10:20am Friday 3rd July 2009
By Anthony Marshall
TOWN’S pre-season training stepped up another notch over the past 48 hours with extensive fitness testing at the University of Gloucester.
Danny Wilson’s first team squad pushed themselves to the limit in the university’s sports science department, undergoing a range of assessments.
The main examination was the VO2 max tests, which saw each player running on the treadmill at a gradually increasing rate, while a team of specialists led by Kate Cady, measured their ventilation and oxygen and carbon dioxide concentration of the inhaled and exhaled air.
The test analyses how efficiently the oxygen in your body is used and, for some, it was a new experience.
“In all my career I’ve never had to do it before, but it’s quite interesting,” said midfielder Craig Easton.
“It’s brilliant that we can get the use of these facilities so we might as well use them. It’s only going to benefit us.
“The way football is going, more and more teams are using this type of thing.
“I haven’t used it myself but I’ve always wondered what it is all about, and it’s good to see what it is like.
“If it benefits us two per cent or five per cent then we will take it because it will help you in some way.
“Everybody’s looking fit so it’s a good start for all the boys coming back. That bodes well for the start of the season.”
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