Wigan Warriors reduce rehabilitation time with help of Matrix Gym

MATRIX Fitness has been a proud partner of the Wigan Warriors rugby league team for more than five years, providing fitness equipment for the club’s world-class training facility, which is proving essential both for performance and rehabilitation purposes.

Never has the Matrix Fitness equipment become more indispensable than in the recent rehabilitation of star player Liam Farrell, who suffered a Grade 2 MCL tear during a game at the end of last season.

Ian Bentley, head of performance at

Wigan Warriors, said: “Injuries are a stressful time for players.

“They feel isolated when unable to contribute to the team. Often an injured player can be encouraged to avoid the gym altogether.

“But not here, thanks to our varied equipment set up from Matrix, the gym is a place where our injured players are still able to train around the rest of the squad.”

The gym now includes an increased variety of fitness equipment from Matrix Fitness, allowing the coaches more flexibility and versatility when planning sessions.

For strength and conditioning work, there are four Magnum series mega racks, two Magnum half racks with cables and several Magnum posterior chain machines.

There are also isolated Aura stack machines, free weights, treadmills and bikes from the 7xi range, S-drive, S-force and Matrix rowers.

On his recovery, Liam added: “Having the best quality equipment in the Matrix gym makes rehabilitation so much easier and has given me the confidence to come back strong.

“Being able to still train around the rest of the team gives you motivation to become part of the playing group again.”

Ian added: “Not only did the Matrix gym equipment help speed up Liam’s recovery process, but it also allowed us to build strength, control, and resilience to ensure that he returned to fitness as robust as possible.

“Not only to reduce the risk of re-injury to his knee, but also to reduce the risk of sustaining secondary injuries that could be attributed to de-loading or undertraining during his period of time out.”