Author Topic: Coleman, Wheeler, Levrone, Demayo and Mendenhall video from '91 Nationals (Read 12294 times)

tweeter · « **Reply #50 on:** October 27, 2006, 10:23:03 PM »

Levrone looked amazing; only flaw I saw was that his left bicep looked a little small compared to his right (freeze the screen when he does the front double bi), however he corrected this imbalance later in his career...24 inch guns in ya face baby!!

SWOLETRAIN · « **Reply #51 on:** October 27, 2006, 10:29:30 PM »

Demayos legs WOW!

McFarland · « **Reply #52 on:** October 27, 2006, 10:30:04 PM »

KevinLevrone.net temporarily down due to insufficient funds in the meantime please visit me at http://www.myspace.com/levrone

Man what the hell. Kevin should do the '07 Arnold Classic. He's got plenty of time to get ready!

tweeter · « **Reply #53 on:** October 27, 2006, 10:32:53 PM »

Quote from: McFarland on October 27, 2006, 10:30:04 PM

KevinLevrone.net temporarily down due to insufficient funds in the meantime please visit me at http://www.myspace.com/levrone

Man what the hell. Kevin should do the '07 Arnold Classic. He's got plenty of time to get ready!

Yeah, I saw that too. Levrone needs to get back to bodybuilding; competition is way down now, he could do some damage if he brings those wheels back up.

McFarland · « **Reply #54 on:** October 27, 2006, 10:34:40 PM »

Contests include the 1990 Maryland State 1st; 1991 NPC Nationals 1st; etc. etc.

McFarland · « **Reply #55 on:** October 27, 2006, 10:46:55 PM »

Check this out. I just found this written in the October 1999 issue of Parillo's Performance Press in an article written about bodybuilding competitor Josh Beach.

In November of 1990 I was introduced to Kevin Levrone at Powerhouse Gym in Linthicum, Maryland. Kevin at the time was the NPC Maryland State Champion and though he was tiny by his current standards, I could see he was something special. After meeting Kevin I went home and called my friend Kyle Norris in Knoxville, TN. Kyle, a Parillo disciple, was the 1989 NPC Junior National Heavyweight Champion and Kyle had his sights set on some national competitions in 1991. I knew he would be facing the hungry, gifted Levrone, and I told Kyle that he better watch himself at the '91 national shows if Kevin's name was on the contestant list. I knew as surely as the sun rises in the east that this guy from Maryland would really do some damage. And he went and did just that. The rest of Kevin's saga is bodybuilding history.

Whoosh.

b.c. · « **Reply #56 on:** October 27, 2006, 10:57:05 PM »

Quote from: McFarland on October 27, 2006, 10:18:05 PM

AWESOME. I've heard guys tell basically the same story but included the fact that a year before that he was competing at 210 or something. I remember reading his competitive record in one of his earliest Flex articles and they said that just the year before THAT one that he'd competed at something closer to 185 at the 1990 Maryland State Championships. Who knows the exact numbers and years?

This thread made go back in time and thats the first thought that came back to me. Who beat you? I dont know, the guy was the freakiest thing he had ever seen in his life. We were all in shock to say the least, especially coming from him. Oh the early 90's, what a time frame.

McFarland · « **Reply #57 on:** October 27, 2006, 11:08:24 PM »

Check this shit out...a pro that accompanied Levrone on one of the European Grand Prix tours told me a few interesting things about our man Kevin. First of all, he said that every time he prepped for a show, that at 8 weeks out, he'd just throw away his cell phone. He all of a sudden could no longer be contacted, by anyone. He then said that at some point over the course of the prep he'd begin "locking himself in his bedroom, dressing up in military fatigues and playing army with toy guns and shit for days and days on end. For just days at a time he'd stay in there." I'm not sure how this other pro knew this, but he'd have to have gotten it from somewhere...it's just too strange for anyone to have made made up. Apparently Kevin displayed very strange behavior on the overseas tours as well. He said he might have seen him eat a total of 2 whole food meals the entire trip but that the rest of the time "he'd just be sitting in the back of the plane drinking straight Jack Daniels. Every time I saw him he was just drinking hard liquor and then he'd hit the stage and look like he did."

IMO, it takes a very special person to get into a zone like this and if that's what it takes to put on 50 pounds of competitive muscle in right around a year and a half and maybe these behaviors are actually more responsible for his extraordinary legacy than his actual phenotypic genome.

Check out this clip filmed for American Muscle Magazine right after Levrone's '92 NOC win:

When I finally got the opportunity to ask Kevin what he was thinking, saying all this shit in the way he did for this segment, he just kinda sheepishly laughed, hung his head, and said, "I don't know, man...I don't know." In the same conversation he spoke of his macronutrient intake (carbs, protein, fat) in terms of MILLIgrams. From this I immediately understood that he wasn't exactly well-versed in the more technical aspects of the processes involved in coming to look the way he did.

b.c. · « **Reply #58 on:** October 27, 2006, 11:19:43 PM »

Genetics unmatched by any person in this universe. As far as the alcohol thing he may have used it as a carb filler. It 7 calories/g and all carbs at that. Also it acts as a diuretic and pops your veins out too. Throw in a few meals and drinks, he's carbed up full and pissing out water at the same time, I dont reccomend it but works obviously. The army thing, I guess everyone has a weird side.

Al-Gebra · « **Reply #59 on:** October 27, 2006, 11:25:11 PM »

Quote from: McFarland on October 27, 2006, 11:08:24 PM

Check this shit out...a pro that accompanied Levrone on one of the European Grand Prix tours told me a few interesting things about our man Kevin. First of all, he said that every time he prepped for a show, that at 8 weeks out, he'd just throw away his cell phone. He all of a sudden could no longer be contacted, by anyone. He then said that at some point over the course of the prep he'd begin "locking himself in his bedroom, dressing up in military fatigues and playing army with toy guns and shit for days and days on end. For just days at a time he'd stay in there." I'm not sure how this other pro knew this, but he'd have to have gotten it from somewhere...it's just too strange for anyone to have made made up. Apparently Kevin displayed very strange behavior on the overseas tours as well. He said he might have seen him eat a total of 2 whole food meals the entire trip but that the rest of the time "he'd just be sitting in the back of the plane drinking straight Jack Daniels. Every time I saw him he was just drinking hard liquor and then he'd hit the stage and look like he did."

It takes a very special person to get into a zone like this and if that's what it takes to put on 50 pounds of competitive muscle in right around a year and a half and maybe these behaviors are actually more responsible for his extraordinary legacy than his actual phenotypic genome.

Check out this clip filmed for American Muscle Magazine right after Levrone's '92 NOC win:

When I finally got the opportunity to ask Kevin what he was thinking, saying all this shit in the way he did for this segment, he just kinda sheepishly laughed, hung his head, and said, "I don't know, man...I don't know." In the same conversation he spoke of his macronutrient intake (carbs, protein, fat) in terms of MILLIgrams. From this I immediately understood that he wasn't exactly well-versed in the more technical aspects of the processes involved in coming to look the way he did.

posting shit like this is going to cause your old running mate true adonis' head to explode . . . you might be able to help him retain his equilibrium by erasing your post and just noting that no human being is far from ~~mediocrity~~ the norm as defined by Adonis.

the shadow · « **Reply #60 on:** October 28, 2006, 12:56:46 AM »

Quote from: SWOLETRAIN on October 27, 2006, 10:29:30 PM

Demayos legs WOW!

dammit demayo was awesome.i read about paul on some website that he was planning for a comeback wayback in 2001 and from what i have heard that he was training hard to make a comeback.sad he died last year.he had unlimited potential.he was of the true mass freaks.RIP PAUL

the shadow · « **Reply #61 on:** October 28, 2006, 01:00:33 AM »

coleman was looking like mike tyson in this video...

McFarland · « **Reply #62 on:** October 28, 2006, 01:04:05 AM »

Quote from: the shadow on October 28, 2006, 12:56:46 AM

dammit demayo was awesome.i read about paul on some website that he was planning for a comeback wayback in 2001 and from what i have heard that he was training hard to make a comeback.sad he dies last year.he had unlimited potential.he was of the true mass freaks.RIP PAUL

Did you hear where in his acceptance speech for the Weider best poser award he thanked Ed Connors for "making this all possible?" And I'm telling you, it's just just the growth money or whatever he may have provided. It was something much more hard to come by. I've heard Jay Cutler give Ed Connors mad props before, basically crediting him with most of his initial success. Now he's Mr. Olympia. You can consider these points from the most superficial perspective or you can look underneath to find the REAL key to the greatness attained by these guys.

When I finally met Ed at the 2005 San Francisco Pro Invitational, he was adamant in his opinion that "drug use (recreational) is the main factor responsible for the quality decline seen in bodybuilding today." Demayo succumbed to this fate.

crownshep · « **Reply #63 on:** October 28, 2006, 02:17:52 AM »

Great show ,on par with the 83 Nationals with Paris,Leidelmeyer,Christian,Mendenhall and Gaspari.

Figo · « **Reply #64 on:** October 28, 2006, 05:55:27 AM »

Who placed where in that 83 show?

MAXX · « **Reply #65 on:** October 28, 2006, 05:58:47 AM »

damn best Nationals ever for sure. Ronnie had triceps back then. Kevin had some great wheels to. Demayos legs

rayisnumerouno · « **Reply #66 on:** October 28, 2006, 06:17:56 AM »

Quote from: Debussey on October 27, 2006, 06:31:02 PM

Demayo: Dead.
Flex: Ruined his kidneys
Mendenhall: Burnt out on steroids.
Levrone: Small as a stick nowdays
Coleman: Former Mr.O

3/5: Either dead or struggling with health issues
1/5: Stick figure
1/5: Mr.O, will die before 60.

BB is very healthy.

Always gotta be one pathetic loser to ruin a good thread. What is your point?

rayisnumerouno · « **Reply #67 on:** October 28, 2006, 06:25:30 AM »

Quote from: MAXX on October 28, 2006, 05:58:47 AM

damn best Nationals ever for sure. Ronnie had triceps back then. Kevin had some great wheels to. Demayos legs

That '83 show sounds like it was ultra-competitive as well. It was this time and the likes of Levrone and Flex that really got me interested in bodybuilding. Mendenhall's size and structure were incredible!!!

DeMayo's quads to me have no equal in size, shape, condition, and cuts. I didn't really remember Ronnie from that far back. His physique never really appealed to me (looked his best in 98-99) and he looks weird to me here even when smaller.

Figo · « **Reply #68 on:** October 28, 2006, 06:35:22 AM »

Quote from: Debussey on October 27, 2006, 06:31:02 PM

Demayo: Dead.
Flex: Ruined his kidneys
Mendenhall: Burnt out on steroids.
Levrone: Small as a stick nowdays
Coleman: Former Mr.O

3/5: Either dead or struggling with health issues
1/5: Stick figure
1/5: Mr.O, will die before 60.

BB is very healthy.

If you have such animosity towards the game, why frequent or post here?

We all know De Mayo passed on, and it wasnt due to bbing related issues.

Flex was predisposed to kidney issues,and yet chose to abuse the drugs, his choice.

Perhaps Mendenhall had other goals, after getting the shaft for a decade and a half?

Levrone would dwarf anybody, anyday, if he chose to, but he chooses to be marketable to his new industry.

Coleman has achieved every goal, nothing to prove, his life expectancy is not in his, nor anyone's hands, he did what he had to do, knowing the repercussions, last I checked, he's living the good life, and set-up for the future.

Why dont you go watch some Busey reruns or something?

affy · « **Reply #69 on:** October 28, 2006, 07:22:43 AM »

Quote from: McFarland on October 27, 2006, 10:30:04 PM

KevinLevrone.net temporarily down due to insufficient funds in the meantime please visit me at http://www.myspace.com/levrone

Man what the hell. Kevin should do the '07 Arnold Classic. He's got plenty of time to get ready!

man thats sad, one of the greatest bodybuilders every being short of money for a website...he'll probably come back to bodybuilding soon...he'll get atleast at top three finish
man if he comes back, next years olympia will be freaking stacked

TDK · « **Reply #70 on:** October 28, 2006, 07:48:57 AM »

What I don't get is why doesnt Kevin just say his site is down? Why does he have to add the "due to insufficient funds" bit. Does he want us to feel sorry for him? He chose to leave BBing and persue a stupid pipe dream in Hollywood.

Stick to what you were born to do Kevin.