Below Deck’s Captain Jason Reveals How He Stays in Such Great Shape – Avoid the Snack Pantry! [Exclusive]
Captain Jason Chambers from Below Deck Down Under not only caught the eye of his crew and guests but also the viewers who have crowned him “the hottest” Below Deck captain.
Chambers is also the youngest of the four franchise captains and admitted he wasn’t ready for the “hot captain” moniker. “The hottest, youngest captain in the franchise!” he jokingly exclaimed. “Youngest, yeah. It’s a few years. Hottest? That’s makeup!” He also dished how he stays so fit and healthy, especially while being on charter, which is can often be a time of temptation when you have a chef who is constantly preparing rich, decadent meals.
No one has slid into Captain Jason’s DM’s – yet
So far he hasn’t fielded too many marriage proposals since Below Deck Down Under hit Peacock and said he stays pretty isolated from the fanfare. “Not yet,” he said about receiving wild DMs from fans. “Thankfully, I actually live on a remote island in the Philippines, so my Internet’s not that good. So I’m here in America now, which I’m enjoying being here for a week, and reality is just starting to set in now.”
While Chambers has a good sense of humor about being called “the hottest,” some of his crew and the guests made it perfectly clear they wouldn’t mind hooking up with the handsome captain. One of the female guests plopped down on the couch next to Chambers, wearing a gold bikini asking him what he was looking for during the pirate-themed party. She joked how pirates are always looking for gold and she was the pirate booty. She then asked Chambers what he was looking for, as almost an opening for him. He, of course, didn’t take the bait. “Gold,” he deadpanned.
How does the youngest ‘Below Deck’ captain stay in great shape?
There’s a good reason why Chambers is catching everyone’s eye. He is seen virtually all over the boat, performing deck work and even slinging a guest over his shoulders and carrying her to the tender. So how does he stay so fit? “Be a yacht captain for 20 years and surround yourself with young people,” he said.
“And be active,” he added. “I’m very adventurous. I love getting in the water and doing things, I’m just an active person.” Not only is Chambers doing deck work (and sometimes stew work – not to mention being the midnight plumber), he was also seen hitting the elliptical early in the morning.
He avoids the snack pantry too
Chambers also admitted that being a yacht captain means always being surrounded by amazing food. “I do [have a pretty strict eating protocol],” he said. “Otherwise you just can’t stop going to the snack cabin. You’re eating snacks all the time. You have to force yourself not to indulge.”
Chief stew Aesha Scott said on Hannah Ferrier’s podcast Dear Diary, You’re Effed she grazes on snacks so often that she ends up eating like five bags of M&M’S.
Captain Lee Rosbach from Below Deck, known as the “stud of the sea” has addressed the food temptations on charter and his weakness. “It’s hard to get my protein fill on the water, but I just eat what the chef makes,” he told GQ. “I’ll tell him that I don’t need a lot of pasta. Pasta is my weak spot. God, I love it. If I’m having a cheat day, I’m going straight for a big old plate of pasta. I mostly try to avoid large amounts of anything.”
Catch Captain Jason Chambers in action on Below Deck Down Under. New episodes drop every Thursday on Peacock.
