{"id":9566,"date":"2026-01-14T02:11:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T02:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=9566"},"modified":"2026-01-14T02:11:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T02:11:22","slug":"hong-kong-bodybuilder-and-artist-lynus-woo-opens-concept-studio-gym-to-celebrate-both-passions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=9566","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong bodybuilder and artist Lynus Woo opens concept studio\/gym to celebrate both passions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">When Lynus Woo was a student at the University of Oxford in 2015, he signed on for a mighty challenge: to attain a body worthy of winning the United Kingdom Drug Free Bodybuilding Association \u2013 or UKDFBA \u2013 men\u2019s physique championship.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">After intensive training and a stringent calorie-cutting diet plan, the determined Woo won gold at the 2016 competition. At the time, his area of study seemed poles apart from his focus on bodybuilding and fitness: he was honing his painting skills at Oxford\u2019s Ruskin School of Art.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">For Hong Kong-born Woo, grandson of solicitor and arts benefactor Woo Po-shing, and son of businessman Wilson Woo Kah-wah and former singer May Ng Yuen-fong, fitness and art have always gone hand in hand.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cMy body is actually a work of art, for myself. It\u2019s a sculpture,\u201d he says. \u201cI think your body is actually, potentially, your best work of art, because that\u2019s how you display yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-inline-container e1a5rv550 css-1llrc1m e1yqhwb40\" data-qa=\"Component-renderMap-StyledDiv\">\n<div class=\"image-inline caption e1fvabeq0 css-19sk4h4 ea9pn0s0\" data-qa=\"Component-Container\">\n<figure class=\"image-inline caption ea9pn0s1 css-1xsw7m0 e1gf69pb0\" data-qa=\"ArticleImage-ArticleImageContainer\">\n<div data-qa=\"ArticleImage-handleRenderImage-ImageContainer\" class=\"css-0 e1gf69pb3\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Socially Distanced IV (2020), by Lynus Woo. Photo: courtesy of Lynus Woo\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/img.i-scmp.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/fit=contain,width=1024,format=auto\/sites\/default\/files\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2022\/05\/20\/dcd3689f-634e-4d57-a57a-6a8739b303bb_9e67a68a.jpg\" title=\"Socially Distanced IV (2020), by Lynus Woo. Photo: courtesy of Lynus Woo\"\/><\/div><figcaption data-qa=\"ArticleImage-DescriptionContainer\" class=\"css-1ixmelf e1gf69pb1\">Socially Distanced IV (2020), by Lynus Woo. Photo: courtesy of Lynus Woo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">But a person doesn\u2019t need to have six-pack abs to be a work of art, he adds. They just need to feel comfortable in their own skin.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Woo first became interested in bodybuilding at Harrow School in the UK. Only after meeting his coach while at Oxford did he realise it could be a career path that he could pursue.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/health-wellness\/article\/3178438\/hong-kong-bodybuilder-and-artist-lynus-woo-opens-concept\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Lynus Woo was a student at the University of Oxford in 2015, he signed on for a mighty challenge: to attain a body worthy of winning the United Kingdom Drug Free Bodybuilding Association \u2013 or UKDFBA \u2013 men\u2019s physique championship. 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