“Buried Him on Christmas”: IFBB Hall of Famer Emotionally Reveals How Bodybuilding Rescued Him From the Wrath of Life

Kevin Levrone is an aesthetic bodybuilding champion who defeated Ronnie Coleman. But it has not always been smooth sailing for him. He had a traumatic childhood but did not let it break his dream of becoming an athlete. He is also a Hall of Famer who last competed in 2018. The 59-year-old was the only one who could compete with Coleman and he completed 68 professional contests during his career.

The two-time Arnold Classic winner has never had it easy but he never complained and recently inspired youngsters to continue in their goals.

Kevin Levrone inspires people to find their purpose

In the new Instagram video, he narrated how his childhood was extremely difficult and he had to see the harshness of life at a very young age. He said, “Look my father died when I was 10 years old, he had cancer. You know he died like in two weeks, buried him on Christmas. You know right after those 19 years old my mother died from cancer.”

When he lost both his parents at such a young age he had to fend for himself and started earning money at a very young age. However, he did not stop his academics and further stated, “Doing construction work plus going to school.” He also said that bodybuilding was never his top priority and said, “I didn’t have a blueprint to becoming a bodybuilder.” However, he found solace in martial arts and bodybuilding once he lost his parents and he thought that his life was falling apart.

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The post was captioned, “When you think your life is falling apart it’s actually fallen into place. Just hold on no matter what you’re going through it will pass. Kevin Levrone.” His inspiring story of not giving up is essential to move forward toward goals whether it is bodybuilding or anything else. Levone loves his bodybuilding career and has given a lot of throwback memories to his fans about it.

Kevin Levrone gives a throwback

As per the Instagram post, the 59-year-old had spent a day reminiscing about his competition career and he also shared that Mr Olympia 2000 was a complete warzone. “Top 6 Mr. Olympia 2000 was a dog fight,” he chimed in.

He shared the stage with Ronnie Coleman and Flex Wheeler, Shawn Ray, Nasser El Sonbaty, Lee Priest, and Markus Ruehl. The picture had Baha Men’s “Who Let the Dogs Out” playing in the background.

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Levrone Has had an illustrious career but not without his hardships. Nonetheless, he did not give up and that is why today he is one of the most iconic athletes of all time.