The fastest man ALIVE!!!!!

[gymrat]

THE FASTEST MAN ALIVE?!

Levrone Claims 4.1-second 40-yarder
By Team FLEX

Kevin Levrone's not content being one of the top bodybuilders of all time, holding more IFBB titles than any other competitor. Now, the Maryland Muscle Machine who moonlights as a rock singer in his band Fulblown, claims to be the fastest man alive. "I'm the fastest man in the world," crowed Levrone, who we think wasn't kidding. "I'll take on [official world's fastest man] Maurice Greene. I'm fast, man."
Levrone said a high school football coach in suburban Baltimore recently clocked him running a 40-yard dash at a time of 4.13 seconds. If true, that does put the muscular rock singer in elite athletic company. "It's true," he insisted. "I'm fast, I tell you. Real fast."

Okay, Kev, you're fast. By the way, FLEX remembers a race between Levrone and fellow IFBB star Chris Cormier, and both impressed with their surprising speed. The two went head-to-head in a sprint on the streets of Zurich, Switzerland, after a Grand Prix show in 1997. While Levrone won the race, though barely, Cormier has always contended that Kevin had jumped out to a false start. "That's not true," Levrone told us this week. "I'm so fast, it just looks like I got a jump. The naked eye can't possibly pick up my explosive starts."

Got it, Kev. When asked if he would be willing to take on Cormier again, Levrone replied: "Hell no. He's too slow. I want to take on the real thing. Bring on Maurice Greene."

Say what you want about Kevin Levrone - he ain't boring.

 

[MrMuscle]

I belive that he is fast, for a short period of time. But i dunno if he can beat the world fastest.

 

[HappyScrappy]

hand timing rules.

 

[gymrat]

Ruhl is even faster i bet. lol

 

[MrMuscle]

I would think Shawn Ray would be fast, he is lighter, smaller, and just looks more fit than the huge monsters.

 

[GinNJuice]

must have used a sun dial.

 

[nevertoobig]

Lee priest would beat them all in a race (Maurice Greene included)

 

[MrMuscle]

Lee Priest? but he can barely walk properly.

 

[furious]

4.13? No, hand timing doesn't count....

 

[Lumbuss]

I like how everyone talks trash about this guy on a board. i would like somone to make fun of him to his face. People from baltimore are fast because they run from the cops, i know. I think maurice whatever would be too pussy to race the guy who ran the 4.13. that is fast any way you look at it.

 

[nevertoobig]

Lee Priest? but he can barely walk properly.

I was being sarcastic.

 

[rippedtrojan]

someone needs to show that to mr. greene

 

[AAA]

Yeah 4.1 is fast, but I think Bo Jackson came out of college runnin 4.0, I may be wrong, but I think he ran the 40 in 4 sec. flat, Also I think he ran the 40 faster than anyone that has been drafted! Either way both times are faster than shit!

 

[the nature boy]

When I was a kid I could run fast as shit when the cops were chasing me. Too bad there wasn't anyone with a stopwatch.

 

[vinylgroover]

If you can't run 4.13 after juicing and HGH for 15 years then there are problems

 

[HappyScrappy]

people - come on, there are simple biomechanics and physics at play here.
he is too big, there is no way in hell he can outrun any Olympic sprinter, let alone the top one.

think about it. the leg is a combination of a spring and a lever. the stronger a muscle is, the more force it can apply to the lever - but a stronger muscle tends towards being larger - but not always, there is also muscle fiber composition and density.
I assure you that if just being bigger was all it took, then you would see much larger men in the Olympics - but you don't for the simple reason that there is the law of diminishing returns.
as you grow larger you change your biomechanics and range of motion, and the increased weight means it takes more force to move....
just like in economics when you did the basic graph with demand going up and supply going down, and the optimal point being where they cross... the same applies to running biomechanics.
the top sprinters are the size you see because they are very near the size where any larger would be too big. they do the drugs too, including the GH, so they could easily be bigger if that was what they care about.

all that said, the shorter the distance, the less all that matters - if you are runing a marathon, then different muscle fibers and more repeated cycles of the motion occur, whereas if you are running 40yds, then there are many fewer...
so perhaps the best test for KL against MG is just to see who is fastest out of the blocks.
I would still bet all the money in the world on Maurice Greene (but were it against Michael Johnson, then it would be harder to say, he doesn't always get the best jump)

 

[The_Ghost]

He may be fast and so is Greene, but neither could touch Ben Johnson.

Read the book speed trap before you say Greene is better or faster. Ben was just getting warmed up at 9.79 and there has been no one better or faster since, not ever the arrogant other Canuck who's name I wont even mention cause I can't stand him.

 

[tybz28]

You all must be high to even be having this conversation. Maurice green could finish the 60m before lebvrone could finish the 40m. Bo jackson came out of college runnin the 40 in 4.17 which i believe up til now is third fastest hand timed. Only people faster were deion sanders when he came out and thre fastest was joey galloway. Ran like a 4.13 .I think darrell green would have a fast 40 time when he came inot the leauge too. Maurice green owns the 40m record and the 60m record as well. Sub 4 in the 40m. He gets the fastest start of anyone ever, he gets closed on now by Tim Montgomery though. I know you all like ben johnson casue he was a juicer and all but maurice can run as fast not juiced as ben johnson ran juiced.

 

[nevertoobig]

Well Maurice Greene came 6th in a race with mostly Brits a few days ago so i don't know why your talking about him beating Levrone.

Dwain Chambers is the man to look out for.

 

[MrMuscle]

Well Maurice Greene came 6th in a race with mostly Brits a few days ago so i don't know why your talking about him beating Levrone.

Dwain Chambers is the man to look out for.

I think its because of jetlag, he run what? 9.81 or something in the american try outs. He lost in Oslo too, but when he is on he is on.

 

[Robert Jan]

LMAO

Olympic lifters are supposed to be really fast sprinters....

not bodybuilders

 

[WODIN]

Even if he runs a 4.1 40 that equates to ~36 meters which puts him in the 31 - 32 km/hr range which is way slower than the 37 - 38 km/hr range that 36 - 37 + km.hr range that Green, Bailey, Johnson and Bolden occupy. So compared to these guys he is in the also ran category.

Further HS is on the money.

 

[AAP]

The only thing Levrone is fast at is washing up his career. Which is sad because he has tremendous potential to become Mr. Olympia due to his freaky mass but symmentry balance as well. Not just massive like Coleman or Ruhl, but Levrone is just lazy. He reportedly claimed to have only spent 4 weeks dieting and training for pro shows this year. No wonder he had such a lousy season, even losing in Europe a few times.

As mentioned by bigdawg, Ben Johnson would OWN their asses in the race.

 

[HappyScrappy]

to say that Maurice Greene is slow now isn't taking into account that the very best runners in the world plan their lives around when they peak.
Just as a bodybuilder isn't in top physical shape year round (it is impossible to maintain the top condition), the runners can't always be at their fastest.
They have it all worked out when they will peak, sometimes years in advance with smaller peaks before the final one. the end is the Olympics of course, with the smaller ones being the world games and such.

this whole thread is funny.

also, I'm pretty sure when they run a 40yd dash for football, they are allowed a running start to the line - which would then assure any Olympic sprinter to kick the shit out of other competitors.

the only shot one would have, and it would be slim, would be straight off the line - but the race isn't won or lost there, it is the final tape (but everyone knows that in a short race, a bad start will usually lose the race).

 

[Needhelp]

Maruice would smoke him

 

[AAP]

maybe he wants to keep some semblance of a normal life. Granted, he does have tremendous potential, and no one like to see a talent goto waste. Maybe he wants to do more than eat train and compete. I respect that.

I don't respect that. Not when he regularly complains and whines about other competitors being given gifted placings on stage.

 

[nevertoobig]

I think its because of jetlag, he run what? 9.81 or something in the american try outs. He lost in Oslo too, but when he is on he is on.

True... I was just trying to get a reaction from the Yanks.

When interviewed, Greene didn't blame it on jetlag, just on a very bad start. The sign of a good champ though, he doesn't make excuses.

 

[the nature boy]

hey was it some jackass with a stop watch timing levrone, because that stuff isn't entirely accuarate. if the time was done by some sort of computer then it's accurate.

 

[HappyScrappy]

hey was it some jackass with a stop watch timing levrone, because that stuff isn't entirely accuarate. if the time was done by some sort of computer then it's accurate.

I think they said it was a high school coach.

hence why one of my posts on this thread said "hand timing rules" - which was a sarcastic way of implying that this is all bullshit.

 

[TheProject]

The fastest man alive?

 

[the nature boy]

I think they said it was a high school coach.

hence why one of my posts on this thread said "hand timing rules" - which was a sarcastic way of implying that this is all bullshit.

exactly. use the method they time sprinters and NFL players then I'll buy it.

 

[AAA]

You all must be high to even be having this conversation. Maurice green could finish the 60m before lebvrone could finish the 40m. Bo jackson came out of college runnin the 40 in 4.17 which i believe up til now is third fastest hand timed. Only people faster were deion sanders when he came out and thre fastest was joey galloway

Yeah I just read that Bo was 4.17, Bo Has the fastest 40 to be drafted! Also BO ran the 60 in 6.18,Green best time is 6.39. Sanders When he started playing ball ran the 40 in 4.14, Bo in baseball ran the 40 in 4.12!Galloway out of college ran the 40 in 4.5 so he is not even close. Either way Bo has faster times then all these guys!