Never looked at it that way (ty!) …I’m sorry for what he’s going thru ….at the same time he was a grade A douche bag back in the day! … he definitely doesn’t Deserve all these health problems he has. … but he never should have continued bodybuilding/ competing after someone so bravely gave him/ donated their Kidney!
I think we all agree you look great, especially compared to how you looked when you first showed up here (I’m not insulting you, you were big but you are in great condition now).
At his peak Flex was a star. It seemed like he had a transition plan in place to stay relevant after competing but maybe the kidney and injuries side tracked that.
I’m sure we all believe he could have stayed in decent shape/size post retirement if he would have done things differently but maybe he had already gone to far.
As it was mentioned I do recall Flex saying he was going to have nothing to do with BB/fitness after his retirement but we know that wasn’t true. The transition from being the man to being a man was probably difficult.
I’ve met Flex a couple of times at the Arnold, all past his competing prime.
The first time he was competing in a karate match. All I remember is how winded he was after and how he could not catch his breath. I don’t think I hung around much after that, I thought it was weird how there wasn’t a crowd around him for his “match” or even afterwards to talk to him. It was the mid 2000s and he was still “Flex”.
The other time Flex was working for MD one year as a journalist covering the Arnold. I ran into him after pre judging (he was completely unrecognizable, he had grown out his hair and was very thin. He was wearing a very baggy shirt. He may have been on the transplant list at this time. I only knew it was him because of his name tag) and was excited to ask his thoughts on the show and he wanted no part of discussing his thoughts on who was placed where. But he did say he thought Dexter had won (I think this was the year Cormier should have won but Cutler beat him) I remember thinking he seemed shy and awkward but I assumed it was because he was so small.
It sucks to see people suffer.
