Chester: Fitness regime; CHESTER CITY City link with university.Byline: by NEIL TURNER Neil Turner (born September 16, 1945, Carlisle) is a Labour Party Politician in the United Kingdom. He has been the member of Parliament for Wigan in the north-west of England since a 1999 by-election. CHESTER have linked up with the local university in a bid to enhance the players' fitness and lifestyle. The City squad have recently been involved with the first stage of what they hope will be a fruitful link-up with University College Chester. Last week the players visited the university for a series of tests in order to monitor their fitness. The tests included body composition, strength, flexibility, and anaerobic anaerobic /an·aer·o·bic/ (an?ah-ro´bik) 1. lacking molecular oxygen. 2. growing, living, or occurring in the absence of molecular oxygen; pertaining to an anaerobe. tolerance assessments. From the results the sports scientist involved will feed back to City's physiotherapist Clive Goodyear, and together they will make any adjustments to training to suit the individual needs of the players. The initiative is being headed by Dr Stewart Bruce-Low, who is a senior lecturer senior lecturer n. Chiefly British A university teacher, especially one ranking next below a reader. from the School of Science at the University. He has been working with athletes that range from ultra endurance athletes through to football players. Currently he is not only working with City's first team, but he is also undertaking science support and strength conditioning for the England ladies' football team Dr Bruce-Low is enjoying his spell with the players, and already he and Mr Goodyear are discussing plans for pre-season training. The media descended on the Deva Stadium in force last Saturday for the visit of Notts County. Rarely has a Football League match at Chester created as much interest. ITV (1) See interactive TV. (2) (iTV) The code name for Apple's video media hub (see Apple TV). were there to film a segment for their excellent 'Championship' programme the following day, Sky TV also sent a crew, while practically every national newspaper was also represented. The reason for the interest was the recent well-publicised 'discussions' between City chairman Stephen Vaughan and manager Ian Rush, as well as the dogfight against relegation that Chester and Notts County are involved in. In the end it proved to be a good day for everybody involved with Chester. They recorded a 3-2 victory and the various television companies showed Messrs Rush and Vaughan in joyous mood in their after-match interviews |
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