Flex Wheeler - Bodybuilder Profile

Height 5'9" (173 cm) Contest Weight: 210-225 lbs (109 Kg) Off-season Weight: 265 lbs - 275 lbs (122 Kg) Flex Wheeler began training as a teenager, and his natural development persuaded him to pursue bodybuilding. Despite this he is on record as regarding himself as a "martial artist first, a bodybuilder second". It also accounts for his remarkable flexibility in a physique so large. Even so, he has been described by Arnold Schwarzenegger as one of the greatest bodybuilders he ever saw. After a short career as a police officer, Wheeler focused full time on becoming a professional bodybuilder, taking the nickname 'Flex'. He competed for the first time in 1983 but it was not until 1989 that he secured a first-place trophy at the NPC Mr. California Championships. Since then, he has placed second at the 1993 Mr. Olympia, narrowly missing a win (something he was to repeat in 1998 and 1999). He is a 5-time Ironman Pro winner, 4-time Arnold Classic winner, and has enjoyed victories in the France Grand Prix, South Beach Pro Invitational, Night of Champions and Hungarian Grand Prix. He retired from competition in 2002.

1985 AAU Teen Mr America - Medium-Tall, 1st 1989 NPC California Championships - Light-HeavyWeight, 1st NPC Nationals - Light-HeavyWeight, 5th 1990 NPC Junior Nationals - HeavyWeight, 2nd 1991 NPC Nationals - HeavyWeight, 2nd NPC USA Championships - HeavyWeight, 2nd 1992 NPC USA Championships - HeavyWeight, 1st NPC USA Championships - 1st Overall 1993 Arnold Classic - 1st IFBB English Grand Prix - 2nd IFBB Grand Prix France - 1st IFBB Grand Prix Germany - 1st Ironman Pro Invitational - 1st Mr. Olympia - 2nd 1995 Arnold Classic - 2nd IFBB Florida Pro Invitational 1st IFBB Grand Prix Spain - 5th Ironman Pro Invitational - 1st Mr. Olympia - 8th IFBB South Beach Pro Invitational - 1st 1996 Arnold Classic - 2nd IFBB Canada Pro Cup - 2nd IFBB Florida Pro Invitational - 1st Ironman Pro Invitational - 1st IFBB Night of Champions - IFBB, Winner Mr. Olympia - 4th 1997 Arnold Classic - 1st Ironman Pro Invitational - 1st IFBB San Jose Pro Invitational - Winner 1998 Arnold Classic - 1st Ironman Pro Invitational - 1st Mr. Olympia - 2nd 1999 IFBB English Grand Prix - 2nd Mr. Olympia - 2nd IFBB World Pro Championships - 2nd 2000 Arnold Classic - 1st IFBB Grand Prix Hungary - 1st Ironman Pro Invitational - 2nd Mr. Olympia - 3rd 2002 Mr. Olympia - 7th 2003 Ironman Pro Invitational - 3rd