Static stretching has long been the warmup routine for athletes, but could this be actually hurting your performance? Dr. Kara Witzke, head professor of the kinesiology department at OSU-Cascades, gave a seminar at Recharge last week where she discussed this important aspect of training using the latest research to explain [...]
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Allison Grace Morgan, Olympic Trials qualifier in the marathon and 10,000m and recent addition to our Bend running community, shares her journey to find strength... A wise coach of mine at ZAP Fitness, Pete Rea, once said that I needed to take the “Grace” out of Grace, and become a [...]
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Multisport athletes definitely know a thing or two about balancing training, intensity, and goals while focusing on honing their fitness in the water, on the bike, as well as on the roads. For this week's blog, Recharge's triathlete and recovery specialist, Jake McDonald, shares insight from his own training and [...]
Read MoreRemember life without the recovery lounge? Though we've only been here for just over 2 years (and not even a year in our bigger space!), we can't quite remember what life was like without daily access to all of the incredible tools we are now using to help speed recovery and [...]
Read MoreThe first annual Recharge Road Mile at Jackson's Corner Eastside was a blast! Even though it turned out to be a chilly and windy fall day, that didn't stop everyone from having fun and running fast times. We had a small but fast group that produced exciting races on both [...]
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"There are princesses and there are scrappers. Lauren Fleshman is most definitely a scrapper." Lauren Fleshman is one of the toughest competitors I know because of this. She can dig deep when the going gets tough and the odds are against her. As one of her compatriots and competitors, I have [...]
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What a wickedly good time... The Bendistillery XC race on Saturday was an epic amount of fun!!! We had racers from age 6 to age 70, and every single person finished with a smile on their face. Although the course turned out to be a tad bit short, nobody was complaining [...]
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Watching your workouts take a nose-dive as the season progresses, feeling overly fatigued and dreading each workout because of the toll it starts to take on your body is mentally crushing. Burnout can happen to anyone…the big question is whether you are able to turn it around and start feeling like there [...]
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