Flex Lewis: Washington Poser

Beating out Jose, who had beaten him at the New York Pro, Flex placed second at the Olympia behind three-time 202 winner Kevin English.

Last weekend Flex guest posed at the 2011 NPC Washington Ironman in the Snoqualmie Casino.

202 Showdown: Jose vs. Flex

From EastLabs.biz. And below the results of the 202 showdown poll. You all think Flex is handily going to take this one!

James Llewellin: Two Weeks Out

Llewellin updating his fans on the James Llewellin's final 8 weeks leading into the Olympia 202 Showdown!!! thread over at UK-Muscle:

"Today is saturday the 3rd of September and its exactly 2 weeks until I realise my dream and stand on the Olympia stage. I have had the toughest week yet of my prep which was bound to happen as so far its been fairly straight forward.

I've held my physique for a few weeks now but last weekend, 3 weeks out, I decided that I had held my weight and conditioning long enough to up the ante and take my prep to a new level. My physique as you know, works well on a high carb approach, so this week it was time to drop two thirds of those carbs out and do a week of around 100g of carbs daily. My first three meals contained carbs (before and post workout) and the rest were made up of protein and fat.
Although harder, I have been suprisingly fairly energetic and have felt good although now (a week on) I am very flat and finding it harder to achieve a really good pump.

My weight has dropped down this morning to a tight 13st 8.5lbs and its time today for a refeed to boost the metabolism again for the final weeks hard graft.

After ceasing cardio for 3 days I have now reintroduced it at 30 mins before breakfast and another 20 mins PWO. This next week will see this rise to an hour daily and my diet as of tuesday will be predominantly be white fish and rice with two oats meals a day. carbs will be increased a little but fats (of which I have been on around 130g daily this week) will be taken out to provide another stimulus and shift the last little bits I have remaining.

My cheat will commence at around 7pm and continue until I fall asleep. I will be seeing Mike and Leica tomorrow morning at 8am to see the result of my little experiment. I work well on 'sh1t loading' so tomorrow will see if its something to consider for the Olympia seeing as pre judging is early in the day (10.30am)"

Flex Lewis: The Best Proportions

I know this clip was taken September 6, and I believe it's from 2009, a week out from the Atlantic City Pro where young Flex won the 202 class, and I have to agree with one of the posted comments:



"Flex has some of the best proportions of any bodybuilder."

James Llewellin: Counting Down

Five and a half weeks out from the Olympia 202...







At just over 200lbs at six and a half weeks...







And then compare that with his seven weeks out video...

Flex Lewis: PowerShack Classic

Guest posing at the the 2011 PowerShack Classic in Biloxi, MS on July 30th, seven weeks before the 2011 Olympia.

James Llewellin: 8 Weeks Out

Above, three weeks into his prep for the Olympia 202... Below, earlier in the year, late March/mid April, tipping the scales at 213lbs.

LexTheDestroyer: YouTube Muscle

21" arms and 16.5" forearms!!! Who is this guy?

British Gladiators?

From the June 5th, FAME Uk event in Central London.

Dorian Yates: Muscle Icon

There is an interview over at Bodybuilding.com between David Robson and legendary photographer Kevin Horton, who is now over at BSN. Horton was the guy who took the extraordinary photos of Dorian Yates for Flex Magazine back in 1993, as Dorian was preparing for his second Olympia win (clip below).



I remember being absolutely blown away by those shots. At the time Dorian looked like no other bodybuilder around, huge and incredibly muscled.








I don't know why finding the entire article is so difficult. I am not even quite sure if all of the shots above come from the '93 shoot or a later one. All I know is that Yates incited my passion for bodybuilding, and started the 'never too big' attitude of the sport today. Discuss!