County are very excited to announce that The Waterside Hotel and Leisure Club have teamed up with the club to be our Official Health Club and Gym Partner.
Based in Didsbury, Waterside’s facilities, including the swimming pool, spa, gym and studios, will be predominately used for recovery, however it will be available for players to use around the clock.
Post-match recovery is such an important part of a player’s fitness programme, as it restores the body to pre-match fitness and reduces the chance of injury in their next game and training session.
Luke, the club’s physio, and Nick, the strength and conditioning coach, will lead all recovery sessions at Waterside. These sessions will consist of low intensity training on bikes, weight training and using foam rollers and stretching sessions to target all key muscle groups.
The swimming pool will be used for mobility and cool down exercises, whilst the hydrotherapy pool, sauna and aroma and salt-infused steam rooms will give the player’s muscles a chance to relax. The studios will be used for massage and one-to-one physio workouts.
Luke says; “The facilities at Waterside Leisure Club are fantastic, the team has and will be using this facility for recovery and rehabilitation sessions. With a vast space to work in and such a wide variety of equipment from watt bikes to studios to recovery sessions in the pool, this is an ideal place for our players to focus on improving their strength and fitness for the rest of the season.”
“With most games being on Tuesdays and Saturdays, it’s imperative that we have as many players as possible match fit and ready to play each week. Having the use of Waterside Leisure Club, it makes this a lot easier and therefore helps the team out exponentially.”
Waterside have also become the Club’s preferred hotel partner; this means travelling County and away fans will receive preferential rates when staying at the Waterside Hotel.
This new collaboration continues to set the high standard of County’s Next Chapter, and the Club can’t wait to kick off the partnership with Waterside.
