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Kids Swim Lessons and Swim Club offers private kids swim lessons and a year-round swim club for experienced swimmers. The one-on-one lessons focus on water safety, stroke technique, and overall skill development. Swim Club activities include learning flip turns, doing drills, practicing techniques to get faster, and participating in swim meets.
• Ages: 3–17 years old
• Schedule: Package of 4 private 30-minute one-on-one lessons; Swim Club runs for two months with two one-hour sessions each week
• Price: Package of 4 30 minute, one-on-one sessions. Cost: $125/Member or $195/Non-member. SWIM CLUB COST: $275/Members | $350/Non-members.
Kids Swim Lessons and Swim Club is part of West Coast Strength, which offers year-round private swim lessons for all skill levels and a year-round swim team. West Coast Strength is locally owned and operated by founder Alex Whitaker, a retired strength coach and bodybuilding contest prep coach turned entrepreneur. What started off in 2011 as a nutrition store in Monmouth, Oregon, grew into a training studio, and after opening the first gym in Salem, Oregon in 2018, there are now six locations. West Coast Strength states that it is here to provide a facility for anyone looking to start or further their fitness journey, and that at the gym, members make each other better by cultivating a positive culture and workout community. West Coast Strength has built its reputation as Oregon’s Best Gym by creating unique facilities, developing strong relationships, and investing in the community, and it has been described as an industry-disrupting fitness brand with facilities that have elite equipment, an unmatched atmosphere, and a strong community. It has been voted Best Gym in Eugene and is described as Oregon’s Highest Rated Gym and Oregon’s Best Gym, and notes that its members work out 3–4 times more than the national average.
Last updated July 13, 2026.
• Ages: 3–17 years old
• Schedule: Package of 4 private 30-minute one-on-one lessons; Swim Club runs for two months with two one-hour sessions each week
• Price: Package of 4 30 minute, one-on-one sessions. Cost: $125/Member or $195/Non-member. SWIM CLUB COST: $275/Members | $350/Non-members.
Kids Swim Lessons and Swim Club is part of West Coast Strength, which offers year-round private swim lessons for all skill levels and a year-round swim team. West Coast Strength is locally owned and operated by founder Alex Whitaker, a retired strength coach and bodybuilding contest prep coach turned entrepreneur. What started off in 2011 as a nutrition store in Monmouth, Oregon, grew into a training studio, and after opening the first gym in Salem, Oregon in 2018, there are now six locations. West Coast Strength states that it is here to provide a facility for anyone looking to start or further their fitness journey, and that at the gym, members make each other better by cultivating a positive culture and workout community. West Coast Strength has built its reputation as Oregon’s Best Gym by creating unique facilities, developing strong relationships, and investing in the community, and it has been described as an industry-disrupting fitness brand with facilities that have elite equipment, an unmatched atmosphere, and a strong community. It has been voted Best Gym in Eugene and is described as Oregon’s Highest Rated Gym and Oregon’s Best Gym, and notes that its members work out 3–4 times more than the national average.
Last updated July 13, 2026.
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