Prince Kaybee’s fitness journey was sparked by the death of his mother.He burnt 9000 calories cycling 600km from Johannesburg to Durban.He follows the OMAD diet and trains for six hours a day on a bicycle.Cassper Nyovest’s team offered him R500 000 to box, but he turned it down. For more than a decade, Prince Kaybee has cemented himself as one of South Africa’s amapiano stars, keeping the nation dancing with hits like Club Controller, Fetch Your Life and Charlotte. Born Kabelo Motsamai, the 37-year-old is
now making a name for himself in the fitness world, having completed the monumental challenge of cycling 600km from Johannesburg to Durban. READ MORE | Sandile Mahlangu on fitness, skincare and mental health – ‘Holistic selfcare is gender neutral’ But his fitness journey was born out of grief after losing his mother – and a necessity to live his life to the fullest. “I lost my mom a year ago . She was overweight – it was actually crazy, she died in my arms,” he
shared on the YFM afternoon drive time show, Home Run with Ayanda MVP. Prince Kaybee shared that his 600km cycling challenge required months of training and discipline, and that he burned 9 000 calories. The award-winning DJ has stirred up a stir among fans and the fitness community after taking up the “one meal a day” (OMAD) diet – but he is clear that he only shares what works for him personally. “I will tell you what I go through, I will tell you what
is scientifically tested. What the science says and whatever, I’ve got nothing to do with that. But I’ll tell you what made me who I am to get to where I am,” he says. “If you ask me, ‘How do I look like you, Kaybee?’, I’ll tell you all the steps. You like it, you don’t like it, it’s up to you.” Training for Prince Kaybee – who already has a “colourful athletic background” playing soccer and the flank position in rugby – looks like
six hours a day on the bicycle, switching between moderate and high pace. But one sport he doesn’t see himself dabbling in is boxing. Rapper Cassper Nyovest tapped into the celebrity boxing trend with his popular matches against fellow rappers Priddy Ugly and NaakMusiq in 2022. Prince Kaybee reveals that Cassper’s team reached out to him – but he doubts a match will ever come to fruition. “First of all, financially, it doesn’t make sense for me. I saw the email from his team, they
were offering like half a [million]. I’m not going to train for half a mil. They must give me like R3 million, maybe. I’m not trying to be arrogant or anything; it takes a lot to train. It takes a lot – the food and all the other stuff, especially boxing. That’s some high-level stuff.” READ MORE | 1K Loans founders started their business for those who ‘struggle to make their salary stretch to month end’ He adds, “Fitness-wise, Cassper will never get to my
level, unfortunately. We are not even the same weight-size. I don’t know, man, it doesn’t make sense to me . I’m more lean, more power. He’s more – what do you call those types of guys? Actually, let me not!”
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