Flex UK - June 2017

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 diferent
countries, so I try to
participate in those
contests, but they
haven’t been doing 212

the training, I especially

enjoy teaching the small

tricks—twists and

turns of the wrists and

moves like that—and

I wanted them to

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

demand ahead of time,

they gave us a small

gym to work with,

but we made it work. It

was really an incredible

experience for

everyone involved.

at a lot of those 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

organizers 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

1ST SET

56 FLEX| JUNE 2017

PER BERNAL

BY FLEX LEWIS, FIVE-TIME

ASK THE CHAMP OLYMPIA 212 SHOWDOWN WINNER