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Flex Lewis, the 7-time 212 Olympia champion who was preparing to make the jump to the Open division at this year’s Mr. Olympia, announced that he would be pulling out of the contest due to an undisclosed injury. “This decision wasn’t easy,” Flex told his Instagram followers. “It was actually...

Seven-time 212 Olympia (2012-2018) champ Flex Lewis took a break from competition last year to improve and get bigger for his full-blown assault on the Open Olympia title this December. In a way, it’s sort of history repeating itself. It’s July 2005, and I’m walking along the Venice boardwalk...

Flex Lewis made history in the Olympia’s 212 Bodybuilding division, winning seven straight times before his retirement in 2018. He was literally unbeatable, but clearly ready for something more. As the dust settled from his final win and retirement, Lewis confirmed that yes, he’d really retired...

Jeffery Salter / M+F Magazine After securing seven consecutive 212 Olympia titles, Flex Lewis is setting his sights even bigger as he works toward earning a shot at the illustrious Mr. Olympia crown on the open bodybuilding stage in 2020. That means he’s going to need to add mass to a body that...

Jeffery Salter / M+F Magazine Flex Lewis’s open Olympia mission began in earnest in early December after he returned from a trip overseas with his family. According to his trainer, Neil “Yoda” Hill, the seven-time 212 Olympia champion didn’t miss a beat. “The time off didn’t affect him,” Hill...

Jeffery Salter / M+F Magazine There’s an old Welsh saying: Deuparth gwaith yw ei ddechrau, which means, “Starting the work is two-thirds of it.” James “Flex” Lewis, a proud son of Wales, is taking the wisdom of his homeland to heart as he begins his most challenging work yet: moving up from the...