Jockey experience Gunwharf

The News, Portsmouth

24/05/2024

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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.

04:26 (silence)

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