Jockey experience Gunwharf
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00:00 - Okay, so yeah, that's recorded.
00:02 - So if you want to just introduce yourself.
00:04 - Hi, I'm Charlie Bishop, I'm a professional flat jockey.
00:06 I'm here in Portsmouth today using the Jockey Gym.
00:09 - Yeah, we've just been watching you
00:11 kind of going through a bit of a session there.
00:13 It seems like it's not hard work.
00:14 Maybe people don't really appreciate
00:16 how much strength and conditioning
00:17 is required to be a jockey.
00:19 - Yeah, exactly.
00:20 I think certainly the last few years
00:22 jockeys have become a lot fitter
00:24 and obviously with certain jockeys doing that,
00:26 it means to sort of keep up with them
00:28 and be at the top level,
00:30 you need to sort of train hard yourself.
00:31 So it's great to have someone like James
00:33 in this Jockey Gym that they've set up
00:36 for people to see and people to appreciate
00:38 how hard we sort of train behind the scenes
00:40 and especially for myself,
00:41 it's sort of managing weight and fitness.
00:44 So no, it's a great initiative.
00:46 - Yeah, perfect.
00:47 What's kind of your day-to-day workout routine?
00:49 What does that look like?
00:50 - Day-to-day, sort of as we get into the season,
00:52 it becomes a bit less,
00:54 but the buildup to the season,
00:55 we train sort of really hard.
00:57 So sort of through the spring, we train quite hard.
00:59 This time of year, I do quite a lot of cardio,
01:01 so sort of on a bike, a peloton bike at home.
01:03 So I train on that sort of most days
01:06 if I get time between riding out and going racing.
01:08 But yeah, obviously with James and Great British Racing,
01:12 obviously bringing this container with the gym gear
01:16 into sort of race meetings
01:18 and I think they're going to Glorious Goodwood
01:20 and to the York e-ball meeting.
01:22 So it's great for us to get the opportunity
01:24 to train before racing at the track
01:26 and for people to sort of get an insight
01:27 as to what we do.
01:29 - So James Adams,
01:30 head of X-Compete Strength and Conditioning.
01:32 So I'm here with the jockey gym
01:33 with Great British Racing
01:34 and British Champion Series today.
01:36 So I'm a strength and conditioning coach
01:38 for jockeys and equestrian athletes all around the world.
01:41 I have a gym based in Newmarket
01:42 where we train one-to-one in my facility.
01:45 But like I said, it's global as well.
01:46 - Perfect, yeah.
01:47 So do you,
01:49 do you know,
01:49 do you call us jockeys on the circuit?
01:51 Do you work with them?
01:52 - Yeah, so quite a lot of the high-profile jockeys
01:54 come in and around the world,
01:55 which is really cool.
01:56 Dialing down into that niche of the market
01:58 and getting some good results from it.
02:00 - Perfect, perfect.
02:02 That's one of the things I guess
02:02 people don't really know too much about,
02:03 like what the day-to-day workout is for a jockey.
02:06 It's quite surprising how much strength you need.
02:08 - Yeah, so it's a very unique sport in itself.
02:11 They make weight every day.
02:12 So they'll have to cut weight every day.
02:13 This could be three pounds, four pounds, five pounds,
02:15 depending what weight they're riding at.
02:18 So the guys who are a little bit heavier and taller,
02:20 that's obviously one of their main aims is to weight make.
02:23 The guys and girls who are a little bit smaller,
02:25 they can do a little bit more strength training
02:26 and prioritise that.
02:28 There's not really an off-season either for racing.
02:30 So it's all year round,
02:31 whereas football and rugby and other sports,
02:33 obviously we have the pre-season
02:34 where we train really hard
02:36 and then maintain for the season.
02:37 For the jockeys, obviously it's all year round.
02:38 So it's a really hard discipline to get into.
02:41 - Perfect, and you're obviously here in Gunwalt today,
02:43 but I think you're here all weekend as well, is that right?
02:45 - Yeah, here Friday to Sunday with the jockey gym.
02:47 So if you're down in Portsmouth, come down,
02:50 you can take part in some of the challenges.
02:51 I know Joe really enjoyed them.
02:53 Or you can learn a little bit more
02:55 about how the jockeys train
02:56 and how we develop the youngsters coming through too.
02:59 - And travel around the country as well?
03:01 - Yeah, travel around the country.
03:02 So I do quite a bit of work in Dubai over the winter as well.
03:06 And looking to go to Australia this year as well.
03:08 (indistinct chatter)
03:11 - You all right?
03:18 - Yeah.
03:19 - Ready? Three, two, one, go!
03:22 (indistinct chatter)
03:25 - Good, straight into this.
03:47 - What's going on here?
03:48 - That's it.
03:48 So grab that pole, walk forward, squat down nice and deep.
03:51 Do it, push it above your head.
03:53 Lock your arms out.
03:54 Lock your arms out.
03:55 Elbows out.
03:56 - Four, five.
03:57 - Squat, squat, squat, squat, squat, squat, squat.
03:59 - Eight, nine, 10, 11, 12, 13.
04:02 - Lock those elbows out.
04:03 Lock those elbows out.
04:04 - 14, 15, 16.
04:06 - Come on, let's go.
04:07 - 15 more, come on, keep going.
04:08 - Squat, squat, squat, squat, squat.
04:10 Lock your elbows out.
04:11 - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25.
04:13 - Squat a little bit more, where's the shake?
04:15 - 26, 27, 28, 29, 30.
04:20 - Good job.
04:21 - Good job, well done.
04:22 - They weren't even real ones.
04:23 - They were.
04:24 - They were popping in two seconds.
04:25 - Yeah.
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