Levrone used personal experiences to create himself as a bodybuilder.
Bodybuilding great Kevin Levrone put together an incredible career in the IFBB. There were many factors that helped him build this career and he was able to reflect on some of the darkness he felt and how it was used. Levrone joined First Things THRST and explained how steroids impacted his career while he trained in a dark mindset to help build his physique.
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“I had to go to a dark place to create that character, the bodybuilder that people see.”
Levrone was one of the top bodybuilders in Men’s Open during the 90s. He was unable to capture the elusive Sandow Trophy but finished as the runner-up on four separate occasions. During this time, Levrone battled with the likes of Dorian Yates and Flex Wheeler. He is also a two-time Arnold Classic champion. Levrone has kept up with the happenings around bodybuilding and this includes the Olympia.
Kevin Levrone is not moving the weight he used to but he remains extremely active and his progress shows. Levrone, who is considered one of the greatest bodybuilders to never win a Sandow Trophy, has fans clamoring for a return at Masters Olympia but there are no plans as of now.
| Full Name: Kevin Levrone (Men’s Open Bodybuilder) | ||
| Weight | Height | Date Of Birth |
| 240 lbs | 5’11” | 7/16/1964 |
| Division | Era | Nationality |
| Men’s Open Bodybuilding | 1990s, 2000s | American |
Kevin Levrone Talks Training Mindset During Career
Levrone was able to build one of the best physiques of his generation and it was created with hard work and dedication. He continued to explain how the loss of his parents was used mentally while he was in the gym.
“Every set, every rep, every competition, I always thought about my parents. It was created from pain and everything I went through. I would get on a cycle of steroids or something, I was in survival mode.”
Watch Kevin Levrone’s Movie “Born To Overcome”
Kevin Levrone’s life story Born To Overcome, is available to stream, watch or download on Amazon Prime Video and Vimeo. Born To Overcome is an hour long documentary, directed by Vlad Yudin (Generation Iron, Ronnie Coleman The King, Dream Big The Olympia Movie) that follow’s Kevin from the very first moments of his Arnold Classic Australia 2018 comeback all the way through to the end. It showcases the physical and mental struggles, the laser focus, and a final reflective moment after his competition.
Losing both of his parents to cancer at a young age, Levrone first took an interest in bodybuilding as a young child. He had an older cousin who was in the military and who inspired him to get into fitness and strength training. He earned his pro card in 1991 at the NPC Finals, and from there it was off to the races. From there, he became a threat to the ultimate prize in bodybuilding and it led to intense training.
In retirement, Levrone admitted that since he is not vying for the Sandow Trophy anymore, he does not have to be in that mindset anymore.
“Revisiting it in those moments, and when I go into a gym, I can’t really go and work out if I’m not 100% that guy, I was that guy. I’m not that guy anymore. So I don’t do 16 sets a body part, I don’t squat heavy, I don’t do the heavy bench pressing.”
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