Getting started with fitness. You’ve said it. Maybe more than once. You look at the gym, the Instagram reels, the endless advice online, and the whole thing feels like trying to drink from a fire hose. Consequently, most people do nothing. They wait for the “perfect time” or the “right plan” — and…
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Do Baseball Pitchers Really Need Endurance training? (What Most Coaches Get Wrong) When most people think about baseball pitchers, they picture long games, high pitch counts, and hours on the field. Naturally, that leads to one common assumption: Pitchers need a big endurance base. At first glance, that idea feels logical. Games…
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Why Consistency Is the Real Difference-Maker for Athletes Every athlete says they want to get faster, stronger, and more explosive. But wanting it and actually doing what it takes are two very different things. At OC Sports Performance, the biggest difference we see isn’t talent. It’s consistency. And honestly, this is where…
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Why active Summer camps are so important for Tween(ages 7-13). At OC Gym Bend, we work with kids every day—and one thing is clear: the tween years (ages 9–12) are a critical window for growth.This stage sits right between childhood and the teenage years. Kids are developing independence, building social confidence, and formi…
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How to lose weight sustainably. Weight lose sustainably. Weight loss is one of the most common goals we hear at OC Gym Bend.It’s also one of the most misunderstood. Despite what social media promises, fat loss does not require extreme workouts, starvation, or cutting out entire food groups forever. Instead, it requires awarene…
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High Intensity Interval Training – what is it and what it isn’t. High Intensity Interval Training, often called HIIT, has become a knock off possibly trying to capture some popularity originally generated from CrossFit. However, just because something is popular does not mean it is being done correctly. Or even that …
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Why the 400m Run and 500m Ski or Erg Matter. And why we actually track them The 400m run and the 500m SkiErg or RowErg are uncomfortable on purpose. They are short. They are fast. And they expose a lot, very quickly. You cannot fake these tests. They are too long to sprint casually and……
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Peers matter. Why Younger Athletes Perform Better When They Train With Older, Successful Athletes Parents often ask us why we place middle school, high school, and college athletes in the same training environment at OC Sports Performance. The answer is simple: younger athletes progress faster, smarter, and more confidently when…
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Optimal condition – how we train. Bend’s strength and conditioning gym. Every program we design—from adult strength sessions to youth sports performance—follows the same set of principles. And whether you’re a 40-year-old parent or a 14-year-old athlete, the human body adapts to stress through the same fundamen…
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How Training Improves Happiness: Lessons from MIT Training Your Body, Lifting Your Mood I recently took MIT’s free course The Art and Science of Happiness through OpenCourseWare, and one of its key takeaways stood out: a person’s happiness level is closely tied to their physical fitness routine. That’s something we live an…
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