The champion body builder Flex Wheeler powered through kidney disease and amputation to become one of the top bodybuilders in history. After winning many accolades for his feats, the star recently stumbled upon some great news. Flex Wheeler will now receive the highest honor for a celebrity – the lifetime achievement award!

The star took to Instagram to announce the great news and fans were excited! While the star got extremely emotional and poured his heart out, fans had a lot of feelings too. Here’s what unfolded when Wheeler announced his highest honor.

Flex Wheeler is all set to receive the highest honor – fans express their joy

Throughout his bodybuilding journey, Wheeler has proven time and again that he is the definition of resilience. After all, the champion survived multiple health scares and still managed to keep up his shape. Despite his hiccups, the star hasn’t stopped achieving. Being a regular attendee at the Arnold’s Festival, Wheeler never forgot his roots. And now, he’s set to attend the festival for his biggest honor. He announced that he was the 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award recipient.

In an emotional ode to his journey, Wheeler mentioned how he expected a lot of tears on display. However, the happiness of the honor outweighed all the struggles he went through. He wrote, “My life has not been easy as most of you know. Over a 100 surgeries, and still have more set for 2023.” Yet, the champion is ready to face his fears as he begins 2023 with a bang.

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Fans also resonated with his emotions. Many of them indicated how the award was due for a while. Comments like “This is a great honor that is clearly long overdue! But it’s here now and EVERYONE knows it’s absolutely deserved! Congrats my brother”, “Just well deserved on so many different levels, not even just the physique you brought all those years. But who you are as a person is very inspiring for generations to come congratulations!!! God bless”, and “Congratulations and long time overdue. A true champion and legend of the sport. Happy New Year Flex and god bless” showed how happy fans were.

Fans also couldn’t wait to see the champion receive his award. Comments like “We already bought our VIP tickets for the Arnold! Can’t wait to watch you receive such a prestigious award” and “Huge congratulations and well deserved! Definitely will be in attendance” confirmed a huge attendance at the festival. Flex Wheeler has proved to be the epitome of strength and willpower, and the award highlights that.

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