Flex Wheeler's Delts

WHEELER’S SHOULDERS

4-Time Arnold champ Flex Wheeler talks delts.



4-Time Arnold champ Flex Wheeler talks delts.

April 12, 2011
FLEXONLINE.COM

Flex Wheeler never won the Olympia, but he is arguably the greatest bodybuilder of all-time who doesn’t own a Sandow. Consider his record in bodybuilding's second most prestigious contest, the Arnold Classic. Flex holds the record for most Arnold Classic titles at four, and he was runnerup in his only other two Arnolds. Many consider the physique he displayed when he won the 1993 Arnold as a 27-year-old IFBB Pro League rookie the best ever seen on any stage. And so as we celebrate a new Arnold titlist, crowned on March 5, we look back to the ultimate Arnold champ. Here is one of the shoulder workouts that helped Flex Wheeler win those four Arnolds and some key advice from Flex on delt expansion.

FLEX ON DELTS
“I prefer Smith machine presses to other kinds of presses, because the bar is fixed in a groove so you can focus just on the delts.”
“Wide-grip upright rows are a favorite of Charles Glass [Wheeler's old trainer]. They're done for the side delts. They especially target this area when you do side laterals before upright rows [to pre-exhaust side delts].”
“Rear delts are so important in a bodybuilding show. They often separate the top guys from all the other guys by giving depth to your rear and side shots. The key to rear laterals is getting a strong contraction on every rep.”

<TABLE class=exercise><THEAD><TR><TD colSpan=4>FLEX’S SHOULDER ROUTINE



</TD></TR></THEAD><TBODY><TR><TH>EXERCISE </TH><TH>SETS </TH><TH>REPS </TH></TR><TR class=even><TD>Smith machine shoulder presses </TD><TD>4 </TD><TD>10-12 </TD></TR><TR class=odd><TD>Barbell front raises </TD><TD>3 </TD><TD>10-12 <TR class=even><TD>Seated side laterals </TD><TD>4 </TD><TD>10-12 </TD></TR><TR class=odd><TD>Wide-grip upright rows </TD><TD>3 </TD><TD>10-12 <TR class=even><TD>Lying incline rear laterals </TD><TD>4 </TD><TD>10-12 </TD></TR><TR class=odd><TD>Machine rear laterals </TD><TD>3 </TD><TD>10-12 </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

He definitely had nice shoulders. I see things like this and makes me wonder how long they'd keep these routines becaue you know damn well they switched it up often

Looking at them at the 1999 Olympia it looked like he spent alot more time injecting Synthol in them than training them along with several other bodyparts. Who ever did it, definately did a nice job though.

pretty close to my routine except I dont do seated sides I do seat fronts (hammer) and I do sides individually

Flex is one of my favs !!!

seated sides are sick...

MrPerfect said:

seated sides are sick...

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idividually or at the same time?

This is the best pic of Flex ever taken.

That is pretty freakin' awesome, CH3NO2.

I still think Levrones delts were better.....

I liked Levrone a lot too, him Dexter and Flex are some of my favorites

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nasser had the biggest badest synthol'd shoulders

Yea, he had some huge ass shoulders, synthol done well

What do you guys think about the claims made in this article? Is Flex the best to never win Mr. Olympia? Was his physique at the '93 Arnold the best ever seen on any stage?

I don't know that I'd say he was the best never to win, that's a tough question, but he's definitely up there. He had the total package, it's hard to believe he never won though

Ox 51 said:

What do you guys think about the claims made in this article? Is Flex the best to never win Mr. Olympia? Was his physique at the '93 Arnold the best ever seen on any stage?

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Best is subjective, but I think the general consensus is that his aesthetics of this period are one of the best of all time.

flex had great delts, but Kevin Levrone had the sickest of all man

im not a huge fan of the smith, i perfer dumbells

Levrone had some huge delts also... I like Wheelers overall shape and smaller waste better.

Flex had great size, I also liked his build, I like Dexter's a lot too though