Marcus Vance
Founder · Head Coach
Fifteen years coaching collegiate and tactical athletes. Opened Forge in a shuttered foundry because strength should be taught, not sold by the hour.
CSCS · USAW-2 · 20 yrs under the bar
Eastern Market · The old Wentworth foundry
Your first week is already written.
Forge is a coached strength club, not an open gym. Tell us what you're chasing and we'll compose the exact seven days you'd walk into — the sessions, the load, the way your body answers. Then come train the first one on us.
Compose your first week
Strength · 4 days
Week 01
4Sessions
92%Peak effort
21.4kWeekly load
No card, no commitment. Nothing loads onto a bar until a coach has watched you move — we're careful on purpose.
01The programming
Five tracks. One floor. Every one of them written by a coach, not a whiteboard.
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P·01
Barbell Foundations
Squat, hinge, press, pull — taught until the pattern is yours. The room everyone starts in.
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P·02
Powerbuild
Heavy compounds cycled with hypertrophy accessory work. Where members chase a bigger squat and a thicker back.
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P·03
Engine Room
Rowers, bikes, sleds and intervals built to raise your aerobic ceiling without wrecking tomorrow.
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P·04
Metcon Hour
The class everyone talks about after. Barbell cycling, gymnastics, and a clock. Scaled to whoever shows up.
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P·05
First Forty
A 40-day on-ramp for people who've never touched a barbell. Two coaches, tiny groups, zero judgment.
02The floor
A converted foundry, run like a workshop. You're a name here, not a keycard.
Three thousand square feet of platforms, racks and open turf under the old crane rails. Capped classes. Coaches who write your name on the board and remember what you lifted last Tuesday.
Priya Anand
Conditioning Lead
Former national-level rower who builds engines that don't burn out. Runs the Engine Room and every Metcon Hour like a metronome.
CF-L3 · Concept2 sub-7 2k · Nutrition coach
Devon Reyes
On-Ramp Coach
The reason First Forty works. Devon has taught 300+ nervous beginners their first clean pull and made every one feel like they belonged.
CPT · FRC · Patience of a saint
- 0Members on the roster
- 0Coach-to-athlete cap
- 0Foundry floor
- 0Coached hours weekly
03The proof
I walked in unable to do a single strict pull-up and terrified of the barbell. Eleven months later I deadlift double my bodyweight and I coach the newcomers through their first squat. Forge didn't just make me stronger. It handed me a room.
Member results
- +87lbMedian back-squat gain, first year
- 92%Of on-ramp members still training at 6 months
- 4.9/5Average coaching rating, 260 reviews
- 0Contracts. Leave any month you like.
04Membership
Month to month. Cancel any time. The only lock-in is that you'll want to keep coming.
Foundation
$89/mo
Learn the lifts, build the base.
- Barbell Foundations + First Forty
- Up to 3 coached sessions / week
- Open-floor access, off-peak
- Movement assessment on day one
Forge
$159/mo
Every track, every hour, fully coached.
- Unlimited classes — all five tracks
- Full open-floor access
- Personalised programming in-app
- Monthly progress check with a coach
- Bring a friend, free, once a month
Anvil
$239/mo
Everything, plus a coach in your corner.
- Everything in Forge
- Two 1-on-1 coaching sessions / month
- Bespoke competition or event prep
- Priority platform booking
Your first class is on us
Come see the week you just built.
Pick a day, walk into the foundry, and train one real session with a coach beside you. No sales pitch, no card on file — just the floor, and you on it.
- 45–60 minutes, fully coached
- Scaled to exactly where you are today
- A plan to take home, whether you join or not