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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: Powerlift66 on December 19, 2019, 12:17:48 AM
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http://www.ironmagazine.com/2019/flex-wheeler-cant-be-stopped/
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"Flex has been involved with numerous successful business ventures..." LOL. Name one. That nikka broke. Been broke. Always will be broke.
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Right calf looks small
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"Normally, I like to write about bodybuilding news and try to break stories, but when I think about all the pieces I’ve penned in 2019, this is definitely at the top of my list because it makes me so happy to see someone I’ve looked up to for the last 20+ years, do exactly what I thought he’d do, keep kicking ass and moving forward."
A Freudian slip of the pen? Impossible with only one foot.
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"Normally, I like to write about bodybuilding news and try to break stories, but when I think about all the pieces I’ve penned in 2019, this is definitely at the top of my list because it makes me so happy to see someone I’ve looked up to for the last 20+ years, do exactly what I thought he’d do, keep kicking ass and moving forward."
A Freudian slip of the pen? Impossible with only one foot.
LOL!!!!
I didn't read the last sentence, and had to think about that one for a second. ;D
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“What’s this “Sultan of Symmetry” nonsense?
NO ONE called him that when he was competing.
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“What’s this “Sultan of Symmetry” nonsense?
NO ONE called him that when he was competing.
I always figured it to be a take on Babe Ruth's "Sultan of Swat" title.
I like Ty Cobb's only compliment about Babe Ruth:
"He ran pretty fast...for a fat man."
;D ;D ;D
As for Kenneth's "Sultan of Symmetry" second nickname...I'm pretty sure I read that name in the magazines around 2000-2002, when he was still competing.
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Who would have ever thought 20 years after then 99 Mr. O Ronnie and Flex would be "crippled" and Nasser dead. :-X
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“What’s this “Sultan of Symmetry” nonsense?
NO ONE called him that when he was competing.
Eh, I've heard it since at least 98. Guess it takes 20yrs for word get up to Canada.
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Eh, I've heard it since at least 98. Guess it takes 20yrs for word get up to Canada.
;D ;D ;D
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Who would have ever thought 20 years after then 99 Mr. O Ronnie and Flex would be "crippled" and Nasser dead. :-X
And Tom prince is 150 pounds, Titus is in jail, priest can’t stop talking and getting tats, cutler dressing like a teenager, and Shawn Ray is fat
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And Tom prince is 150 pounds, Titus is in jail, priest can’t stop talking and getting tats, cutler dressing like a teenager, and Shawn Ray is fat
Shawn is probably the healthiest of them all - he's fat yes...but he seems to have put the PEDs behind him completely. Maybe he still uses TRT doses, but it's possible he's not even doing that. He is actually one of the few bodybuilders who really put the industry behind him once he retired, and legitimately seemed to move on to greener pastures.
As for Tom Prince - are you saying that he looks like a t-shirt in a coat hanger right now?
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Who would have ever thought 20 years after then 99 Mr. O Ronnie and Flex would be "crippled" and Nasser dead. :-X
And Dexter still in the top 5 in the world
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and Dorian seems to be pretty healthy.
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Shawn is probably the healthiest of them all - he's fat yes...but he seems to have put the PEDs behind him completely. Maybe he still uses TRT doses, but it's possible he's not even doing that. He is actually one of the few bodybuilders who really put the industry behind him once he retired, and legitimately seemed to move on to greener pastures.
As for Tom Prince - are you saying that he looks like a t-shirt in a coat hanger right now?
I agree with Shawn. He still could have kept going, there was no decline in his physique when he retired, he just turned 36
Wonder what was the reasoning? I don’t think anyone saw it coming or maybe they did
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Shawn is probably the healthiest of them all - he's fat yes...but he seems to have put the PEDs behind him completely. Maybe he still uses TRT doses, but it's possible he's not even doing that. He is actually one of the few bodybuilders who really put the industry behind him once he retired, and legitimately seemed to move on to greener pastures.
As for Tom Prince - are you saying that he looks like a t-shirt in a coat hanger right now?
Jay is healthy (TRT I'm sure though), still big, very successful. Probably the most successful Mr. O thus far. (Businesses, real estate, etc).
Nice fiancé (Angie - pretty hot in her fitness pics).
Shawn seems healthy and fine, another smart one who can walk away from the drugs and extreme training, its not needed.
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"Normally, I like to write about bodybuilding news and try to break stories, but when I think about all the pieces I’ve penned in 2019, this is definitely at the top of my list because it makes me so happy to see someone I’ve looked up to for the last 20+ years, do exactly what I thought he’d do, keep kicking ass and moving forward."
A Freudian slip of the pen? Impossible with only one foot.
Beautiful.
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Jay is healthy (TRT I'm sure though), still big, very successful. Probably the most successful Mr. O thus far. (Businesses, real estate, etc).
Nice fiancé (Angie - pretty hot in her fitness pics).
Shawn seems healthy and fine, another smart one who can walk away from the drugs and extreme training, its not needed.
Arnold is the most successful Mr O
I’m sure “TRT” is prob “500” to “700” mg a wk of test for jay...... who knows, for sure I will bet jay isn’t taking “TRT” levels prescribed by a real medical doctor
Jay looks to still be 240 pounds at single bf levels at 5’8
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Who would have ever thought 20 years after then 99 Mr. O Ronnie and Flex would be "crippled" and Nasser dead. :-X
:'(
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I agree with Shawn. He still could have kept going, there was no decline in his physique when he retired, he just turned 36
Wonder what was the reasoning? I don’t think anyone saw it coming or maybe they did
That's actually a great question, and worth answering. Based on the way he reviewed the 2001 Mr. Olympia contest, it seemed that he was frustrated that the bodybuilding judging wasn't budging away from the concept of absolute quantity of muscle mass still being an important judging criteria. I think he realized that would be no way whatsoever for him to win the Mr. Olympia contest short of putting on 20-lb of pure muscle while maintaining his proportions perfectly.
Something either genetically impossible for him...or extremely difficult without the use of a much more dangerous level of steroids/PEDs.
I'm only guessing that based on Shawn's complaints going back literally a decade [possibly more] where he complained about out-of-shape monsters beating him. Admittedly, Lee Haney was never as lean as Shawn, Dorian Yates was never as aesthetic/proportional as Shawn, and Ronnie - while being the hardest case for Shawn to point to weaknesses on the champion that he [Shawn] beat - was still off in both 2000 and 2001, and I could see why Shawn would be frustrated by that.
Not to mention, Jay Cutler failed the eventual LASIX test but then successfully sued [or threatened to sue] the IFBB because the lab that tested for LASIX was not IOC-approved, and Kevin Levrone had either registered for the contest after the final allowable registration date in the year or straight up did not pay his pro card fee that year [I think the first one], and Shawn probably felt he deserved to be 2nd that year rather than 4th as a result.
IMO, rightfully so - both Jay and Kev should have been disqualified...Nasser was disqualified in 1996 for failing the LASIX test, and the lab was not IOC-approved at the time. It's just that Nasser didn't think to threaten to sue the IFBB, so his disqualification stuck.
Here is what Shawn Ray personally said about his 2001 Mr. Olympia performance, which may lend some insight to this topic:
http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=379272.msg5391048#msg5391048
^ It's easier to link to that thread than to dig up the primary source on Getbig's main site [if Ron still has it up]. Here is Shawn's 2001 review of his own physique:
4th~Ray~ 211lbs. 2lbs lighter than last year. I worked mostly on back, shoulders and reducing my thighs. I felt a little flat at prejudging, missed my warm up call by about 5 mins. By night show filled out nicely added some H2O and felt I hit my peak better. From my stand point I thought I had Kevin whom eventually beat me by 4pts. What would I change? Nothing, I am pleased with my look and happy with my condition 3rd or 4th is what? Apples & Oranges, right Ronnie?
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"Flex has been involved with numerous successful business ventures..." LOL. Name one. That nikka broke. Been broke. Always will be broke.
Don't hate the Playa - hate the Game! 8)
(http://st.gde-fon.com/wallpapers_original/240702_flex-wheeler_bodibilding_tachki_dom_1097x887_www.Gde-Fon.com.jpg)
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Who would have ever thought 20 years after then 99 Mr. O Ronnie and Flex would be "crippled" and Nasser dead. :-X
Crazy how only one guy seems to have found a way to beat Father time for good!
(http://image.ceneostatic.pl/data/products/53075973/i-kevin-levrone-tanktop-slim-grey.jpg)
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Crazy how only one guy seems to have found a way to beat Father time for good!
(http://image.ceneostatic.pl/data/products/53075973/i-kevin-levrone-tanktop-slim-grey.jpg)
He was destroyed at the 2016 Mr Olympia by many guys that would not have been able to turn pro in the mid 90’s.
Father Time got him.
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He was destroyed at the 2016 Mr Olympia by many guys that would not have been able to turn pro in the mid 90’s.
Father Time got him.
Are you saying that the guys competing today wouldn't even look good in a Jonah Hill movie?
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Are you saying that the guys competing today wouldn't even look good in a Jonah Hill movie?
Josh Lenartowicz should probably make the switch to Hollywood
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I agree with Shawn. He still could have kept going, there was no decline in his physique when he retired, he just turned 36
Wonder what was the reasoning? I don’t think anyone saw it coming or maybe they did
His reasoning was that he probably didn't want to end up like the others.
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Don't hate the Playa - hate the Game! 8)
(http://st.gde-fon.com/wallpapers_original/240702_flex-wheeler_bodibilding_tachki_dom_1097x887_www.Gde-Fon.com.jpg)
he ain't got that shit anymore... it's long gone.
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So many fools that come into money blow it quick. They think because they have a million in the bank they are set for life. They don't realize so many cops, plumbers, counter top guys and all the rest make a million every 8 to 10 years. First they buy three cars and a fantastic crib. Maybe one for their mother. Then after the money dries up in in 3 to 5 years they are completely broke with no means of generating money. You see it in the NFL and you see it in bodybuilding.
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So many fools that come into money blow it quick. They think because they have a million in the bank they are set for life. They don't realize so many cops, plumbers, counter top guys and all the rest make a million every 8 to 10 years. First they buy three cars and a fantastic crib. Maybe one for their mother. Then after the money dries up in in 3 to 5 years they are completely broke with no means of generating money. You see it in the NFL and you see it in bodybuilding.
"Professional" bodybuilding filters out smart people really early on. You've got to be a real risk taker without question. Unless you believe Tom Prince and FLEX that it was just too much Advil killing bodybuilders.
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seems like the gofundme page is still up and running,yet this fool is already in the gym "doing whatever it takes" ::) ::) ::)
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Don't hate the Playa - hate the Game! 8)
(http://st.gde-fon.com/wallpapers_original/240702_flex-wheeler_bodibilding_tachki_dom_1097x887_www.Gde-Fon.com.jpg)
As another getbigger once said, leased by schmoes!
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he ain't got that shit anymore... it's long gone.
Just like his leg. All stolen by ninjas btw
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I agree with Shawn. He still could have kept going, there was no decline in his physique when he retired, he just turned 36
Wonder what was the reasoning? I don’t think anyone saw it coming or maybe they did
Few can say they retired on top with their organs relatively intact, good for Shawn
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Just like his leg. All stolen by ninjas btw
Due to a verrrryyy slow acting poison dart that hit him in his ankle.