James "Flex" Lewis (born 15 November 1983) is a Welsh former bodybuilder and has won 7 consecutive 212 Mr. Olympia titles.
[1] Lewis' interest in bodybuilding began at the age of 12 after discovering a book on Tom Platz.
One day, when Lewis was home alone, he had scouted his father's shed and came across plastic weights, that his parents wouldn't allow him to use.
After coming across a local bodybuilder by the name of Steve Naylor, he was told that his physique had great potential.
He took heed in the advice and trained with Naylor for a year, before he entered his first bodybuilding competition, the Junior Mr. Wales, which he promptly won.