Flex Wheeler Photo

[dilet444]

Flex Wheeler king of symmetry
http://bodybuilding-pics.com/Flex_Wheeler/Flex_Wheeler_1.html

 

[c3bodybuilding]

Incredible pics. It still amazes me Coleman beat him after Dorian retired (or that he never beat Dorian during his run either). I think that first Mr. O against Ronnie, Flex didn't take him as a serious threat and it showed on stage. If he would have just been his usual cocky, push everyone out of the way and show what you got Flex, he could have won easily. It's a shame he had to retire without ever winning it. Now that I think about it, it's a shame many men have retired without winning it. So many great physiques and so many get overlooked or get the slap in the face of coming oh so close, only to never be handed what in many cases they deserve.

 

[P01NTBL4NK]

that dudes sexy

 

[gettnlarge01]

One of the greatest bodybuilders ever!!

 

[Dr. JK]

Incredible pics. It still amazes me Coleman beat him after Dorian retired (or that he never beat Dorian during his run either). I think that first Mr. O against Ronnie, Flex didn't take him as a serious threat and it showed on stage. If he would have just been his usual cocky, push everyone out of the way and show what you got Flex, he could have won easily. It's a shame he had to retire without ever winning it. Now that I think about it, it's a shame many men have retired without winning it. So many great physiques and so many get overlooked or get the slap in the face of coming oh so close, only to never be handed what in many cases they deserve.

How did Flex screw up his kidneys, i.e. too many too long tabs?

 

[petalpusher]

Best genetics ever imho.

 

[RottenWillow]

It still amazes me Coleman beat him after Dorian retired (or that he never beat Dorian during his run either).

But you know what that goes. Throughout the history of the competition, reigning Mr. O's have rarely been rethroned. You know how in Blackjack the "push" goes to the dealer, meaning all things being equal, the dealer wins? That seems to be the same approach the O judges have used for ages.

Only thing other than politics that kept Wheeler from winning the O was his spotty record with conditioning. If you combined Ladrada's work ethnic and consistency with Wheeler's everything-else, Wheeler would have held the Sandow for as many years as he chose.

 

[puremscle]

Your ass is hawt

 

[c3bodybuilding]

But you know what that goes. Throughout the history of the competition, reigning Mr. O's have rarely been rethroned. You know how in Blackjack the "push" goes to the dealer, meaning all things being equal, the dealer wins? That seems to be the same approach the O judges have used for ages.

Only thing other than politics that kept Wheeler from winning the O was his spotty record with conditioning. If you combined Ladrada's work ethnic and consistency with Wheeler's everything-else, Wheeler would have held the Sandow for as many years as he chose.

It's true, very true. Especially the judging part.

As for training, to be honest, I think almost all of today's pro's are lazy fcks who can't be bothered to train more than a few days a week, or else they will 'overtrain'. Yeah right, on all the hgh, igf1, slin, mgf, gear, etc they will overtrain?!?!?!? The guys in the 40's-80's didn't have most of that stuff and in the case of guys from the really far back era, they had nothing. Yet they would bust their ass in the gym week after week. And they weren't getting big pay checks either or overtraining. One thing I will give Coleman credit for, is his work ethic at the gym/

Flex was a lazy ass most of the time. Everyone knows it too. It was his incredible genetics that helped him look that good. He was known to train mostly machines and not 'push' himself. Just imagine if he had the work ethic of Lee, like you said. He could have started the new era in bodybuilding sooner. Get rid of these pregnant bastards with horse legs sewn on their torsos.

And to the person that asked, Flex messed up his kidneys from diuretics. He relied far too heavily on them. I guess he shouldn't have been drinking cokes and going to mcdonalds while on his Olympia diet and he wouldn't have had to do such drastic things.

 

[RottenWillow]

Flex was a lazy ass most of the time. Everyone knows it too. It was his incredible genetics that helped him look that good. He was known to train mostly machines and not 'push' himself. Just imagine if he had the work ethic of Lee, like you said.

You know I heard that about him in so many places I guess it was probably true. Also his conditioning in many of the pro shows pretty much confirms it. I guess never really having to bust your ass to build a physique like that allows you to be lazy.

Labrada...dude, on stage the guy was a rock. He would stand absolutely flexed, and never relax for a second, during callouts for a half an hour or more. It's crazy. And all the while his smile never faltered. I swear I picture that guy being able to do an Iron Man triathalon.

 

[c3bodybuilding]

He was insane! Even today when I see his supplement ads with his old pics, I am amazed! He just looked like he was carved from stone. I hear he was a machine at the gym and left no stone unturned. Just crazy vascularity all over the place and rock hard. He was just unreal.

 

[mr.e3217]

arnold says flex is the king of symmetry

 

[Powerbuilder333]

Ronnie Coleman, Jay Cutler, Lee Priest, Markus Ruhl are all impressive in person. Flex Wheeler and Shawn Ray are NOT. Maybe that's why both are known assholes, they know their living a lie. In pictures and on stage their small bones and frail joints make their full muscle bellies look impressive. When you stand next to them they look like a couple of scrawny little kids

 

[thewinkshow]

i wish i was a skrawny kid like flex

 

[rompperstomper]

those ar old pics of flex with hair when flex was at his last year in the big o he was so syntholed out his biceps could not even flex his shoulders were so undefined he hit his poses real quick and fast to not bring attention to that.

i think flex looked his best in 1998 then he actually got TO BIG !!!imagine that to damn big .
also flex had points knocked off for his lagging chest development and claves
reguardless flex was the best on stage in 1998 around 2000 and after he when he got to funky looking and unsymetric....dont believe me go to youtube and look at the pose downs from 2000 on it was almost freaking silly how flexs shoulders looked.

 

[rompperstomper]

Ronnie Coleman, Jay Cutler, Lee Priest, Markus Ruhl are all impressive in person. Flex Wheeler and Shawn Ray are NOT. Maybe that's why both are known assholes, they know their living a lie. In pictures and on stage their small bones and frail joints make their full muscle bellies look impressive. When you stand next to them they look like a couple of scrawny little kids

shawn ray finished in the top 3 5 times at the big o... whats lee and markus highest ranking?
flex was forced out of the game due to medical health reasons you have no proof that flex would not have beaten jay cutler if flex was healthy enough to keep going...
flex finished second a few times... calling flex wheeler a scrawny kid is just fucking insane sorry but flex had the ability to pack major muscle onto a small frame . its actually harder for guys with smaller frames to gain that mass making it more impressive then a giant endomorph that has a frame bigger and gains much eazier.


flex,ronnie,jay,shawn,lee in my book all have very different bodys but have contributed to the sport in differnt ways and they are or were top elite players in the body building game each pushing themselves to new limits
each deserve the credit due to them as top level competators