Flex Australia – June-July 2017

14 FLEX | JUNE – JULY 2017

1ST SET ASK THE CHAMP

OVERSEAS

INTERESTS

BRINGING THE IRON TRADE

TO FANS WORLDWIDE.

DOES A STREAK OF
14 CONSECUTIVE
PRO WINS
MAKE YOU MORE
SELECTIVE ABOUT
WHICH SHOWS
TO ENTER?

Not really. I really enjoy
doing the Grand Prix
shows, travelling to
see fans in different
countries, so I try to
participate in those
contests, but they
haven’t been doing

Iespeciallyenjoy

teaching the small

tricks—twistsand

turnsofthewristsand

moves like that — and

Iwantedthemto

get the full experience

and to make sure

the information was

delivered correctly, and

it ended up that I was

there seven hours!

There are two

interpreters and staff

to provide support.

Not knowing the

demandaheadoftime,

they gave us a small

gymtoworkwith,

butwemadeitwork.

It was an incredible

experience for

everyone involved.

212atalotofthose

events right now.

WHAT IS

PROJECT

FLEX KOREA?

It’s the same model we

use for Project Flex

in the United States —

this is the second year

I’ve done it while I was

there for the Korea

Grand Prix 212 [which

Lewis won for the third

time in 2016]. It was

only a one-day camp,

but if we’d known

the response to the

opportunity would be

so great we would

have done two days.

The tickets sold in a

day! By the time I got

around to putting up an

Instagram to talk about

it, the organisers called

me to say, “No, no, no

— it’s all sold out!”

Project Flex Korea is

a fantastic experience.

There’s usually a

seminar, a Q&A portion

and a training section,

with posing at the end.

The session normally

lasts two to three hours,

but in 2016, that wouldn’t

have been enough. The

people who attended

loved it — they were

soaking it up, absorbing

it all. During the training, PER BERNAL

BY FLEX LEWIS, FIVE-TIME

OLYMPIA 212 SHOWDOWN WINNER