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*'''Height:''' 1.79 m (5 ft 11 in)<ref>http://levronereport.com/bio</ref> |
*'''Height:''' 1.79 m (5 ft 11 in)<ref>http://levronereport.com/bio</ref> |
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*'''Off Season Weight: '''{{convert|100|kg|lb|abbr=on}}<ref>http://levronereport.com/bio</ref> |
*'''Off Season Weight: '''{{convert|100|kg|lb|abbr=on}}<ref>http://levronereport.com/bio</ref> (post active competitive career) |
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*'''Off Season Weight: '''{{convert|120|kg|lb|abbr=on}}<ref>http://www.evolutionofbodybuilding.net/kevin-levrone/</ref> (peak during active competitive career) |
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*'''Competition Weight: '''{{convert|110-115|kg|lb|abbr=on}} |
*'''Competition Weight: '''{{convert|110-115|kg|lb|abbr=on}} |
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*'''Arm Size: '''{{convert| |
*'''Arm Size: '''{{convert|60|cm|in|abbr=on}}<ref>http://www.evolutionofbodybuilding.net/kevin-levrone/</ref> (active peak) |
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*'''Leg Size: '''{{convert| |
*'''Leg Size: '''{{convert|82|cm|in|abbr=on}} <ref>http://www.evolutionofbodybuilding.net/kevin-levrone/</ref> |
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*'''Waist Size: '''{{convert|82|cm|in|abbr=on}} |
*'''Waist Size: '''{{convert|82|cm|in|abbr=on}} |
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*'''Chest size: '''{{convert|145|cm|in|abbr=on}} |
*'''Chest size: '''{{convert|145|cm|in|abbr=on}} |
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*'''Best Bench Press: '''{{convert|240|kg|lb|abbr=on}}<ref>http://levronereport.com/bio</ref> |
*'''Best Bench Press: '''{{convert|240|kg|lb|abbr=on}}<ref>http://levronereport.com/bio</ref><ref>http://www.flexonline.com/training/kevin-levrones-training-philosophies</ref><ref>http://www.criticalbench.com/Kevin-Levrone.htm</ref> ( for 4 reps RAW with belt) |
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==Nicknames== |
==Nicknames== |
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Revision as of 01:15, 14 April 2016
| Kevin Levrone | |
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Kevin Levrone in 1994 | |
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| Nickname | Maryland Muscle Machine |
| Born | July 16, 1964 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Weight | 240 lb (109 kg) |
| Professional career | |
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Kevin Mark Levrone (born July 16, 1964)[1] is an American former IFBB professional bodybuilder,[2] IFBB Hall of Famer.[3] blogger, musician and actor. During his professional career Kevin competed in 67 IFBB Professional contests. He has won 23 Pro Shows, holding the record of the most wins as an IFBB professional until Ronnie Coleman set the new record in 2004.
Biography
Childhood
Kevin Levrone was born on July 16, 1964 and was the youngest of six children. He had a country upbringing with a lot of property, pets and animals around. His family - the Levrones, were the close Italian family. Kevin started lifting being a child. Once he was completely amazed how big his cousin Stoney was when he came back from Marine Corps, and Kevin wanted to be just like him. His older brothers Ray and Chris had a 110 pound sets in their bedroom, so he started lifting with them when he was 11. Kevin remembers that he was always stronger than anyone else, he was always good at lifting.
The first bodybuilder who inspired Levrone was Eddie Robinson, he visited NPC Maryland as guest (which Kevin Levrone has won by the way). During the competition, Eddie Robinson had a little chat with Kevin, he said after that- “Now that’s how a professional bodybuilder looks like!”. Kevin started picking up magazines and learned about Mr. Olympia, Lee Haney, and all other top bodybuilders back in ‘80s. He studied Lee’s workout routines, his diet, his posing, and all important details, because Lee Haney was the best in what he did. Kevin said that “Pumping Iron” with Arnold Schwarzenegger brought in a big turning point for a lot of people. Arnold brought fun to the game, he made it look so easy.
Professional career
The first show Kevin Levrone participated was AAU Mr. Maryland in 1989. This show was a combination of bodybuilding and powerlifting event. He bench pressed 435 pounds at 189 pounds category and won the powerlifing competition. Together with his training partners they were looking at the bodybuilders coming to compete, and Kevin’s friend John said that Kevin should do the bodybuilding contest, because he looked as good as those guys coming on stage. After that friends brought over him. They rushed out to the store and got some razors, shaving cream and competition underwear, Kevin shaved off his hair, borrowed some oil and after that won the whole show! He posed with song by Living Color, "Cult of Personality". After that competition Kevin also won the AAU Mr. Annapolis and found out about NPC where big guys went to compete. His cousin Chico coached Kevin for 1990 NPC Maryland. At NPC Maryland Kevin was 206 pounds and again won the show. When Kevin won the NPC Nationals his weight was 233-236 pounds.
Jim Manion was a big inspiration and mentor to keep Kevin moving forward. Once, right in couple of months before turning Pro, Kevin nearly quit, because Paul DeMayo defeated him at Junior Nationals and Kevin felt really down. After the show Jim came to Kevin looked in his eyes and told him that he has a great potential and should go to the Nationals that year. Jim trained Kevin for the Nationals, Kevin used to say that Jim became almost like a father for him. Kevin won the Nationals competition, and when Lee Haney presented him the trophy, Kevin understood that bodybuilding is his future and something that he wants to do in his life. After that show Kevin hasn’t looked back, and till now he is very thankful for that to Jim Manion. During his competing years Kevin mentions Scotty Raynor as the best training partner that he had. They trained for about 5 years together from 1989 to 1994 and became very close friends. Kevin told that if he had ever won the Olympia he would dedicate the trophy for him.
Training
After 1992 Olympia in February 1993, Kevin has completely torn his major and minor pectoralis while bench pressing 600 pounds, and he needed a surgery to reattach them. At that time everyone thought that Kevin’s career was over. That time was very hard for Kevin. He had 2 surgeries, first one lasted 8 hours, while he was healing from first surgery he got an infection and he needed a second surgery. His weight dropped from 260 to 220 pounds. Most of the weight loss came from upper body. After the surgeries his right side was so weak that he couldn’t do a single push up. Kevin had only 8 weeks to gain all the weight back until the Olympia contest, and he did taking 5th place at the 1993 Olympia. After that Kevin got an invitation to compete at the 1994 Arnold Classic and surprisingly for everyone he won the show! After Arnold Classic Kevin decided to train and do everything his own way. He understood that beating up his body the whole year can really hurt his health, and decided to make his health the highest priority. He understood that in this sport once you had an injury , people forget about you very shortly.
Kevin realized that even not training for 6 month, it took him only 8 weeks to recover and gain back muscle. He understood that he does not need to train more than 3-4 month to get ready. Kevin understood that he can do other things during the year, and can start preparing to the Olympia at late summer and after Olympia do Grand prix contests. This worked out perfectly for him. That is how Kevin Levrone did professional career his own way. And that is how he managed not to gain a lot of weight during off season.
Kevin always trained hard. Every time he went to the gym, he challenged himself. He used to train with powerlifters, and being strong was very important for him. Kevin have never been afraid of getting underneath heavy weights. He looked at workouts as a chance to “tear his body apart” to make it bigger and stronger.
Kevin considered his greatest rivals - Dorian Yates, Flex Wheeler and of course Shawn ray, who was always in great shape. Kevin considered his best shape was at the 2000 mr.Olympia.
After professional career
Kevin did not officially announce his retirement, he explained this as he never thought about retirement, he decided to do something different, find other challenges. [4]
After Kevin ended his competition career, he lost weight and felt comfortable about it, it's difficult to carry so much weight during the whole day. Kevin changed his training and increased the amount of cardio he does weekly, he also enjoys playing other sports like tennis and golf. Levrone's first film as an actor was Backlash. His later film Redline and Burning Hollywood(TV Series). In 2009 Kevin has launched his website The Levrone Report a training/fitness guru blog on which he shared his resumed training program and provided tips and philosophies on a wide range of subjects.
In January 2015 on his Facebook page Kevin announced launch His Supplement Line- Kevin Levrone Signature Series Official Facebook Page.
The Kevin Leverone Signature Series official website can be viewed HERE
Also starting from 2015 he started uploading and making available his music in online music stores like iTunes.
Stats
- Height: 1.79 m (5 ft 11 in)[5]
- Off Season Weight: 100 kg (220 lb)[6] (post active competitive career)
- Off Season Weight: 120 kg (260 lb)[7] (peak during active competitive career)
- Competition Weight: 110–115 kg (243–254 lb)
- Arm Size: 60 cm (24 in)[8] (active peak)
- Leg Size: 82 cm (32 in) [9]
- Waist Size: 82 cm (32 in)
- Chest size: 145 cm (57 in)
- Best Bench Press: 240 kg (530 lb)[10][11][12] ( for 4 reps RAW with belt)
Nicknames
Filmography
Bodybuilding Filmography
Competitive history
References
External links
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