Emmerson Campbell

The most popular definition of success is “the accomplishment of an aim or purpose.”

Sporting activities were given the green light to resume earlier this month and today, Horse Racing executives will make their best pitch to the Minister of Health, Dr.

Six of Guyana’s elite distance runners joined athletes around the world yesterday to compete in the Asics World Ekiden 2020, a virtual marathon-distance relay race inspired by the Japanese Ekiden.

Elite sprinter, Marlon ‘Fishy’ Williams provided a reminder of his pedigree with victory in the men’s Time Trial yesterday.

The sport of cycling recently got the green light to restart and now all systems are go for today’s Time Trial event.

It is well known that exercise sharpens the brain. Several studies have been done on the link between fit bodies and healthy brains.

Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Charles Ramson Jr. is pleased with his ministry’s accomplishments during the first 100 days, but admits there is much work ahead.

Last week’s reminders and pointers on how to boost your performance once you return to the gym were: 1.

In an effort to resharpen the tools of its boxers and more importantly, the four potential Olympians, the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) yesterday dispatched a letter to the Ministry of Health seeking permission to restart its activities.

Local gyms have been given the greenlight to reopen their doors to 50% capacity and I know many of you are eager to get back into your fitness routine.

Malcolm Sonaram, Andrew Arjoon and Jeffrey Yearwood are now Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) accredited Commissaires.

After seven months of closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic, gym doors have reopened to 50% capacity which means that only half of the people the gym can optimally caters for will be allowed in on a  given day.

Guyana’s leading muscleman, Kerwin Clarke is ecstatic about the reopening of gyms and fitness centres after seven months of closure.

Many times, I find myself engaging in conversations with some of the older heads in the fitness community and unfortunately some of them still live by some old, odd beliefs in what’s right when it comes to being healthy and building muscle.

Gym owners will have the option of  reopening their doors to 50% capacity and sports events are now permitted under the new COVID-19 measures.

Like many, I have lost tremendous physique gains due to the current circumstances.

President of the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG), Aubrey Hutson is elated with the election of  Guyana’s Aliann Pompey to the Executive Committee of the World Olympians Association, and looks forward to engagements with the former four-time Olympian.

Minister of Sport, Charles Ramson Jr., along with members of the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) conducted a site visit of the National Track and Field Centre at Leonora yesterday.

Read this before heading back to gym. For the better part of the last six months, our lives have been turned upside down, and this has highlighted more than ever the therapeutic nature of regular exercise.

In more ways than one the sport of bodybuilding is on an encouraging upward trajectory in Guyana.