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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — As Maxime Crépeau talked to the media on one side of the pitch at Al Lang Stadium, fellow goalkeeper Evan Bush could be seen across the field — contorting his body atop a jumbo water cooler in a post-practice solo workout.

Bush, the Montreal Impact’s No. 1 ‘keeper, is both Crépeau’s mentor and competition. For the 22-year-old Crépeau, who has moved up to No. 2 in the Impact pecking order this season, it is do as Evan does.

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Bush’s exhaustive workout regimen — his body would put a personal trainer to shame — is already rubbing off.

Every time Crépeau went to the Impact’s training centre back home, he noticed the 30-year-old Bush was already hard at work in the gym. Now Crépeau joins him.

“As a young guy, I was a little bit less in the gym before,” Crépeau said. “Now maybe three, four times a week I’ll be in the gym with him before the (training) sessions and work on what we have to work (on) outside of football.”