How Flex Lewis changed Ronnie Coleman forever.

Ronnie Coleman is truly an All Time Great in bodybuilding. With his eight consecutive Olympia victories, Coleman has cemented himself as one of the best to ever step onto a bodybuilding stage. But no great champion gets to the top by their own merit alone. Most all time greats need to have the right support system around them, the individuals that will change their life and push them to be the best version of themselves.

For Ronnie Coleman, Flex Wheeler and his coach Chad Nicholls were both instrumental in his rise.

In a recent in depth Instagram post, Ronnie Coleman shares the story of how Flex Lewis changed his life forever and how instrumental he and Chad Nicholls were in leading him to eight straight Olympia victories.

 

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I was getting ready for the 1998 Toronto Pro show and I was doing my monthly check in with @officialflexwheeler. He was like dude I got the perfect guy to help you get ready for your show. He said he helped me get ready for a couple shows and he’s the best guy I’ve ever worked with. He said his name is Chad Nicholls and he gave me his phone number and said call him. So I called Chad and left a message but he didn’t call me back. I called Flex back a couple days later and said your boy Chad didn’t return my phone call. Flex said call him back till he calls you back because he’s really busy. So I called Chad again and this time he called me back. Chad immediately started changing my diet, my workouts, my cardio. He changed everything I did and completely revamped my prep. I went to the Toronto Pro show and won convincingly with Chads help. That next week I went and competed in the Night of Champions in New York and got the same result that I had gotten at the Toronto Pro show. The next show Chad and I did was the 1998 Mr Olympia. Of course Flex was to be the successor to the throne that Dorian Yates had vacated. I had gotten 9th the year before and never placed in the top 5 at any Olympia contest. So my goal at the 98 Olympia was to make the top 5. Of course we all know how that turned out. I worked with Chad to win 8 in a row. It’s the reason till this day I give Flex a ton of credit for my success. Flex was the reason I won my first pro show in 1995 because he gave me all the advice on how to properly prepare for a pro show. I will be eternally grateful and indebted to Flex for the rest of my life.

A post shared by Ronnie Coleman (@ronniecoleman8) on Sep 13, 2018 at 9:26pm PDT

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