Seven-time Olympic champion, Flex Lewis, tore his triceps tendon off the bone in an "unbelievable" accident, reportedly will need surgery!

A vacation should be relaxing and full of peace, but unfortunately that was not the case for bodybuilder Flex Lewis. During a recent trip to the Cayman Islands, Lewis suffered a triceps tendon rupture after a bar accident.

"I tore my hamstring off the bone. Something a bodybuilder never wants to experience, but it's happened to the best of them. All these guys I look up to have come back and gone on to win competitions and do great things. Fortunately for me, I'm not in that bodybuilding scene anymore, but I really love the bodybuilding lifestyle."

Lewis says he was trying to watch a Ryan Garcia boxing match a few weeks ago when the accident occurred. He was using the restroom inside the stall, but the locks to lock the door were not working. So he held the door with his hand and a man tried to kick the door open so he could use the restroom. As a result, Lewis' arm took the brunt of the force, resulting in a triceps injury.

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Flex Lewis is on paper the all-time leading 212 racer, having won seven 212 Olympia titles from 2012-2018. Although retired from the sport, he is dedicated to the bodybuilding lifestyle and frequently shares updates on his progress, workouts, and physique transformations.

Flex Lewis suffers triceps tendon rupture, surgery will be required

According to Lewis, he suffered the injury during his only vacation this year.

"My physique probably had a part in it, too. How did this happen to me? I'll tell you myself. I had a gig in the Cayman Islands, what I was doing is combining the pleasant with the useful. My wife and I don't go on many vacations, in fact we go on one a year," Lewis said.

"I went to a local venue that was broadcasting the Ryan Garcia fight. I'm a big wrestling fan, I didn't want to miss it," Lewis said. "I have this habit, a good one up until then, of peeing in stalls [instead of urinals]. I go there and in most places, like bars and clubs, the latches are usually broken, and in this case they were. So I was holding the door while peeing and some idiot on the other side decided to kick it in. So with a straight arm, I took it all by impact."

After his hand absorbed the impact, it didn't take long for Lewis to realize he was injured.

"It went to either the elbow or the shoulder and most people know I've had two torn shoulders, two torn knees, I've never apologised in all the time I've been winning and defending my titles but I've never had an injury of that nature occur in all these years either. I knew right away that something was wrong."