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Nov 18, 2015 Sports
Yannick Stefon Grimes an Instructor at the popular BodyMax Gym in Georgetown, and who has been building a reputation as a bodybuilder locally, has now begun to make a name for himself on the international bodybuilding scene.
The twenty eight year (28) old Grimes, who hails from the East Ruimveldt Housing Scheme area, with a modest background is fast becoming a force to be reckoned with on the international bodybuilding stage.
Recently Grimes who had travelled to Barbados to participate in the prestigious Darcy Beckles Bodybuilding Championships, which saw a total of (17) seventeen well sculpted and experienced participants, placed (4) fourth in this championship, creating history as the first Guyanese to ever accomplish this feat.
Training hard
Anyone can go into the gym seven days a week and lift weights. But for bodybuilder Yannick Grimes, each workout serves a specific purpose as he sculpts his muscles to resemble a Greek God.
Over the past few years, Grimes trained hard in the gym and gradually became one of the Guyana’s top bodybuilders. He started to become recognized locally in the sport last year when he placed third at the 2014 Flex Nite Tournament.
For this year he again placed third, this time at the Novices Championships, and then moved up to placing second at the Mr. Guyana 2015 Seniors Championships.
This year Yannick felt it was time to step it up a notch and compete beyond the shores of Guyana.
Preparing for Barbados
Normally for the local tournaments Grimes would begin training 12 to 14 weeks before a bodybuilding event, but for Barbados, he decided to begin 16 weeks out.
About eight weeks into the programme he examined himself to see whether he needed to adjust his conditioning as far as his cardio and diet.
The bodybuilder said he looked at pictures of himself from past competitions and felt he was about one-and-a-half to two weeks ahead of schedule.
When asked how he felt being in front of a crowd at the Barbados show, which is a stepping stone to higher levels of international competition around the world, he admitted that the butterflies were there, but said he was mentally prepared for the moment, and as far as conditioning was concerned he knew that he had done his homework with his diet, training and cardio and believes that was what paid off when he was standing on the stage.
Yannick Grimes indicated his appreciation to all the persons that helped him to get ready for the Barbados tournament, even though it was challenging.
He is willing and ready to assist anyone to seek the path in living a healthy lifestyle, and sees himself becoming a force to reckon with in the bodybuilding arena globally.
Come December 6, a few weeks from now, patrons would be given an opportunity to see a rising young and talented athlete strut his stuff, and take on his peers at the National Cultural Centre when he takes part in the next Flex Nite Championships.
THIS IDIOT TELLING GUYANA WE HAVE NO SAY IN THE 50% PROFIT SHARING AGREEMENT WE HAVE WITH EXXON.
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