A coached strength and conditioning club in the old rail district. Eight coaches, no drop-ins, no open gym crowds. When a spot opens, the assessment decides who takes it.
The standard
We opened FORGE because big gyms taught people to wander. Here you train in a block of twelve, a coach runs the clock, and your numbers go in the book. If you miss two weeks, your coach calls you before we call your spot.
That is the whole pitch. Structure, supervision, and a room where the standard does not drop just because you are tired. Members stay an average of three years, and most of the waitlist comes from their referrals.
Programs
Every member trains inside a program written by a coach who watched you move. Flip a card to see what a week actually looks like.
Start here
Twelve weeks of barbell mechanics, positions, and base conditioning. Where every member starts, whatever they lifted before.
Graduation is a movement screen, not a calendar date.
Conditioning
Built on airbike, erg, and sled. Heart rate tracked, paces assigned, and not a minute of junk volume.
Paces retest every sixth week. The numbers do not lie.
Strength
For people who want a number: squat, bench, deadlift, press. Percentages set from your last test, not a guess.
Your log lives in the book. Coaches sign every test.
Field sport
Speed and power for field sport athletes. Sprints, jumps, and change of direction, in season and out.
We talk to your club coach so nobody trains you twice.
The numbers
We publish these because gyms love to hide them. The cap is the product. When we say full, we mean full.
Members
0
Hard cap. Not a target, a ceiling.
Coaches on floor
0
One per block of twelve, minimum.
Sessions a week
0/wk
Every one coached, start to finish.
On the waitlist
0
Order of assessment, no exceptions.
The coaches
Every coach here trains in the room they coach in. These two run the floor most mornings.
Head coach
Fourteen years under the bar, ten of them coaching. Ran the strength room at a university program before opening FORGE. Writes Iron and Foundation, and still squats in the 05:30 block.
Conditioning lead
Former 1500 metre runner who found the airbike and never left. Builds Engine block by block, keeps the paces honest, and holds the club record on the ski erg. Ask him about it, he will tell you anyway.
How to join
We do not sell day passes and we do not do tours on the training floor. Three steps, in order, for everyone.
Forty minutes with a coach: movement screen, training history, and what you want out of the next year. $40, credited to your first month if you join.
Within two days your coach sends a placement letter: which program, which blocks, and why. If we are at cap, you join the waitlist in order of assessment.
Three coached sessions a week and a sit-down at week four. If it is not working for either side, we say so and part square.