What is the tragic story of Flex Wheeler? The car accident that changed his life explained

The 58-year-old Kenneth “Flex” Wheeler was born on August 23, 1965, and is best known as an American retired IFBB professional bodybuilder. He won the Arnold Classic a then-record four times and was once described by Arnold Schwarzenegger as one of the greatest bodybuilders he had ever seen. Ronnie Coleman has stated that Wheeler was the best bodybuilder he competed against.

What is the tragic story of Flex Wheeler? The car accident that changed his life explained

Records had it that, in 1994, Wheeler was involved in a near-fatal car accident that could have left him with lifelong paralysis. Falling back into depression again, he started training from scratch, returning with remarkable speed to bodybuilding’s top tier.

Wheeler said in an interview and I quote, “It had broken me. I resorted back to my suicidal thoughts, you know. Because of the same injury I had, I broke my C5 and C6, that’s the same injury that killed Christopher Reeves. I also broke my collarbone, my ear was almost ripped off, and my eye was almost ripped out of my skull.”

In 1999, Wheeler discovered that he had focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, a form of kidney disease. Despite press speculation as to the cause of the failure, Wheeler pointed out that the condition is hereditary, although drug use probably accelerated its onset Wheeler announced his retirement from competitive bodybuilding in 2000, but continued to compete until 2003.

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