Carlisle United have agreed a new partnership arrangement with the Everlast Fitness Club in the city.
The first team squad will have use of the fully equipped gym, spinning suite, pool and changing facilities as part of an ongoing mutually beneficial agreement.
Goalkeeper Mark Howard is the most experienced member of the United squad and he has already tried out the facilities and given the partnership a ready thumbs-up.
“It’s sometimes good to be somewhere different to do a session, and this is an excellent facility. It has everything you could want, and I know we’ll all look forward to it when we’re told we’ll be coming up,” he said.
United’s strength and conditioning coach Greg Short explained the new arrangement.
“I used to work here before I started working at the club, so I’m quite familiar with a lot of the staff.
“Luckily when they transitioned from DW to Everlast they kept most of the same staff and management team, which has meant I’ve been able to stay in touch.
“When Everlast repened the opportunity came up for us to work together again, so it’s great that they can help us out, and we can help them out at the same time.
“It gives us a good option when we’ve got Saturday-Tuesday games, especially if the boys are feeling a bit leggy or the training pitch is heavy.
“It means we can come here and do a comprehensive recovery session. It isn’t just on a group basis, the lads have now got memberships and they can come along here whenever they want to.
“The gym at the ground is a fantastic facility, and we’ve been able to improve it over the last few years, but this provides a different environment and change of scenery, which can be important.
“There’s obviously a pool here as well, so it gives the lads another option. There’s a spin studio which means we can do a full squad spin session, and they’ve got a range of machinery here which we can’t fit into the gym back at the stadium.”
