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The Gym

Nine hundred square metres of concrete, chalk and intent.

Forge started when two national-level lifters got tired of gyms that sold mirrors and monthly excuses. So they leased a warehouse and filled it with bars.

We opened in 2018 with fourteen barbells and one rule: everyone gets coached, from the first-day beginner to the athlete chasing a competition total. That rule never changed. What changed is the roster — eight coaches now, and a floor that runs sixty-two classes a week.

We do not do fitness theatre. No smoke, no LED walls, no monthly bootcamp gimmick. We write real programs, we load real bars, and we track real numbers — because progress you can measure is the only kind that keeps people coming back.

2018

Forged

1,400

Athletes

62

Classes / week

8

Coaches

How we train

01

Coached, always

Every session runs with a coach on the floor. Nobody trains alone, nobody guesses at form.

02

Scaled, never skipped

Injured, new, or nursing a bad shoulder? The workout scales to you. You still train.

03

Numbers, not vibes

We log your lifts. Progress is a chart you can read, not a feeling you hope for.

04

Loud, but kind

Plates drop, people cheer. But the strongest lifter on the floor will still spot the newest.

The coaching roster

TN

Tariq Nasser

Head Coach · Co-founder

Powerlifting280kg
LF

Lena Farah

Olympic Lifting Lead

Snatch & clean96kg
OS

Omar Said

Conditioning Coach

Metcon & engine2:48
YA

Yousef Amin

Strength Coach

Barbell blocks320kg
DH

Dana Halabi

Hybrid Coach

Strength + run18:40
RB

Rashid Bakr

Onboarding Coach

Beginner intake600+

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Forge Athletics

Strength & conditioning, coached and honest, in Al Quoz since 2018.

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Sat–Thu · 05:30 – 23:00 · Fri · 08:00 – 20:00

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