Strength and conditioning at Forge is coached training that builds strength, endurance and the movement quality to use them, written from your assessment. It is programmed, not improvised. Your plan is tailored to your goals, your level and your lifestyle, then continuously adjusted so progress keeps coming. Strength work for power, conditioning for endurance, and the functional movement that makes both useful in real life and in any sport.
More than 50,000 hours on the mat, across thirty years of teaching. That experience is what separates programming from a workout of the day.
A plan, a coach, and honest progression
Training strategies matched to what you are actually after: strength, endurance, athletic performance, or all three in balance.
Form watched, loads adjusted, effort read session to session. The plan changes as you do, which is the point of having a coach.
Practical guidance that supports the training, plus our free calorie, macro and protein calculators to start from. For the strength side, the one-rep max calculator gives a starting estimate.
Strength work also runs inside personal training and the Women's Only Strength & Kickboxing class. In the City of Naples at Coastland Center, minutes from downtown and Old Naples. Reading first? See how strength and conditioning helps prevent injury.
How you are coached
Your plan starts with your goals and how you move. The coach adjusts the work as you progress.
Strength work. Your coach watches your form and adjusts the load to how you are moving that day.
Conditioning. Programmed for endurance and for the functional movement that makes strength useful in real life and in any sport, and adjusted the same way.
Said by the people training
"The workouts are challenging, well-structured, and focused on building strength and overall performance."
"Programming is intelligent, cues are dialed in, and they actually pay attention to you."
"I had never worked out before I met Will and through weight training and kickboxing, I’m in the best shape of my life at 60 years old. But the best thing is my bone density has improved greatly."
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It starts with an assessment
Programming starts with a movement assessment: how you move, what hurts, what you have done before, and what you are actually training for. The plan is written from what we find.
As you progress, we reassess and adjust. The plan that fits you at the start is usually not the one you need later, so it is rewritten from what the reassessment finds rather than repeated unchanged.
Who trains here:
Where strength runs at Forge
Personal training. Individually programmed strength and conditioning, one-on-one, from the assessment on.
Women's Only Strength & Kickboxing. Strength training and kickboxing rounds in a women-only group, Monday and Wednesday at 9:00am. Your first class is free.
Adult group classes. Training uses heavy bags, strength equipment, body-weight and calisthenic movements. See the class schedule for the different programs.
Strength & conditioning questions
How is my strength and conditioning program built?
Strength and conditioning begins with a consultation and movement assessment before we write your sessions. Your plan is built around how you move, what you are training for, and where you are starting. Two people with the same goal may receive different programs because they did not arrive with the same problem.
Do you train athletes during the off-season?
Yes. Strength and Conditioning at Forge Athletics in Naples can be built around an athlete's off-season and competitive calendar. It starts the same way as every program here, with a consultation and movement assessment, then the plan is written from your sport, your training history and what the season will ask of you, and adjusted as you progress rather than repeated unchanged.
Can you help runners who want conditioning with less pounding?
We work with runners who want a training experience similar to running without adding the same repeated pounding to their knees and joints. Their program is built around their goals, training history, and how they move.
What if my old training routine stopped working?
We work with people who burned out on commercial gyms or stopped seeing results from their old training methods. We assess how you move, what hurts, what you have genuinely done, and what you are training for, then build the program from what we find.
Do I need to be an athlete to start strength and conditioning?
No. Strength and Conditioning at Forge Athletics in Naples is built around your goals and your starting point, not around competing in a sport. The first step is a consultation and movement assessment, where you talk through your training history and what you want to improve. From there the coach plans the work and adjusts it as you progress.
Is there a group class that combines strength and kickboxing?
Yes. Women's Only Strength & Kickboxing combines strength training with kickboxing rounds in a women-only group at Forge Athletics in Naples, Monday and Wednesday at 9:00am, and your first class is free. That scheduled group workout is separate from an individually planned Strength and Conditioning program, which starts with a consultation and movement assessment.
Do I need experience with weights to start?
No. Strength and conditioning at Forge Athletics in Naples starts with a consultation and movement assessment, and your plan is built from your starting point and your goals. You are coached through each movement, so you do not need to arrive knowing how to lift.
How is progress measured?
We start with a movement assessment, then reassess as you progress. Your coach watches your form, adjusts the load and reads your effort from session to session. Those observations guide changes to your plan.
What is on the strength floor?
The strength floor has racks, benches and dumbbells, with heavy bags in the same room, at Coastland Center in Naples.
Is strength training for me if I am over fifty?
Yes. Your plan starts with a consultation and movement assessment, and the coach builds the work around your starting point and goals, then adjusts it as you progress. Loads and movements are set for the person in front of the coach, not for an age bracket.
Can I use the Forge Starter for personal strength coaching?
No. The Forge Starter is for the group-class routes, not for individually programmed Strength and Conditioning sessions at Forge Athletics in Naples, which start with a consultation and movement assessment. If a women-only group workout is what you want, Women's Only Strength & Kickboxing, Monday and Wednesday at 9:00am, is covered by the women's Starter, and you can try it free first.
Ready to start? Four classes, with or without Forge boxing gloves. See the Forge Starter.
Start with a free consultation
A free consultation first: goals, level, and the plan, before anything is scheduled.