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If you have been following Prince Kaybee\u2019s increasingly athletic social media presence, his next chapter will come as no surprise, but hearing him articulate it in person adds a different kind of clarity to the story.<\/p>\n
The Citizen<\/em> caught up with the award-winning DJ and record producer, whose real name is Kabelo Motsamai, at Rockets in Bryanston on Friday morning, at the media launch of his upcoming three-day cycling challenge from Johannesburg to Durban. <\/p>\n The super producer engaged in a candid conversation about injury, reinvention, intentional living and why he can\u2019t wait to reclaim his crown as the One Meal A Day (OMAD) King.<\/p>\n Prince Kaybee\u2019s relationship with physical sport is well-documented. <\/p>\n He has spoken openly about his running background and his years in motorsport, a chapter that came to an abrupt and painful end when overconfidence on a track led to a crash<\/a> that left him with a broken ankle and wrist.<\/p>\n \u201cI got overconfident, and I crashed. I broke my ankle and my wrist, so I cannot run anymore. I can walk, yes, but I can\u2019t run because it\u2019s too much for my joints,\u201d the DJ told The Citizen<\/a><\/em> matter-of-factly.<\/p>\n Cycling, he says, was the natural solution. <\/p>\n \u201cCycling is a much better sport, very lenient on your joints, so I can push myself further with that. And I found a home in cycling, actually.\u201d<\/p>\n This isn\u2019t even a new chapter for a man who has rebuilt himself physically more than once, and spoken openly about how his late mother\u2019s death<\/a> from an obesity-related illness fundamentally shaped his relationship with health and his body.<\/p>\n Ask Prince Kaybee about how training has changed him mentally, and he gives an answer that is more considered than most. <\/p>\n \u201cMentally, I\u2019ve always been a very strong person, but there\u2019s just that one piece of advancement that you can acquire by pushing yourself and I\u2019ve managed to kind of channel myself into that.\u201d<\/p>\n What sets his experience apart, he explains, is his awareness of the process. <\/p>\n \u201cFor most people, athletically, research shows that they get to that point without knowing. <\/p>\n \u201cBut I think I can be able to curate that journey for myself and that\u2019s a pretty dope attribute to have \u2013 to be able to assign yourself to the mental clarity, not wait for it to come to you.\u201d<\/p>\n The physical changes have been more straightforward. <\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve dropped quite a lot of weight, but besides that, I\u2019m still the same in terms of strength.\u201d<\/p>\n One of the lesser-discussed benefits of serious athletic training is what it does to your sleep, and Prince Kaybee is enthusiastic on this point.<\/p>\n \u201cThe sleep is amazing, the deep sleeps are amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n He does add a caveat that will be familiar to anyone who has ever pushed themselves hard in an evening session: \u201cSometimes when you do too much, especially in the evening, your muscles take a while to shut down, and you just spend the night on your phone and stuff.\u201d <\/p>\n But that, the producer says, is the exception rather than the rule.<\/p>\n Perhaps the most talked-about aspect of Prince Kaybee\u2019s health regimen \u2013 and the one that has drawn the most debate online \u2013 is his commitment to OMAD, an intermittent fasting approach in which a person consumes all their daily calories within a single eating window.<\/p>\n \u201cI generally just want to eat once a day. I\u2019m an OMAD king,\u201d he said with a grin. \u201cI hate eating more than once.\u201d<\/p>\n Training for a multi-day cycling challenge has, however, required some compromise. <\/p>\n \u201cIf I do have a crazy training session, especially one that takes place in the afternoon, after that I have to have some recovery shake or some carbs to fill up my glycogen levels. <\/p>\n \u201cFor me, that works. It\u2019s not a full crazy meal because I don\u2019t like eating at night.\u201d<\/p>\n The dietary adjustments are intentional and specific: more carbohydrates to fuel long training rides, recovery nutrition timed around sessions, and a plan to return to strict OMAD once the peak training block tapers down. <\/p>\n \u201cAs soon as the training tones down a bit, I\u2019ll go back to eating once a day.\u201d<\/p>\nA crash, a calling, and a change of sport<\/strong><\/h2>\n
The athlete\u2019s edge he curates for himself<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Sleep like a champion \u2013 mostly<\/strong><\/h3>\n
OMAD King on his own terms<\/strong><\/h2>\n