Athlete focuses on fitness
Fitness trainer Voracet Arayavisedvong works out in a Thailand gym. • Photos Submitted
By Tom Victoria
Vorachet Arayavisedvong was an injured athlete needing rehabilitation from injuries. Now, he is a fitness trainer helping others improve their health.
A former multi-sport athlete, Vorachet realized everyone’s need for fitness after healing from multiple injuries.
“I want the same thing for clients,” he said.
The phenomenally fit Vorachet, 28, focuses on improving all of the body’s muscles, not a few isolated ones, while enhancing flexibility, mobility and endurance.
“I focus on the centering of the body before moving to lower or upper part for all clients,” he said. “So, exercises that I commonly use would be Dead-Bug, Bird-Dog, Gluten Bridge, etc.”
Vorachet of Thailand, whose nickname is Chocolate, explained the proper way for people to work on fitness is discipline and consistency.
“My clients improve gradually,” he said.
Vorachet said people often want a body like their idols. However, they use the wrong technique or too much weight, which doesn’t make them achieve their goals.
Voracet was an athlete who suffered significant injuries requiring physical rehabilitation.
“Some try to do it too fast,” he said.
Vorachet said some individuals focus too much on bulking to gain an extensive amount of mass, misunderstanding the way of removing fat while gaining.
“The body doesn’t work that way,” he said. “I saw problems with people training in Thailand to build muscle. They should be healthy.”
Vorachet initially tried that route.
“I used to want to look huge and muscular,” he said.
Vorachet eventually saw the road to optimum health was to be fit and lean.
Athletics played a key role in his life since he was 11.
“Sport is my passion,” Vorachet said.
The sports included swimming, Tae Kwan Do, football (known as soccer in America) and track. Vorachet excelled, winning gold in a Tae Kwan Do competition and performing well in track. He also is on the Thailand national bowlers team.
Voracet also is on the Thailand national bowling team.
Vorachet became interested in physiology after sustaining multiple injuries, including a torn rear left delt and a broken left heel from a motorbike accident, that he needed help to overcome. Another injury was a torn left quadratus lumborom, the muscle between the top of the pelvis and the lowest rib, from a leg press. The experiences resulted in a passion for rehabbing the body.
“I’m focused and interested in rehab exercises, so this is what I do along with calisthenics,” Vorachet said.
His social media posts included rehab and calisthenics exercises as well as those based on other athletic endeavors such as Muay Thai.
Vorachet stresses natural fitness.
“People are injecting themselves,” he said. “I want to tell them it’s not a good way. If you want to use it, you need to have knowledge about it as well as your being body being ready for it.”
Some of Vorachet’s clients have problems because they eat too much or too little.
“In Thailand, the girls are afraid to eat,” he said. “My first client, she only weighed 110 pounds, but had 30 percent body fat.”
After training under Vorachet, she now weighs a fit 120 pounds with only 16 percent fat.
Voracet has developed a phenomenal physique and superb conditioning.
Vorachet guides his clients through adjustments to their diets as part of the overall fitness program. One of his clients drank too much alcohol, showing up for a training session inebriated. After being told he would be dropped as a client, the man gained control of his addiction.
“He came, gave it a try and saw results,” Vorachet said about the man taking his health seriously.
He said his guidance only works if people listen.
“I can only make sure they work out, but can’t force them to eat,” Vorachet said. “I can only plan for them. I am lucky I am a calm person. I don’t get frustrated with clients too much. I try to listen to them explain their routines and plan a reasonable nutrition program that suits their lifestyles as much as possible.”
He advised people starting to work out to initially focus on cardiovascular training.
“The breathing system is crucial,” Vorachet said. “Train your heart. Strength comes afterward.”
He recommended prospective fitness trainers do sufficient preparation before embarking on that journey.
“You have to study first,” Vorachet said. “What interests you? What area of fitness do you want to be good at?”
One of his inspirations is martial arts legend Bruce Lee, who also possessed a lean, muscular physique and developed a unique style not bound by any one system.
Fitness and sport are not Vorachet’s only interests. He grows plants, enjoying the nurturing of life.
“I love plants,” Vorachet said. “I like seeing them grow. You have to give it your all. I want them to grow properly.”
He pointed out another benefit to the hobby.
“They say plants calm people,” Vorachet said.
Just as he is a calming and inspirational influence on others.
“I’m grateful when clients say to me that they felt changes in a good way, not only the body, but also their mindsets,” Vorachet said. “Every client teaches lessons as I go along, and I learned from every one of my clients.”
The link to Vorachet's Instagram is: https://www.instagram.com/chocolat3cho/