The Role of Sleep in Building Strength and Endurance When people think about improving their strength and endurance, they usually focus on training harder, lifting heavier, or running longer. The truth is, the workout is often the easiest part. What’s much harder is shutting down your phone, turning off the TV, and getting you…
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Train for Life: Why You Should Keep Training Like an Athlete Long After the Competition Ends You May Stop Playing Sports, But You Should Never Stop Being an Athlete At OC Gym, we see it every day — people who once trained hard for sports, college, or competition but now struggle to find that same……
Strength gym in Bend, Oregon: Build Strength and Prevent Aging At OC Gym, we specialize in coaching. Our mission is to guide you through proper techniques, helping you build strength while preventing the effects of aging. Here’s how we do it. How Does Strength Training Work at OC Gym? Our strength training program is structure…
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Stop Trying to Lose Weight -Find a More Sustainable Solution Stop trying to lose weight. That’s right—you read it correctly. Keep reading, and you’ll discover a healthier, more effective approach to reaching your fitness goals. Instead of focusing on losing weight, set a goal to lose body fat and increase muscle mass. Why …
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How to Evaluate Your Performance in the Super Max At OC Gym, our strength and conditioning facility in Bend, Oregon, we recently wrapped up the “Super Max.” This comprehensive test includes the squat, bench press, deadlift, power clean, vertical jump, and strict press. Participants had 20 minutes per station, lifting in grou…
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Why do adults fail at getting in shape? Most adults fail to get into shape quite simply because they don’t make a plan to succeed. What do I mean? You can’t start walking 10,000 steps a day if you previously were walking 2,000. The same as adults wanting to “cut” nutritionally but are only eating……
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