tear for him not because of how he looked but because of what and who he represented last night and tonight, an era of bodybuilding that is sadly gone forever and in my eyes will be greatly missed.

Kevin trained longer than 5 months. He already had size in December/January.