Kevin Levrone‘s training and diet have been completely revamped since retiring from the sport. On April 13, 2025, he discussed his intermittent fasting approach and shared his current fitness routine at 60 years old.
Levrone is widely regarded as one of the greatest bodybuilders in the world. While he wasn’t able to nail down a Mr. Olympia title, he held his own against elite champions of the sport, including former six-time Mr. Olympia Dorian Yates and eight-time winner Ronnie Coleman.
Even though competing is behind him, Levrone has made it his mission to preserve his health, youth, and longevity since stepping off stage. Instead of breaking down the current landscape in the Men’s Open, he elaborated on his approach to fasting along with his latest fitness routine, which is centered around athleticism.
Kevin Levrone Lays Out His Intermittent Fasting Approach, Details Current Training Routine at 60 Years Old
In a recent YouTube video, Levrone detailed his intermittent fasting approach. He shared that he doesn’t have his first meal till around lunchtime.
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“Fasting is that moment where you’re just sacrificing a small thing. Intermittent fasting is waking up, I’ll give an example, and maybe eat one meal after 12 o’clock. If you want to take it further, wake up, don’t eat anything till the sun goes down, and just eat one meal.”
He adds that 72-hour and 24-hour fasting allow the body to repair itself. He believes fasting can help with his energy reserves as well.
“You could go on a 72-hour fast. When you get a 24-hour fast, what happens within a 24-hour fast is that your body starts repairing itself. When that starts taking place, you start seeing things a lot clearer. You can actually get more energy through fasting.”
“You’re also doing repair work for any damages or anything on your body. That’s the strength of fasting. I always say pull back, and basically what it is is you’re actually giving your body time to heal. You’re giving your body time to clean out mentally, physically, and spiritually from the toxicity of other human beings or what’s out there,” he shared.
He strongly defended fasting and said it can help slow down the aging process.
“There’s so many other things that you can do now to help that process take place when you get older. You can actually slow up your aging,” explains Levrone.
He also shared details about his current training program, underscoring that he no longer desires to walk around at 250-260 pounds.
“It’s so primitive going into the gym. There’s a time and moment for that when you’re walking onstage and competing. But people have to realize there’s more to life than walking around 250-260 pounds and wanting to take all these supplements or hormones that’s going to do the mind, body toxicity.”
His top priorities with fitness are a better quality of life and mobility.
“No, I don’t need to bench press 400-500 pounds. I’d be a fool to try to do it. What I want to do now is have a better quality of life. So, how can I have a better quality of life? I want to be a moving athlete. I want to be able to jump,” he shared.
Quality of life and being able to move around are crucial for Levrone since stepping down from the stage.
“I want to be able to move, I want to be able to do push-ups, sit-ups, whatever it is, run, jog, do box jumps, so that’s where I’m at right now.
Knowing that these things that I can do, it’s given me so much more to look forward to each and every day. Each day I wake up I feel like I’m more of a well-rounded human being than when I was actually competing onstage as a bodybuilder. It’s a better quality of life that I have.”
As of late, he’s worked out alongside athletes from the NFL, who implement a hybrid approach to training.
“I work out with a lot of NFL football guys. These guys are doing all kinds of things. They’re doing push-ups, sit-ups, box jumps, they’re doing squats, bench, they are doing all of these basic bodybuilder movements, but it’s not only just that. Now, it’s a whole super training, moving athlete, kettlebells, all kinds of stuff.”
Levrone’s focus is on remaining athletic in retirement. The sport of bodybuilding can wreak havoc on the body, something Ronnie Coleman is still dealing with to this day. He hopes to walk without assistance in the next few years.
Levrone continues to defy Father Time at 60 years old with an athletic lifestyle. His son plays football, and he plans to keep up with him despite getting older.
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