Flex Wheelers body fat

[brianX]

The brain is 99% fat

You might want to check your facts, my Finnish friend.

[HRDCOR]

               The brain is 99% fat 

This explains why i do some of the dumb things i do i guess !!!!

[tweeter]

Hey I was wondering if anyone knew if this was true or not... a friend was telling me the other day that Jim Quinn said that a guy named Bill Smith did a skin fold test on Flex Wheeler at Gold's Venice one week before the 93 Olympia and it measure at 0.0%. Apparently this was the first time anyone had gotten this measurement!

[bigbalddaddy]

Hey I was wondering if anyone knew if this was true or not... a friend was telling me the other day that Jim Quinn said that a guy named Bill Smith did a skin fold test on Flex Wheeler at Gold's Venice one week before the 93 Olympia and it measure at 0.0%. Apparently this was the first time anyone had gotten this measurement!

who did you hear that from?

[Bast175]

Well whatever they used to measure probably had a big margin of error.

[gibberj2]

they probably used the skin fold thing. they say jerry rice was 3% at one point

[suckmymuscle]

i have hjeard that at the 93 olympia he was tested ebing at "0.0" .  tis true?

  No, that's impossible. But way, way back in 97, I saw some black-and-white picks of Flex on FLEX mag, where he was 4% bodyfat and looking awesome! It was the best I've ever seen from him; on stage, he never looked as good as he did on those pics.

  Flex wen't to overboard on protein, eating 800 grams or more per day. While eating lots of protein is essential for muscle growth, there IS such a thing as too much. And 800 grams qualifies. There is no question that this gigantic ingestion of protein, combined with long-acting testosterone esters, ultimately crippled his kidneys, taking him to one inch of his life.

SUCKMYMUSCLE

[tommywishbone]

he was negative 3% body fat.

 

[tommywishbone]

Durring the commentary for the 93 Olympia , Jim Quinn states that Flex had a skinfold measurement done at Golds and it was 0.0% the lowest ever tested at Golds , I thought it was impossible at the time too , but he made the claim 

During the same period, using the exact same calibers at Gold's Venice, I measured 3.8-4.2%. During the same time, when tested via submersion testing @ Sepulveda Sports Medicine,  I tested at 7.1-7.3. FWIW.

[LuciusFox]

During the same period, using the exact same calibers at Gold's Venice, I measured 3.8-4.2%. During the same time, when tested via submersion testing @ Sepulveda Sports Medicine,  I tested at 7.1-7.3. FWIW.

 At least the skin calipers are better than bioelectrical impedence

[bigguns175]

o.o % is technically impossible but you could achieve those readings on a skin fold i suppose but there is of course many things that can cause error. 
1. Theres usually a margin of error always between 0-4% at least
2.  Human error taking the readings
3. The sites that they took the readings from
4. The skin fold is only measuring fat directly beneath the skin you have fat in between your organs and in your brain (which was previously stated).  There is no test that will give absolute perfect results and the skin fold is common, easy, and widely accepted but clearly not the best.
Yes, Flex might have tested at 0.0% but he surely had some amount of fat on his body.

[GMCtrk]

Flex could have truly been 0% BF and he still would have lost to Yates

[benchthis]

with 800 grams of protein there could be protein poisoning

[suckmymuscle]

with 800 grams of protein there could be protein poisoning

  Exactly. Do you remember those articles about Flex, from 97? I was shocked when Flex pointed out that, during his contest prep, he'd gulp down two full chicken breasts, on an empty stomach, first thing in the morning. Not two pieces, but two FULL chicken breasts! That amounts to about 150 grams of complete protein, in a single meal! Not in a day, but in a single fucking meal!

  Obviously, under the pressure of breaking up all that protein and drug molecules, his kidneys just gave up. If it weren't for his sister donating her own kidney to push him up the waiting list for kidney transplant, he'd DEFINITELY be dead by now. Pro bodybuilding...what a shame.

SUCKMYMUSCLE

[War-Horse]

Flex looked really lean around contest time.   I wonder  what his BFat% was??  Im guessing 18%

[LuciusFox]

Flex looked really lean around contest time.   I wonder  what his BFat% was??  Im guessing 18%

 18% Your an idiot. Die!Die!Die! I hate you so much!!

[War-Horse]

18% Your an idiot. Die!Die!Die! I hate you so much!!

 

[LuciusFox]

 I guess I am not good at meltdowns, but I am compulsively postwhoring, so there you go.

[Dingleberry]

Since we're on the subject of Flex, did anyone hear the commentary for the 93 Olympia? Supposedly, Flex had a skinfold measurement done at Golds and it was 0.0%. This is what Jim Quinn states anyway.  Rumor is,  it was the lowest ever recorded at Golds.

[LuciusFox]

Since we're on the subject of Flex, did anyone hear the commentary for the 93 Olympia? Supposedly, Flex had a skinfold measurement done at Golds and it was 0.0%. This is what Jim Quinn states anyway.  Rumor is,  it was the lowest ever recorded at Golds.

 That's impossible, people need some fat to survive.

[MisterMagoo]

a skinfold test doesnt check for any fat inside the body. you can have nearly no fat directly beneath the skin but have a lot inside the body itself. its why you see some guys, powerlifters mostly, with low skinfold tests but huge stomachs. a lot of fat behind the belly instead of on top of it.

[Dingleberry]

That's impossible, people need some fat to survive.

I don't know man, everyone is talking about it. It must be true if it's on the internet.

[Special Ed]

I just laughed so loud I woke up my husband!! Nice use of repetition guys!!

Special "0% Muscle" Ed

[LuciusFox]

I don't know man, everyone is talking about it. It must be true if it's on the internet.

 You're right. Now I don't know what to believe.

[Mr. Intenseone]

I don't care who claimed they tested at "0.00%...it's IMPOSSIBLE...you'd be dead!!