Flex Australia – June-July 2017

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ASK THE CHAMP 1ST SET

GOOD

HEATH TALKS

ABOUT THE

FUTURE OF

BODYBUILDING

AND HANGING

OUT WITH

OTHER

WHAT DO YOU

THINK OF THE

FUTURE OF

THE SPORT OF

BODYBUILDING?

If you listened to what

David Pecker said at the

last Olympia, he was

stressing that everyone

who has an interest

in the sport needs to

stop being so negative.

Stop the hate that

comes after someone

wins. That negativity

is dragging us all

down. Everyone who

competes and wins

should be exalted.

Everyone likes to say

that bodybuilding is

dying. It’s growing! It’s

growing in so many

ways! Be positive about

that fact. This is all

David Pecker’s way of

saying “I’m all in — show

the world that you like

this sport. Don’t let the

internet drag us down.”

DO YOU HANG

OUT WITH

OR TRAIN WITH

OTHER PROS MORE

WHEN YOU TRAVEL

FOR CONTESTS?

You know what, not as

much as I think I should.

I’m always game for

either of those things,

but the others, for

whatever reason, not

so much. If I’m in

Moscow with Dexter

Jackson, I’m going to

say to him, “How about

we train together? How

about we go check out

the city?” Because

those are the memories

that are going to last —
that time I worked out
in Russia with Dexter,
or that time we drove
around Moscow
together. When it’s all
said and done, we’ll
have photos that will
lead to stories, more
than just memories
of planes and stages.
In the movie Pumping
Iron, they held genuine
relationships. I don’t
understand why more
guys don’t take me up
on the offer, on the road
or at home. When you
have a champ offering
to train with you, why
not? I relished the
opportunity, myself,
PER BERNAL when I had the chance.

.

BY PHIL HEATH

SIX-TIME MR OLYMPIA (2011-16)