Flex Wheeler
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Sep 12, 2026
Sal Di StefanoHOST
Um, and e- even though the guy could squat 700 pounds, when you see him on stage, his legs seem to be lagging a little bit.
Sal Di StefanoHOST
And so he started training with Flex Wheeler, who w- you know, was a very, a top bodybuilder in the '90s.
Sal Di StefanoHOST
And Flex Wheeler had him doing high rep leg exercises, 15, 20 reps.
Adam SchaferHOST
Yeah.
Sal Di StefanoHOST
And Stan was like, "Man, it was so hard, and I, I never train that way." But his legs, he gained like two inches-
Edwin MejiaHOST
Did you see her, did you see her pics?
Victor MartinezHOST
I mean, does Flex Wheeler have pan- uh, a calf implant to this day, do we know? [laughs]
Edwin MejiaHOST
You say, you say he did, huh? Did you say he did or no?
Victor MartinezHOST
Never said anything.
speaker_3HOST
...
speaker_3HOST
he went after a few guys.
Victor MartinezHOST
Flex Wheeler.
Vlad YudinHOST
Yeah.
Eric EschGUEST
I give up all hope.
Eric EschGUEST
And like I was doing a podcast with some friends, Rick Bassman, Flex Wheeler.
Eric EschGUEST
And boss rooting and we had Dallas on as a guest he would tell us about a uh show and Flex kept saying we gotta get Butterbean on there because I mean he needs help I was in a wheelchair I was just really depressed and down and I was inducted into the Alabama Hall of Fame boxing I didn't even go uh that's how you know I felt I didn't want to be seen I just was like a hermit and Dallas says well we don't know what we're doing yet so me and him talked and I was over 520 pounds And we talked afterwards, and before I went to film at his house, I had already lost 60 pounds by the advice he gave me.
Ben VealHOST
Wow.
Lee PriestHOST
I just, I was just gonna say, if you got, yeah, if you got good structure and shape, you can get by on not being probably the most conditioned, just as long as you're hard and cut enough.
Lee PriestHOST
And like I said, in my day, I saw it all the time with Flex Wheeler, Chris Cormier.
John LiviaHOST
Yeah, yeah.
Lee PriestHOST
Weren't the best condition, but because of their shape and they come in cut, they'll beat guys in much better condition, like myself.
Mike KocsisHOST
Or was it-
Dorian YatesGUEST
I got on with Flex Wheeler.
Mike KocsisHOST
You did, yeah.
Dorian YatesGUEST
When we kind of communicated and all that, had some respect and understanding for each other.
Stan EfferdingGUEST
It's just about trying to minimize the amount of work that your stomach has to do to churn through food so you can eat again sooner.
Stan EfferdingGUEST
And I have a video on YouTube called Training Your Metabolism, where Flex Wheeler had me.
Stan EfferdingGUEST
I also have another one.
Stan EfferdingGUEST
I don't know if it's like 10 or 15 tips to gain weight or something like that, where I talk about ways that people can bulk.
19 MINS LATER
Stan EfferdingGUEST
And under that scenario, it might be better to do fewer sets and invest more effort into those sets rather than saving yourself.
Stan EfferdingGUEST
And that was...
Stan EfferdingGUEST
An example of when I was training with Flex Wheeler, we did 16 sets per body part.
Stan EfferdingGUEST
And we did four exercises, four sets of each.
Adam SchaferHOST
Yep.
Phil HeathGUEST
And then, uh, Steve Blackmon was like, "Well, I have Chad Nicholls," and he works with freaking Ronnie Coleman, and he, and he's worked with Flex Wheeler.
Phil HeathGUEST
He's worked with these guys.
Phil HeathGUEST
So I end up hitting up Chad, um, the week of the Junior Nationals in '05, and he probably just didn't recognize the number and didn't call.
Quincy TaylorGUEST
Munzer.
Lee PriestHOST
So apart, apart from that, we, we had a couple of close calls with Gillette, Flex and Ronnie, but really the diuretics cured, like I said, Ben Aziz and a couple, but really there wasn't like it is now, not at all like now.
Quincy TaylorGUEST
No, it's, it's on a different level now.
Quincy TaylorGUEST
I, I think it's also because the shows don't shut down no more.
Lee PriestHOST
Well, remember when-
John LiviaHOST
They did back then
Lee PriestHOST
... remember when they had implants? Remember was it Flex was on? I remember Shawn Ray brought up the thing about Flex's calf implants, but even Lou Ferrigno, when his implants, when he made the-
Quincy TaylorGUEST
Yep
Lee PriestHOST
[laughs] Just-
Chris MassaroGUEST
Do you remember when they booed when Flex Wheeler got, like, second or third, and he just went like this? He was like, "No, no, no, like, I'm happy."
Lee PriestHOST
Yeah.
Chris MassaroGUEST
Like, I-
24 MINS LATER
Lee PriestHOST
he looked like, he looked like a fucking freaky classic guy to me back in the day, so.
John LiviaHOST
They were still, they were still, um, because we were talking about it in the gym, they were still fucking mon- they were still bigger than Classic Physique guys today, the guys in the '90s.
Chris MassaroGUEST
Flex Wheeler was big too.
Lee PriestHOST
Oh, yeah, yeah.
Stan EfferdingGUEST
Uh, and I've provided the updated copies for free to anybody who bought a previous version.
Stan EfferdingGUEST
And, uh, you know, to date, and I, I'm, I'm grateful for this, I'm grateful for all the publicity that I've received through my relationships with Flex Wheeler and Mark Bell and all the social media, uh, my appearances on "Shark Tank" and, and, uh, great podcasts like, like you.
Stan EfferdingGUEST
Uh, I've been able to sell over 30,000 copies of that "Vertical Diet" e-book, uh, to date, and it continues to be a, a, one of my more popular products 'cause it's over now 260 pages with over 200 references, and it, it kind of goes down every single thing that my clients ask me.
Stan EfferdingGUEST
And not just diet, but obviously training and blood testing and sleep optimization and, uh, you know, injury prevention and rehabilitation, and the list goes on and on and on of all the questions that I typically get asked by clients, uh, that I wanted to have, uh, you know, a very well thought out, documented answer for.
39 MINS LATER
Jon HeckHOST
Right.
Stan EfferdingGUEST
So I didn't force the calories until the adaptation had already occurred, the adaptation being hunger.
Stan EfferdingGUEST
So I gave her, uh, X number of calories, and I, I said, just like Flex Wheeler said to me in 2009 when he was prepping me, uh, for my pro card.
Stan EfferdingGUEST
He said, he said, "Call me back when you're hungry." And seven to 10 days later, I was like, "Hey, I'm hungry." He goes, "Great.
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