2016 Olympia - Kevin Levrone update

[Royal Lion]

Must drive Phil nuts he has to share this with Kev

I wonder if Phil realizes how negative most fans view him, or if he's too arrogant to get it.  They had to put Kevin on the poster because no one cares about Phil.

[Disgusted]

 He's in much better shape now than 2003. 

[NarcissisticDeity]

Pics from earlier in the year

[Iceman1981]

The thing with Levrone, he looks 250 lbs from the front, but looks 200 lbs from the back. His back and legs will not be up to par with the Top 10.

[jude2]

Damn he is a great responder.

[Master Blaster]

Damn he is a great responder.

Yes, and he quit before receptor burnout
 AND he's known to "grow to show" 

I'm calling a controversial top 3 finish ala 1980 upset

I'm willing to put cash money on this claim   

[SaintAnger]

I'm just happy to see him and happy to support him.  I'll be watching.

[SquidVicious]

That back photo really tells the tale. He doesn't even have a National level back at this point. And his legs will be equally down in mass. He was always a two-pose bodybuilder he's got a good side chest and great most muscular. Everything else is 10th place or below. But this is politics so if Manion thinks the fans want to see Levrone and Heath battling for the title, then that's what we'll get.

[honest]

Great to see him following it through, I doubted him and think that if he was to keep going that by the Arnold he could be a hell of a lot better again, that's not to say he wont look good at the Olympia, Props to the old man,

[Mr.1derful]

As much as I hate Phil... that back won't beat him.

I question if that's a current pic.  In the back shot he looks too light compared to the most muscular one just posted.  

[Mothballs]

That back is pretty much the average back at a local regional show on a Heavyweight and that's being generous. Kevin will come in flat and stringy looking. Nature vs Nurture. Nature always wins.

[Danimal77]

So much for danimal's weight estimations

Sorry, but I'm not seeing 251. I'm not saying he's not that weight, but to me, he just looked much large in the late 90's than now.

[Danimal77]

He looks on par with 2003 upper body wise, at least.

In those pic comparisons, he actually has far more striations today than he did 13 years ago. He looked soft back then. He looks shredded with much lower bodyfat today. To me he looks MAX low 240's at best. Don't know where 251 pounds is coming from, especially knowing his legs are probably nowhere near what they were when he was a legit 250+ pound guy in the late 90's.

[Danimal77]

This!


He's going to impact the show...mark my words.  He looks fuller than expected and will look even more impressive once he drops water.

Are you really seeing 251 pounds though? I'm not.

[Danimal77]

He's in much better shape now than 2003. 

^^^^^
This

[Danimal77]

The thing with Levrone, he looks 250 lbs from the front, but looks 200 lbs from the back. His back and legs will not be up to par with the Top 10.

That's what I don't get. When he used to be a legit 249-257 pound man onstage back in the late 90's, he also had big legs. How is he weighing the same now (according to him) when his back (lats) looks thin and tiny (yet shredded) and his legs are probably non-existent? Something doesn't compute.

[2scared2post]

[Hack Benchers]

does anyone else not think kevin is playing games lol? i have a feeling he is!

You mean this " update pic" is in reality 4 weeks old or something?

[PJim]

That's what I don't get. When he used to be a legit 249-257 pound man onstage back in the late 90's, he also had big legs. How is he weighing the same now (according to him) when his back (lats) looks thin and tiny (yet shredded) and his legs are probably non-existent? Something doesn't compute.

Stop overthinking it. He could just have a load of fat around his organs lol.

[Julio Ceasar]

So if he looks like 200 pound from the back with 250 pound. He will look 300 pound from the front

Kevin must be shorter now than 13 years ago. 0.5-1inch?? Age make u shorter...

I think age make you heavier to. Just take a look at ordinary men and compare 25 year old kids with 55 year old men...everything is bigger, head neck, hands legs, calves, forearms...

[Hack Benchers]

I think age make you heavier to. Just take a look at ordinary men and compare 25 year old kids with 55 year old men...everything is bigger, head neck, hands legs, calves, forearms...

Hold it right there! Are we talking about fat? It not what is suppost to be growing and how? I know what you are talking about but I am interested in the background of your theory, I love Broscience so tell me more.

[Bevo]

That's what I don't get. When he used to be a legit 249-257 pound man onstage back in the late 90's, he also had big legs. How is he weighing the same now (according to him) when his back (lats) looks thin and tiny (yet shredded) and his legs are probably non-existent? Something doesn't compute.

U starting to get it now I see    in the mid to late 90's he looked high 240's to 250's, in his last 2 shows in 02 and 03 he was def down in size esp legs and still claimed around the 240's/250's from what I remember,

2016 he's saying 251 which is nothing compared to 1996/97/98/99 when he was around that weight

I'm going to say he'll be around 230's for the show and that's being generous

Either way good to see him back, brings back memories when I was a teen in the 90's watching him, flex and Shawn

[Hack Benchers]

I'm going to say he'll be around 230's for the show and that's being generous

225 Max.

Either way good to see him back, brings back memories when I was a teen in the 90's watching him, flex and Shawn

X2

[bigmc]

lots of anonymous twnks

hating on a 250lb ripped 52 year old man in this thread

[Ropo]

As much as I hate Phil... that back won't beat him.

If you make a list of weakest backs of bodybuilding legends, it will go like this:

1. Gary Strydom
2. Kevin Levrone
etc..