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Sometimes you have to create your own opportunities. It’s a lesson Yana Swainson learnt the hard way. She returned to the island in 2012 assuming she had everything in place to find employment: a university degree and six years’ work experience gaine...

A good friend and co-worker of mine, who also happens to be my trainer, was recently asked why a woman would want to be so strong. Every woman who has ever lifted weights has been told not to get too bulky, or too strong, or too intimidating. It is...

Khalid Davis once topped the scales at 370lb. The 35-year-old battled with knee, hip and ankle pain and was at a high risk of developing diabetes. Then 18 months ago he decided it was time to get serious about his health. He has already dropped 120lb...

In high school, Megan Teixiera’s bag was more likely to be filled with hair products than textbooks. That interest never wavered. At 19, she left the island to study hairdressing in Britain and is now a stylist with Salon Pink. “At school I’d just ...

Some coaches shy away from “ankle biters”. Not Cal Simons. The 60-year-old Bermuda Pacers Track Club coach adores working with young children. “They’re a lot of fun,” he said. “Sometimes [six-, seven- and eight-year-olds] can be very playful. You hav...

Curtis Perry celebrated his 45th birthday in a low-key way: brunch, and time with the family. He and his wife Rebecca have made every day count this year. The Argus Optical optometrist was told in January that he had an aggressive and rare form of ca...

How many 51-year-olds out there can still do the splits? Gina Payne-Scott is one, although she wasn’t always so fit. By her mid-40s she was overweight and plagued with aches and pains; after a simple walk, she was out of breath. “For at least ten yea...

Some of my favourite moments working at Alchemy Fitness are watching clients’ children peer around the corner as their parents work out. If you watch long enough, you will see them mimicking bicep curls with water bottles or trying out a burpee or a...

Alison Soares felt a tremendous sense of relief when her mother was admitted to Agape House. Hillary Soares was in the final stages of Lou Gehrig’s disease. She struggled to breathe, had a feeding tube and couldn’t move. The irony was that the 70-yea...

Sinclair Smith and Mike Watson are part of a growing group of locals who racewalk to stay fit. The former runners got into the sport as they aged. Mr Watson, 57, was looking for a way to exercise without injury; Mr Smith was in his 60s when family me...