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Pocket Power's renowned jockey Bernard Fayd'Herbe, has been undergoing an intense training regime with one of South Africa's most legendary personal trainers and Muaythai champions Winston Chong. The pair met at the Queens Plate and Bernard has enlisted the services of the Dragon Power boss to strengthen and maintain his weight for the 2010 J&B Met, where he attempts to pilot Pocket Power into a world record fourth consecutive victory.
Bernard, who sits at around 64 kg when not in competition, has had to severely cut weight leading up to race meetings in order for him to make an acceptable riding mass. This ends with him being really weak and unable to ride his full allotted race card.
"I never knew I was that weak" said Bernard, who has been training almost every day for three weeks here at Dragon Power Muaythai, MMA & Fitness Centre in Cape Town. "Winston does not play games" he said, "I have never worked at this intensity level before but it has been worth every second. I feel stronger and more confident than ever before"
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Besides training multiple fighters to world Muaythai titles, the two time world champion Quentin Chong, also currently trains World MMA Champion Randy Couture.
The Chong brothers, Winston and Quentin, have established a niche system of training techniques for sportsmen and woman of all proportions. "We get our clientele to achieve their goals through intensive fitness training, state of the art dietary strategies and traditional Muaythai techniques. Everyone is different and are treated accordingly"
'When Bernard first came in, he was very weak in his upper body and his yo-yo diet had not helped matters "said Winston. " Bernard has difficulty in maintaining his weight as he is quite tall for a jockey. We have altered his diet severely, like we do for our fighters in the lead up to a competition and worked fairly intensively at his fitness level."
'I have managed to get his weight to maintain at around 58 Kgs going into the final week, but I will have him at between 56.5kg and 57 kg for Saturday. The main difference for him is that he won't have to waste before the big race and he will go into the day feeling much stronger and more confident" said Winston.