{"id":385690,"date":"2026-01-03T15:49:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T15:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/385690\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T15:49:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T15:49:12","slug":"springfield-sees-gym-membership-surge-as-new-year-begins-local","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/385690\/","title":{"rendered":"Springfield sees gym membership surge as new year begins | Local"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SPRINGFIELD, Ore. &#8211; As the new year begins, many in the community are setting fitness goals, and local gyms are stepping up to support these resolutions.<\/p>\n<p>West Coast Strength in Springfield is experiencing a surge in memberships, which is expected to continue through January. The gym offers classes and a &#8220;Transformation Challenge&#8221; to help members remain committed to their fitness journeys.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We also do a transformation challenge every year, so that transformation challenge kicks off January 12th,&#8221; Sarah Keepers, West Coast Strength&#8217;s wellness director, said. &#8220;We always do, we kind of postpone it for about a week or two after the new year just because people kind of getting their feet, you know, re-wet into the fitness, into their health journey. It&#8217;s a 10-week challenge and it&#8217;s been a lot of fun. We do prizes for people who win, we have challenges along the way,&#8221; said Keepers.<\/p>\n<p>The gym&#8217;s classes offer a structured way for individuals to engage in workouts without the stress of planning.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yeah, we offer a lot of classes, which are just a great way for people to come in, not have to think about what they&#8217;re doing. They can just follow a group workout. It&#8217;s a lot of fun. It builds community,&#8221; said Keepers. &#8220;I do find people who come to classes, they often, they just continue to come back because they build those relationships with people,&#8221; said Keepers.<\/p>\n<p>For those who are not members of West Coast Strength, it&#8217;s recommended to inquire at their own gyms about similar programs and offerings for the new year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SPRINGFIELD, Ore. &#8211; As the new year begins, many in the community are setting fitness goals, and local&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":385691,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[337,151107,97,99918,31660,187730],"class_list":["post-385690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fitness","tag-fitness","tag-goals","tag-health","tag-new-year","tag-springfield","tag-west-coast-strength"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385690\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}