This is such a good episode, love the lineup of Flex, Chris, Dennis and Milos. Some of the greatest representatives of their generation altogether sharing outlooks, jokes and memories of the past !
I was happy to see Flex so full of life on this episode. It’s Awesome that his recovery is going so well . Dennis made me laugh when he said Flex is on a roll 😂
This is one of the best bodybuilding podcasts I’ve seen. Great discussions, lots of fun, lots of great opinions from legendary bodybuilders! Love it. Let’s have part 2 please
It is honestly mind boggling how people that have taken decays of steroids do not have any idea about the difference between primobolan and trenbolone. And are also coaches.
They were talking about parabolan, which was pharma tren hex. Maybe you misheard it. I doubt the side effect profile is a million miles away from tren ace.
Dennis said that Cedric did retire after he was having problem but the truth is that last two shows that Cedric DID DO should never have happened. He was having issues wayyy before his very last show
This was a great podcast. 4 of the best and old school bodybuilders. I remember when they were all young and I would try to mimic what they would do in the gym. After 25 years of training like that I have had quite a few injuries myself. At some point the body is gonna break down. Great podcast. Hope you guys do another One soon.
In my opinion that’s a honor to have been hit by mike Tyson, at the time it wasn’t cool but it left you with one of the best life stories you get to tell forever and have been a part of history with the best in the world 😂 .
I had to have 2 back surgeries last week where they had to move the nerve all around the second surgery to fix the first one. This time I know how you feel Flex!! Keep Strong brother!!!
Good job sending questions to Milos who was quiet and patient. Need to take control a little more often when having very talkative guests. Entertaining interview with some legends. Thanks.
People talking about Flex talking! But Remember that he may not have the Time or at least he may perceive he doesn't after Everything else he's been through! I could listen to him for Days!! God bless you Flex Wheeler!
Absoluty the Fibo without the US Boys, is like a Mercedes Benz without an engine. I love the Fibo from the 90". I Remember my back Fibo 94 or 95. I see Flex by the Weider Stage with Sunglasses, tight t shirt and trolley case.He looked like a being from another planet and I didn't dare to speak to him.
Dennis is so charismatic l could listen to him read the phone book and be entertained. Even when he’s subtly roasting someone they can’t get mad at him. I was a huge fan when I was a kid and even more now. Keep it up man, wish you the best.
Watching the old IFBB pros I grew up watching talk and have fun is so cool to watch. I am now a successful natural pro inspired by all of you men, countless hours spent watching all 4 of you
Saw Flex at the 1997 Emerald Cup in Bellevue, WA. He was selling pics at a table. Also met Paul Dillet at a booth and saw Dave Plumbing guest pose. I said to Dillet that I did not know he would be there, his response... "Gotta make a car payment". LOL!
Love where you are headed Dennis !, you and Fouad are my two channels. Fouad has to shut some of the guys down a bit Iain and Guy can sometimes take over and Fouad has to tell them to lower the tren and clen ! Flex is one of those guys . I think this can be a great series because you have close relationships with an earlier generation than Fouad looking forward to seeing where this is headed .
@@MICHAELJARVILLA yeah pretty crazy. Also very disrespectful to Dennis, its his podcast So strange tho, dennis even hinted at him in the begining about drinking to much caffine, flex dident keep it down n realizing he is rude, instead he realized but continued, cause hes an asshole
A great podcast of 90s legends. As a teenager reading Flex magazine, to a man in his forties struggling with a body that's not what it used to be. I sort of understand the message they're trying to deliver. Great characters would have loved to see Kevin here too.
Good material. But Flex sounds damn fake. Look at his reaction during awards Mr O 1999...ugly character. Moreover he drew The line? Taking synthol, destroing his Health like kidney, Leg etc... (he talks about it and crying at Denis podcast ealier episode). Not mention his non stop Talking xD But its still good, and Dennis pls do more this Type (2,3 guests) more often! 😊
That Mike Tyson store was Fire and it gives us a glance into how Chris and Flex were back in their prime......... They were beasts.. I didn't realize they worked as bouncers but that makes sense......... and I find it hilarious Chris and his boy beat down House of Pain...lol
LOL flex. I'm just like you man. I heard some of my guys during my 12 years and ranger battalion and whatnot b**** about back pain and I thought yeah right it can't be that bad until I went through it. I was pissing my pants and crawling on the floor. Apparently roadside bombs and shrapnel. metal shrapnel on my leg but bone shrapnel from my best friend sitting behind me that's actually what caused a lot of the damage on my spine. but yeah to this day no pain medication for any of my surgeries on my legs or my back or my shoulders I refuse. And plus you can take a lot of pain people don't know or think they can but you can I'm going to Ranger school and see your school being treated like a pow and starving and getting deployed five times and everything. You learn to embrace the suck and how much you can take. Having said that though I still try to work out I can't do heavy squats or nothing but when I do f*** my back up I noticed that it's never on the heavy lifts it's me maybe twisting to get a plate or something stupid because your core muscles you're not bracing yourself. And generally about once a month once every two months for a couple days I cannot get up and it takes me a couple minutes to get up and I like look like I'm having seizures and I start dumping sweat. LOL my girl the first time she's seen it she's like holy s*** are you okay and I finally looked up at her and I smiled I'm like yeah let's go we're good she goes what is wrong with you LOL I'm like ah Uncle Sam ranger battalion deployments Good times. you can't go to the VA and ask for help cuz well they don't care we have a saying out of Ranger battalion. The VA where you really go to die they hurry up and wait in line and die. or what doesn't kill you makes you stronger except for Ranger that'll definitely kill you kicking in the doors and getting shot in the vest or the helmet LOL s*** like that good times. I do it all over again though even though most of it was lies over there but still I would do it all over again as the leader platoon Sergeant at 25 years old 20 25 26 years old 45 guys. Good soldiers by David finkel you can actually check that out on UA-cam and it's the book I'm in but the video of me getting blown up and that's a small roadside bomb actually and my Gunner got shot through his mouth that day my heart goes out to you flex. Man both of my back fusions like before I got my surgery I couldn't stand up I would piss my pants and the other back fusion I would almost s*** my pants uncontrollably shake and dump sweat. I had all three vertebrae the l3 up to l6 like squish grapes inside my spinal canal. And when I went in actually This is how stubborn I was for the first one I wouldn't go in until then. And the doctor took x-rays. And my back actually started fusing itself through calcium deposit or something like that. And he's like what the f***. This is when I was in ranger battalion and multiple deployments but you know what ended up getting me there was too many roadside bombs and yeah too many jumps too I guess plus the gear. Not the steroids LOL even though a lot of us were on. But I weighed 235 lb and I remember putting my body armor on my kit my plate carrier Mitch helmet if I wanted to wear it other than that was like a ball cap oh please In-N-Out Burger t-shirt. But 14 to 15 magazines full of 556 and then **10:45** clips for my 45 and then when I would carry my long rifle my m24 sniper rifle I mean maybe like 200 rounds on that but that's. Anyway smoke grenades and flashbacks all this s*** grenades so 2:30 and when I got on the scale with my the assault pack I was at 375 lb and that's how we ran around everyday lol I could I got good at sprinting pretty quick. I went in six foot now I'm 5 ft
@@riceflatpicking4954 I don't have a choice but to hang in there and keep pushing. Like I said I'm proud that I don't use pain medication for all those major surgeries and s*** and trap no one you name it and it's funny when I tell the younger guys or you know because this society is they're very quick to jump on the quick fix or the simple fix pain pills or whatever right just like with muscles right they think there's just some secret rather than you actually have to put the work in. instant gratification right. So you should see their face when they think I'm going to give them a legitimate answer of because they see the scars and everything like that and they see me like my strength is decent I'm 205 but I can push I don't max out but I'm pushing 350 I believe it is for 12 reps controlled. . But you know they seen as the old man and then immediately lyrics oh you're using something we're not or you're using more blah blah blah and I'm like guys I'm literally on trt 170 mg was I own that in my twenties no no but it doesn't matter because when I got out I drop down to 200 for a little while and then life went the s*** didn't work out for 8 years at all went down to 165 but doing a little 500 test for a few weeks and some manager all jumped it up to 2:15 within 10 weeks 12 weeks. And then now I'm 205 using 170 mg but people think because of the vascularity and the 12 to 15% body fat all year round that I'm just on excessive amounts of but I'm not because people don't realize how steroids work all of them whether it's anavar and a draw or test. Mechanism of action protein synthesis nutrition partitioning. So you can take all the gear you want but if you only eat once a day you're not going to get bigger you can't how you going to recover and repair your muscle tissue with what what amino acids you're not bringing in the end or these guys won't train hard enough to even cause muscle hypertrophy because of their ego they're they're weightlifter essentially yeah they're going to get stronger but they're not going to get bigger because again people think steroids create muscle tissue it doesn't it recovers it repairs I always explain it like a braided rope. Now hyperplasia caused by growth hormone that is a new production of muscle cells totally different. So again you can take 10 bottles of test every week if you wanted and if you don't train hard enough to cause hypertrophy you can eat your food but what are you repairing you didn't damage anything and this is the s*** I have to explain. These kids these younger guys some guys that are in their 30s they'll go to the gym not even having a background of anything their first week they jump on cycle not even understanding none of it and then they're the ones that use it as crotch. And they end up hurting themselves within 5 10 years because they know that they should come off to do a post-cycle therapy or at least Cruise. What happens they immediately lose everything because they use trend especially that's a big one to compensate for the s***** diet and everything else and they see themselves defeat that fast. And they can't handle it. In a lot of guys as soon as they take their last shot and it's the end of their cycle the very next day it's in their head so much that they need it to work out hard I'm like guys it's still in your system for like 2 or 3 weeks you'll be all right and rule of thumb 225 mg 250 mg of test can hold on to 220 lb of muscle tissue give or take. You don't need all this crazy stuff to make you anti-catabolic people are taking contest prep essentially for in the off season now and this is just what I see in my surrounding area. But you know with all my injuries and I still don't think all that s*** and these youngsters or whoever wants to listen they think I'm going to give them like a serious f****** answer like how I do it I like you look in the mirror in the morning you look down where your balls used to be and you hit them and then you tell yourself to stop being a p**** because your body and mentally you can take a lot more than you ever think. And they're like wait that that's what you do I'm like yeah I'm like my back is a constant 7 all the time six or seven steady every day all day. But again you're going through Ranger school and pow school and everything else and then the lifestyle of rangers like you're just in the sock you don't get anything good cuz they don't want you to they don't want to spoil you if you don't know anything. It's just nowadays it's just these people that lead the US and global supposed to be other countries it's like all of the ones that felt like they didn't have a voice and now they're in charge on purpose and they took these positions because they're right now and people say that this Democratic party will not they catered to them yes to a point but look at the generation and the demographic areas they are one in the same people whether it's lgbtq trans, the new feminism movement blm. They are all one and the same. they demand equality they already have it and what they're doing is creating privilege for themselves. and the obese group now that put themselves into the comfortable with your body and it's healthy even though the main spokesperson for obesity or whatever it's called she just died a month ago 38 years old 350 pounds says she died in her sleep and they don't know why okay. But it's just a woke culture everybody's the victim that's what happened that's all of these entities that's what they are one in the same they just have different titles. It's embarrassing like I'm embarrassed of the of my country's leadership anyway. of getting us over there and my men dying and several of my men losing limbs going home to a wife that will ultimately divorce them because of women just that women leave and every time we deploy they cheat so it is what it is it's like a machine they chew you haven't spit you out. And I thought actually arrangement I was like I'm not just a number I'm not going to be infantry but I mean I started out there not just a number well after my third deployment I couldn't sleep or anything I guess have a nightmares so I just kind of entertain the idea that I might go to mental health well I had to go in front of my sergeant major like within 2 hours he goes you can go but you might come back and you won't have your position and I was a platoon sergeant so they're like you can go but we're essentially going to punish you and I was like God damn I'm just a number I did 12 years. 6 years was deployed yeah let that sink in because I was volunteering I just didn't care like I it was kind of f***** up I had this mentality that it was okay if I died there like I was going to die there guess not but even the selfish woke culture kind of was bleeding in and coming down in the special forces communities. you seen guys coming up and getting promoted in other companies or wherever and they would always yell at their guys and overcompensate because of their failures but they wouldn't accept the responsibility ever just like society just like our government everybody's a victim it all started with no kid Left behind which was fine but then everybody gets a truth and they're lied to you throughout school. They're all going to be chiefs no Indians right they're all going to be doctors they're all going to go to college blah blah blah and what happened as of 10 years ago the suicide rate from 18 to 24 years old increased by 23% because they're promised the world and then they get out and life slaps it in the face but these education institutions the government whatever it is they don't care they're making a huge f****** profit
Read the back mechanic book by dr stuart mcgill. It will help u and your back however bad. It helped me. Changed my life and got me out of pain. Good luck
Flex is spot on, bodybuilding is KING! 👑 But, everyone isn't cut out for the sport and they must be careful and must know when to hold em and fold em if need be. 🤷🏿
PLEASE make this a regular round table!! LOVED the insight, synergy, and stories. Definitely one of the best BB podcasts I’ve ever heard.
Heather, that’s exactly my plan. Next weeks round table with Dexter Jackson, George Farah and again Milos.
@@DennisTheMenaceJames AWESOME!!! Looking forward to it.
@@DennisTheMenaceJames O M G Can't wait for that one 😍💯
@@re3370 we are on it
@@DennisTheMenaceJames wow Dennis if your podcasts could be constant round tables with legends this would be incredible.
Love these guys! Great to see Flex’s jaw is still shredded from all the talking! 🤣🤣
This was one of the best open BBing talks I have ever heard. Really great, and honest.
I appreciate kind words thank you
@@DennisTheMenaceJames c rfr
Dennis I think you can mute Flex so we can’t hear him and he won’t catch on for 20-30 minutes.
lol
We could all listen to these legends all day
For sure
This is such a good episode, love the lineup of Flex, Chris, Dennis and Milos.
Some of the greatest representatives of their generation altogether sharing outlooks, jokes and memories of the past !
Ya but damn FLEX don't shut TF up for nothing does he!?? That foooo can talk his ass off!!! LMAO
thank you and from now on the plan is to bring on more greats fro the past
I was happy to see Flex so full of life on this episode. It’s Awesome that his recovery is going so well . Dennis made me laugh when he said Flex is on a roll 😂
We are all glad Flex is a warrior and yes he was on a roll lol
When he gets talking it’s hard to get him to stop lol
@@slowjamcdub yh was kinda annoying tbh
This is one of the best bodybuilding podcasts I’ve seen. Great discussions, lots of fun, lots of great opinions from legendary bodybuilders! Love it. Let’s have part 2 please
thank you and yes I'm on it
Will be Kevin Levrone and Markus Ruhl on show?
Love this podcast getting such cool guests together. Legends
thank you
It is honestly mind boggling how people that have taken decays of steroids do not have any idea about the difference between primobolan and trenbolone. And are also coaches.
Yep. Genetics are a beautiful thing.
They were talking about parabolan, which was pharma tren hex. Maybe you misheard it. I doubt the side effect profile is a million miles away from tren ace.
Parabolan not primobolan … lol
Incredible show,. Thank You so much for this! Love all you guys, God Bless You all and wishing you much happiness, health and continued success! ❤️💪🙏
Great round table. Cracking up at Dennis trying to get Flex to take a breath so others could speak.
lol
He's like a freight train.
Jesus Flex he doesn’t want to let anyone talk
Lee Haney said STIMULATE DON’T ANNIHILATE. HE SQUATED 315 AFTER PRE EXHAUSTING ON THE LEG PRESS.
Great show!! Love hearing from these guys. 💪🏽
Dennis said that Cedric did retire after he was having problem but the truth is that last two shows that Cedric DID DO should never have happened. He was having issues wayyy before his very last show
This was an amazing podcast. I wish you would do this every week.
That's the plan, thank you
This was a great podcast. 4 of the best and old school bodybuilders. I remember when they were all young and I would try to mimic what they would do in the gym. After 25 years of training like that I have had quite a few injuries myself. At some point the body is gonna break down. Great podcast. Hope you guys do another One soon.
Look for the one next week
In my opinion that’s a honor to have been hit by mike Tyson, at the time it wasn’t cool but it left you with one of the best life stories you get to tell forever and have been a part of history with the best in the world 😂 .
Woah this is a treat! Legends!!! Awesome sauce thanks Dennis! Flex! Milos! Cormier!
thank you
Flex will be bad ass to party with. Dude can talk!!!! Awesome to have Dennis.
Binge watching these podcasts during prep is my little bit of peace every night, thanks fellas.
I had to have 2 back surgeries last week where they had to move the nerve all around the second surgery to fix the first one. This time I know how you feel Flex!! Keep Strong brother!!!
What caused that? Speedy recovery bro.
Instant like. Love you DJ! Greetings from Slovakia💪
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This has potential to be huge podcast
I really hope so, that's why I'm trying to bring back the older guys
Loved the cast, make this a regular 🙏💪
Good job sending questions to Milos who was quiet and patient. Need to take control a little more often when having very talkative guests. Entertaining interview with some legends. Thanks.
This was amazing. Flex is so intelligent. I could listen to him talk all day.
Love the episode thanks guys
You just did.
Great podcast this need to come out more often with this crew!!
Legends..
That’s the plan.
Parabolin is tren with a longer ester than enth and ace. Come on flex. You was a bodybuilder that long and you don’t know your shit.
And he “coaches” people 🤔
REGULAR TABLE PLEASE! And in every week a special guest! Go for it Dennis please!
I'm working
struck gold with this panel 🔥🔥🔥
People talking about Flex talking! But Remember that he may not have the Time or at least he may perceive he doesn't after Everything else he's been through!
I could listen to him for Days!! God bless you
Flex Wheeler!
My heart breaks listening to Flex. I feel you brother, god Bless you and you are in my prayers.
Flex lost a kidney and he says he only took dianabols. lol what a jerk.
Apart from that well done for the interview Dennis James. you are great man!
Orals are liver and kidney toxic. If flex took a bottle of Dbol a day it's possible that's the reason.
@@brutalcummer6308 the guy introduces Ronnie Coleman to anabolics so you can imagine what he was taking lol
A bit funny hearing Flex (the man we all drop our jaws over) say he’s honored that someone would wanna pose like him
Great show. Flex dominating the conversation. Lol. Great input tho. They all were great. Great episode.
Absoluty the Fibo without the US Boys, is like a Mercedes Benz without an engine. I love the Fibo from the 90". I Remember my back Fibo 94 or 95. I see Flex by the Weider Stage with Sunglasses, tight t shirt and trolley case.He looked like a being from another planet and I didn't dare to speak to him.
awsome to hear the old day stories
This show give me goosebumps
THE best show in years 🙏🙏Tank you DJ
Love listening to these old bodybuilding stories it’s so awesome
Great listening to these old school stars! Bring it back and look forward to seeing this again
That Mike Tyson story was amazing Chris
Dennis is so charismatic l could listen to him read the phone book and be entertained. Even when he’s subtly roasting someone they can’t get mad at him. I was a huge fan when I was a kid and even more now. Keep it up man, wish you the best.
thank you brother, and no worries I will keep it up for sure.
Man I was blessed to be able to see all these guys entire careers
you were man. as a 22 year old man ill never be ablw to see people that looked like flex wheeler compete because its all about mass now
Watching the old IFBB pros I grew up watching talk and have fun is so cool to watch. I am now a successful natural pro inspired by all of you men, countless hours spent watching all 4 of you
Saw Flex at the 1997 Emerald Cup in Bellevue, WA. He was selling pics at a table. Also met Paul Dillet at a booth and saw Dave Plumbing guest pose. I said to Dillet that I did not know he would be there, his response... "Gotta make a car payment". LOL!
Love where you are headed Dennis !, you and Fouad are my two channels. Fouad has to shut some of the guys down a bit Iain and Guy can sometimes take over and Fouad has to tell them to lower the tren and clen ! Flex is one of those guys . I think this can be a great series because you have close relationships with an earlier generation than Fouad looking forward to seeing where this is headed .
Thank you for the feedback brother. I got some great old school roundtables coming.
Flex brakes my hart 🙏
From Norway big fan of Flex, Kevin,Dennis, Milos,Lee, Ronnie,Dexter, Chris....
Wecome to a podcast with flex, flex, flex & flex. Lool loved it thanks dennis!
Wait was Flex on this podcast?
Great episode........I'm a 90's bodybuilder and looked up to all of you while I was competing.
The good old days of bodybuilding... thanks Dennis!!!!!
Flex just is so rude just never lets any one talk he constantly continues to talk when Dennis is trying to say something
Agree, that ego still a issue even after 30 years. Crazy
I noticed that also…..
@@MICHAELJARVILLA came in to the podcast crying, one would think he would be humble. but no, not a chance hahah
@@stefanallard3084 had to shut it off/ stop watching …. It was so bad Flex just talked over/ interrupted everyone! … wtf
@@MICHAELJARVILLA yeah pretty crazy. Also very disrespectful to Dennis, its his podcast
So strange tho, dennis even hinted at him in the begining about drinking to much caffine, flex dident keep it down n realizing he is rude, instead he realized but continued, cause hes an asshole
Great show! Thank you Dennis!
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That happened to me in hospital. I thought the staff was trying to kill me. My thoughts were absolutely nutty.
my respect for these men who were willing to give their lives so that we could have a show.
Every time I see or hear flex I get a relaxing vibe. What an amazing soul.
So glad you feeeling back to your usual self Flex we all love you man!
This round table needs to be a weekly show.
This is like BB paradise. Such a great generation on the subject. Amazing, and indeed. Many hours to come hopefully.
This is one of the best treats next to being at the Olympia for a bodybuilding fan!!!
100% agree with Milos, and his mindset!
A great podcast of 90s legends. As a teenager reading Flex magazine, to a man in his forties struggling with a body that's not what it used to be. I sort of understand the message they're trying to deliver. Great characters would have loved to see Kevin here too.
I'm working on one with Kevin of course.
Great panel. Having Shawn Ray in the mix would be entertaining. Never fails to speak his mind
This Iis a early xmass gift to me over 50 who loves BB and followed this crew. Bad assssssss video thankful 🙏
Flex is so deep it sounds like he's really gone through a spiritual transformation..love u Flex.
This is 10 times better than rxmuscle these guys actually know what they're talkin about work smarter not harder
Legendary round table podcast!!!
Man, we really have to have more of this. Absolute legends.
as long as you guys want to see it I will give it to you
The banter between flex and Chris gets annoying. Get Shawn ray on the panel instead of Chris
This was excellent. More people in bodybuilding should listen to Flex.
Thank you, gentlemen. Real talk. Some valuable $hit right here.
Wow what an all star cast!!💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻👍👍👍👍
I never cared for Dennis as a bodybuilder. The way he let Flex run on and not cut him off rudely made me a fan.
Anybody who loves bodybuilding and doesn’t love the 90s era guys and their stories is fucking crazy!! Great podcast
Great episode! Great work
Terrence Kochmann
One of best bb podcast I have seen.
Great stories 👍
Keep them coming
We need this legends table bi weekly !!
I remember when me and my bro confronted flex at golds when he thought he could be a bully he went silent real quick
Who went silent?
@@FlexWheelerOfficial you did wasn’t acting like tough guy Kenny then or should I say Jenny
@@FlexWheelerOfficial was very amusing
and who are you? you have achieved? thats your claim to fame, sad existence
@@aidenporter2130 flex knows who I am when I confronted him in the 90s at golds When I ran him out the gym
Great info from legends of the sport
God bless you flex, IM goin to some hard time my self but seen you talking make my problem very small.
Wow I really enjoyed this!
I love Flex 😂😂😂 He stole the whole show 😂👊🏻🏆 Big love to all of you and thnx for motivation and knowledge you passed to us ❤️❤️❤️🔥
This is gold. Thank you legends
This was a Badass session!!!
The good fellas of bodybuilding!
We never too Tren, we only took Parabolan. Tren is bad for your heart, we took clean stuff 💦
Good material. But Flex sounds damn fake. Look at his reaction during awards Mr O 1999...ugly character. Moreover he drew The line? Taking synthol, destroing his Health like kidney, Leg etc... (he talks about it and crying at Denis podcast ealier episode). Not mention his non stop Talking xD But its still good, and Dennis pls do more this Type (2,3 guests) more often! 😊
Yeah he’s lied about a lot over the years. His motivations aren’t pure but unfortunately people fall for it.
Interesting talk from the men of iron. Good personal life experiences from you guys.
Great advice!! Think about if you really need to take what you're taking!
Legends! Thanks Dennis
Legends, please do this again.
That Mike Tyson store was Fire and it gives us a glance into how Chris and Flex were back in their prime......... They were beasts.. I didn't realize they worked as bouncers but that makes sense......... and I find it hilarious Chris and his boy beat down House of Pain...lol
LOL flex. I'm just like you man. I heard some of my guys during my 12 years and ranger battalion and whatnot b**** about back pain and I thought yeah right it can't be that bad until I went through it. I was pissing my pants and crawling on the floor. Apparently roadside bombs and shrapnel. metal shrapnel on my leg but bone shrapnel from my best friend sitting behind me that's actually what caused a lot of the damage on my spine. but yeah to this day no pain medication for any of my surgeries on my legs or my back or my shoulders I refuse. And plus you can take a lot of pain people don't know or think they can but you can I'm going to Ranger school and see your school being treated like a pow and starving and getting deployed five times and everything. You learn to embrace the suck and how much you can take. Having said that though I still try to work out I can't do heavy squats or nothing but when I do f*** my back up I noticed that it's never on the heavy lifts it's me maybe twisting to get a plate or something stupid because your core muscles you're not bracing yourself. And generally about once a month once every two months for a couple days I cannot get up and it takes me a couple minutes to get up and I like look like I'm having seizures and I start dumping sweat. LOL my girl the first time she's seen it she's like holy s*** are you okay and I finally looked up at her and I smiled I'm like yeah let's go we're good she goes what is wrong with you LOL I'm like ah Uncle Sam ranger battalion deployments Good times. you can't go to the VA and ask for help cuz well they don't care we have a saying out of Ranger battalion. The VA where you really go to die they hurry up and wait in line and die. or what doesn't kill you makes you stronger except for Ranger that'll definitely kill you kicking in the doors and getting shot in the vest or the helmet LOL s*** like that good times. I do it all over again though even though most of it was lies over there but still I would do it all over again as the leader platoon Sergeant at 25 years old 20 25 26 years old 45 guys. Good soldiers by David finkel you can actually check that out on UA-cam and it's the book I'm in but the video of me getting blown up and that's a small roadside bomb actually and my Gunner got shot through his mouth that day
my heart goes out to you flex. Man both of my back fusions like before I got my surgery I couldn't stand up I would piss my pants and the other back fusion I would almost s*** my pants uncontrollably shake and dump sweat. I had all three vertebrae the l3 up to l6 like squish grapes inside my spinal canal. And when I went in actually This is how stubborn I was for the first one I wouldn't go in until then. And the doctor took x-rays. And my back actually started fusing itself through calcium deposit or something like that. And he's like what the f***. This is when I was in ranger battalion and multiple deployments but you know what ended up getting me there was too many roadside bombs and yeah too many jumps too I guess plus the gear. Not the steroids LOL even though a lot of us were on. But I weighed 235 lb and I remember putting my body armor on my kit my plate carrier Mitch helmet if I wanted to wear it other than that was like a ball cap oh please In-N-Out Burger t-shirt. But 14 to 15 magazines full of 556 and then **10:45** clips for my 45 and then when I would carry my long rifle my m24 sniper rifle I mean maybe like 200 rounds on that but that's. Anyway smoke grenades and flashbacks all this s*** grenades so 2:30 and when I got on the scale with my the assault pack I was at 375 lb and that's how we ran around everyday lol I could I got good at sprinting pretty quick. I went in six foot now I'm 5 ft
THX YOU. GOD BLESS
Thank you for everything you did for us. Hang in there my friend. Sincerely, an old (and banged up) Marine.
@@riceflatpicking4954 I don't have a choice but to hang in there and keep pushing. Like I said I'm proud that I don't use pain medication for all those major surgeries and s*** and trap no one you name it and it's funny when I tell the younger guys or you know because this society is they're very quick to jump on the quick fix or the simple fix pain pills or whatever right just like with muscles right they think there's just some secret rather than you actually have to put the work in. instant gratification right. So you should see their face when they think I'm going to give them a legitimate answer of because they see the scars and everything like that and they see me like my strength is decent I'm 205 but I can push I don't max out but I'm pushing 350 I believe it is for 12 reps controlled. . But you know they seen as the old man and then immediately lyrics oh you're using something we're not or you're using more blah blah blah and I'm like guys I'm literally on trt 170 mg was I own that in my twenties no no but it doesn't matter because when I got out I drop down to 200 for a little while and then life went the s*** didn't work out for 8 years at all went down to 165 but doing a little 500 test for a few weeks and some manager all jumped it up to 2:15 within 10 weeks 12 weeks. And then now I'm 205 using 170 mg but people think because of the vascularity and the 12 to 15% body fat all year round that I'm just on excessive amounts of but I'm not because people don't realize how steroids work all of them whether it's anavar and a draw or test. Mechanism of action protein synthesis nutrition partitioning. So you can take all the gear you want but if you only eat once a day you're not going to get bigger you can't how you going to recover and repair your muscle tissue with what what amino acids you're not bringing in the end or these guys won't train hard enough to even cause muscle hypertrophy because of their ego they're they're weightlifter essentially yeah they're going to get stronger but they're not going to get bigger because again people think steroids create muscle tissue it doesn't it recovers it repairs I always explain it like a braided rope. Now hyperplasia caused by growth hormone that is a new production of muscle cells totally different. So again you can take 10 bottles of test every week if you wanted and if you don't train hard enough to cause hypertrophy you can eat your food but what are you repairing you didn't damage anything and this is the s*** I have to explain. These kids these younger guys some guys that are in their 30s they'll go to the gym not even having a background of anything their first week they jump on cycle not even understanding none of it and then they're the ones that use it as crotch. And they end up hurting themselves within 5 10 years because they know that they should come off to do a post-cycle therapy or at least Cruise. What happens they immediately lose everything because they use trend especially that's a big one to compensate for the s***** diet and everything else and they see themselves defeat that fast. And they can't handle it. In a lot of guys as soon as they take their last shot and it's the end of their cycle the very next day it's in their head so much that they need it to work out hard I'm like guys it's still in your system for like 2 or 3 weeks you'll be all right and rule of thumb 225 mg 250 mg of test can hold on to 220 lb of muscle tissue give or take. You don't need all this crazy stuff to make you anti-catabolic people are taking contest prep essentially for in the off season now and this is just what I see in my surrounding area. But you know with all my injuries and I still don't think all that s*** and these youngsters or whoever wants to listen they think I'm going to give them like a serious f****** answer like how I do it I like you look in the mirror in the morning you look down where your balls used to be and you hit them and then you tell yourself to stop being a p**** because your body and mentally you can take a lot more than you ever think. And they're like wait that that's what you do I'm like yeah I'm like my back is a constant 7 all the time six or seven steady every day all day. But again you're going through Ranger school and pow school and everything else and then the lifestyle of rangers like you're just in the sock you don't get anything good cuz they don't want you to they don't want to spoil you if you don't know anything. It's just nowadays it's just these people that lead the US and global supposed to be other countries it's like all of the ones that felt like they didn't have a voice and now they're in charge on purpose and they took these positions because they're right now and people say that this Democratic party will not they catered to them yes to a point but look at the generation and the demographic areas they are one in the same people whether it's lgbtq trans, the new feminism movement blm. They are all one and the same. they demand equality they already have it and what they're doing is creating privilege for themselves. and the obese group now that put themselves into the comfortable with your body and it's healthy even though the main spokesperson for obesity or whatever it's called she just died a month ago 38 years old 350 pounds says she died in her sleep and they don't know why okay. But it's just a woke culture everybody's the victim that's what happened that's all of these entities that's what they are one in the same they just have different titles. It's embarrassing like I'm embarrassed of the of my country's leadership anyway. of getting us over there and my men dying and several of my men losing limbs going home to a wife that will ultimately divorce them because of women just that women leave and every time we deploy they cheat so it is what it is it's like a machine they chew you haven't spit you out. And I thought actually arrangement I was like I'm not just a number I'm not going to be infantry but I mean I started out there not just a number well after my third deployment I couldn't sleep or anything I guess have a nightmares so I just kind of entertain the idea that I might go to mental health well I had to go in front of my sergeant major like within 2 hours he goes you can go but you might come back and you won't have your position and I was a platoon sergeant so they're like you can go but we're essentially going to punish you and I was like God damn I'm just a number I did 12 years. 6 years was deployed yeah let that sink in because I was volunteering I just didn't care like I it was kind of f***** up I had this mentality that it was okay if I died there like I was going to die there guess not but even the selfish woke culture kind of was bleeding in and coming down in the special forces communities. you seen guys coming up and getting promoted in other companies or wherever and they would always yell at their guys and overcompensate because of their failures but they wouldn't accept the responsibility ever just like society just like our government everybody's a victim it all started with no kid Left behind which was fine but then everybody gets a truth and they're lied to you throughout school. They're all going to be chiefs no Indians right they're all going to be doctors they're all going to go to college blah blah blah and what happened as of 10 years ago the suicide rate from 18 to 24 years old increased by 23% because they're promised the world and then they get out and life slaps it in the face but these education institutions the government whatever it is they don't care they're making a huge f****** profit
Read the back mechanic book by dr stuart mcgill. It will help u and your back however bad. It helped me. Changed my life and got me out of pain. Good luck
Old school in da house!!!
Great job Dennis, did flex say he was seeing ninjas from the pain killers :)
Flex just talks to much
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Flex is spot on, bodybuilding is KING! 👑 But, everyone isn't cut out for the sport and they must be careful and must know when to hold em and fold em if need be. 🤷🏿
Flex is spot on very intelligent man thank you very much
They need Lee Priest instead of Dennis James on the podcast.