Flex Australia – June-July 2017

48 FLEX|JUNE –JULY 2017

BOB GARDNER/COURTESY OF WEIDER HEALTH & FITNESS

and do a good job. Pay

attentiontodetails.Over

time,bytakingalotof

photographs, I got to see

whatwaswhat.Andwhen

Iwentonstage,Ialready

knewwhatIlooked

likebecauseIsawitin

photographs. At a show,

nobody asks you how big

your arms are. What do they

do?Theylookatyou.Inany

scientific experiment, if you

want to be successful, you

have to cut out extraneous

variables.Getthingsoutof

there that don’t matter. Don’t

wasteyourtimelookingat

measurements. That’s what

Idid.Iconcentratedonly

onwhatIlookedlike.

Would this also apply

tothe exercises you

do?Meaning,getridof

the exercises that are

extraneous and make

sure every movement

youdoservesaspecific

purpose?

Yes, as my overall purpose.

Butactually,whenIdoeach

exercise,mypurposeand

my goal is to get a good

pump on every set. And

if I don’t, something’s wrong.

Get a good pump in the

An early

version

of a pose

he would

transform

into a

classic.

Zane’s

attention to

details was

a driving

force in

how he

trained.