Welcome to Kevin Levrone's training log

[Varga]

I have to give him his props...whatever he does or doesnt do he still is making progress. Most of it is got to be muscle memory but this remainds me of IGF/HGH combo. He must have done some in his life and those extra muscle cells do stay there and come back later on for damn sure.

But all in all it is inspirational to think that after a 4 year layoff he is making great progress is a understatement!!

What suprises me is how little he eats too...4 of those meals is like 2000cal a day if that. Is his thyroid that slow, and he does cardio on top of that for 45min!

 

[dabuffguy]

I have to give him his props...whatever he does or doesnt do he still is making progress. Most of it is got to be muscle memory but this remainds me of IGF/HGH combo. He must have done some in his life and those extra muscle cells do stay there and come back later on for damn sure.

But all in all it is inspirational to think that after a 4 year layoff he is making great progress is a understatement!!

What suprises me is how little he eats too...4 of those meals is like 2000cal a day if that. Is his thyroid that slow, and he does cardio on top of that for 45min!

He's on about 3000 calories a day. His muscles just soak up nutrients way better than most people.

 

[Unit 2005]

He's on about 3000 calories a day. His muscles just soak up nutrients way better than most people.

Hes soaked up a shed load more other things than most too!! haha. Ye what hes doing is great but im still suprised how much strength hes lost....of course, i guess it will all come back very soon. Good thread.

 

[dabuffguy]

 

[dabuffguy]

 

[Varga]

He's on about 3000 calories a day. His muscles just soak up nutrients way better than most people.

That's better now it makes more sense

 

[Varga]

Hes soaked up a shed load more other things than most too!! haha. Ye what hes doing is great but im still suprised how much strength hes lost....of course, i guess it will all come back very soon. Good thread.

Im not suprised about the strength loss. It goes away if you dont lift but it comes back very quickly if you start again.
If I lay off for a while i can hardly do 275 on bench but I can rep 315 within few weeks if I eat right and train religiously. I guess if you have mature muscle cells the muscle memory comes back to pretty much where you left off
If he is doing this naturally he has some serious muscle memory!

 

[bran88]

Im not suprised about the strength loss. It goes away if you dont lift but it comes back very quickly if you start again.
If I lay off for a while i can hardly do 275 on bench but I can rep 315 within few weeks if I eat right and train religiously. I guess if you have mature muscle cells the muscle memory comes back to pretty much where you left off
If he is doing this naturally he has some serious muscle memory!

It's all about proper training and eating which is just as important.

 

[dabuffguy]

 

[uamaverick]

Im not suprised about the strength loss. It goes away if you dont lift but it comes back very quickly if you start again.
If I lay off for a while i can hardly do 275 on bench but I can rep 315 within few weeks if I eat right and train religiously. I guess if you have mature muscle cells the muscle memory comes back to pretty much where you left off
If he is doing this naturally he has some serious muscle memory!

Yep. 2 months ago I couldn't even bench 185 1rm. Today I put up 275 twice. Haven't lifted in three years, so the muscle memory thing is definitely true. I was benching 400 three years ago so I'm still "weak" by that gauge but I'm sure Levrone was benching 500 in 2000 and he's probably around 335 on bench right now. "Weak" by his standards, beast man weights if you ask me.

Levrone's squat is pretty weak right now, I'll admit that, but my squat is terrible right now as well. It's not surprising he can only do 275 for 6 reps right now.

I think maybe sometimes we get disillusioned with what "heavy" weight is when we keep watching Ronnie squat and deadlift 800 lbs. I'll be very happy when I can deadlift 500 again.