Kevin Levrone 500lb Bench

[maldorf]

I haven't seen much of any hate on this thread... I'm 50.. Been doing this quite a while.. 35 years.. I've torn a quad.. A bicep.. And now have two knee replacements.. So I've had my share of injuries.. And so has kevin levrone .. ( not comparing myself to kevin by any means).. But we have to realize that Kevin's last olympia attempt was less than spectacular because he couldn't train his legs.. Why... ? Heavy squats for very low reps.. Now after the torn pec it should have been a wake up call .. Then he had the torn LAT... Tricep.... Then quad... It's time to train a bit different.. Train heavy but up the reps a bit.. I'm the biggest levrone fan around but his path will be diverted again by injury .. Mark my words.. He posted not long ago himself doing a triple in the behind the neck press ... A triple ? That exercise can be dangerous in the best situations let along so heavy for a triple.. I hope he will be injury free... But I have my doubts..

Doing 405 behind the neck press here on a smith machine. The guy is nuts! Strong as hell though! He is going to hurt himself for sure if he keep that up.

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[chinaboy]

Not sure if someone already posted it but Kevin posted on instagram that this next competition is his last. I bet he is just trying to get his last heavy lifts in for his life time just for the hell of it while he is swolled up.

 

[alfresco]

well . . .

Some of it is probably due to leverage, where the tendons insert of the bones etc. That sort of thing. A long leverage arm and a short resistance arm, simple physics.

YEP.. Strength is all physics .. Leverage.. Arm length .. You name it.. Strength or lack thereof ISNT equal to mass .. That's been proven time and time again.. But one should always strive to be progressive in poundage ... I see guys constantly posting poundages in videos that are quite impressive but lack the mass to go with that poundage.. But I always go back to " if it's heavy for you its heavy"...

It has been said that the perfect (unusual?) body proportions; forearms the same
length as upper arms and the torso the same length as legs, is the perfect physique
for Olympic weightlifting.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/dec/03/naim-suleymanoglu-obituary

And I agree with LATS, "if it's heavy for you its heavy” and “always strive to be
progressive in poundage.” Strength is relative. It cracks me up when people
quote their training poundage’s. While it might show progression on your
part, is meaningless to others unless you are training identical twins.

With regards to Kevin, I wish him the best, which is to say zero injuries, but odds
are not in his favor, at his age and with the poundage’s he is chasing.

Sometimes broken thinks need to be broken further before they can truly heal.

 

[Jaythomas]

WOW

All yo can say is he is a hell of an athlete!!!!!!!!! WOW!

 

[southoftheborder]

Naturally strong! Says she is natural, looks it. Working out with 495 on the squat, repping out.

World's Strongest Woman | " BRITTANY JADE " | 31 Years Old | PowerLifting Motivation - YouTube

What is natural?

For some people, taking anavar or some primo is being natural..

For the record... i dont think she is drug free...

But her strengh is very very impressive, naturall or not...

Her upper body strengh (considering she is a woman) is unreal..

 

[brucepancake]

Outliers

My father can do complicated math by head in seconds. Not astrophysics type thing, but big numbers, mortgage interests and stuff like that, like really fast.

He's got a degree in business but he says he was like that in high school. He doesn't know why, it's his thing.

Unusual strength is just like this. Some people have it.

 

[lcsulla]

What is natural?



For some people, taking anavar or some primo is being natural..



For the record... i dont think she is drug free...



But her strengh is very very impressive, naturall or not...



Her upper body strengh (considering she is a woman) is unreal..

She’s a big girl. Probably weighs well over 200. So it’s not she’s 5’4 and 120lbs. Lol

 

[cal]

She’s a big girl. Probably weighs well over 200. So it’s not she’s 5’4 and 120lbs. Lol

Those lifts for a 200 lb man are very solid lifts your comments show you have no clue what you are talking about ....give credit where it's due ...nothing worse than an insecure man that can't acknowledge someone is good at something ...my guess is that she probably outlifts you easily ...and probably many of the men on this forum don't see alot of males enhanced or not approach anything close to 500 with any semblance of form ...

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[cal]

Those lifts for a 200 lb man are very solid lifts your comments show you have no clue what you are talking about ....give credit where it's due ...nothing worse than an insecure man that can't acknowledge someone is good at something ...my guess is that she probably outlifts you easily ...and probably many of the men on this forum don't see alot of males enhanced or not approach anything close to 500 squat with any semblance of form ...and her deadlift blows away most wannabe gym rats including juiced up ones

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