The Forge - Personal Training Lab in Monaco

Welcome To The Forge

A personal training lab where you and your body are the only things that matter to us. Strength, power, resilience, well-being, fitness, posture, everything is possible with the variety of specialized training options provided by our passionate and qualified coaches. Whether it is one-on-one personal training, or small intimate group classes, our sessions are aimed towards all types of audience. Whatever your starting level, our emphasis is on achieving the goals we develop together.

IT NEVER GETS EASIER, YOU JUST GET STRONGER

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Personal Training & Class Options

BOXING / KICKBOXING / JUNIOR BOXING

Improve every facet of your physical capacity in this course that enables you to build muscle, enhance cardio strength, learn self-defense, kill stress, and help train agility and focus in your daily life.

TACFIT® / FLOWFIT®

We are the first TACFIT-certified gym in the region. Created for international special forces to master an elite level of physical preparation, TACFIT efficiently and intelligently taps into your body’s own natural movements, resulting in both a practical and holistic fitness regime.

FUNCTIONAL TRAINING

By utilizing movement patterns performed on a daily basis in an intelligent, controlled way, functional training helps improve your movement proficiency - building strength, stability, and mobility.

BARRE / DANCE / BALLET

Lengthen, strengthen, and tone your muscles with this ballet-inspired class taught by Anja Behrend, former principal dancer of the world-renowned Ballets de Monte Carlo.

GYROTONIC® AND GYROKINESIS®

Originally called “Yoga for dancers”, these workouts are practiced using specialized machines and mat-work. After a session, one’s entire system is awakened and brought into greater balance.

AERIAL YOGA / PILATES MAT / YOGA

Peace of mind, peace of body. Our Aerial Yoga, Pilates MAT, and Yoga classes are a perfect way to realign your muscles and joints, achieve greater flexibility, strengthen your core and center your mind.

Our Blacksmiths Ready To Transform You

FEDERICO VELLA // The Captain & Co-Founder of The Forge.

Boxing / Kickboxing / TACFIT / FLOWFIT

Federico began boxing in 1993 at the young age of fifteen. Even while pursuing his masters degree in engineering, his passion for the sport never waned. Over the course of his professional career, he fought in over 100 fights across various specialties including Boxing, Kick boxing, Full contact, Thai boxing, and Savate. He won multiple titles in the professional K1 boxing class including Italian Champion in 2003, European Champion in 2007 and 2-time World Champion in 2009. Crazy for all high-adrenaline sports, especially surfing, kitesurfing, and extreme snowboarding, Federico’s body has retained several painful souvenirs.

Why boxing? “Because I love the respect and the honor that characterizes this sport. Plus it helps me to release stress, keeping my mind and body balanced.”

WHAT THE OTHERS THINK ABOUT HIM

“Stubborn, organised and a perfectionist”
“A pirate in suit and tie”
“Work hard play hard”
“Crazy and wild like the Pikey of The Snatch”

WHAT DRIVES HIM CRAZY

Impolite people
Unhealthy food
Rain
Waking up early on the weekends

ANJA BEHREND // The Dancer, or The German Girl.

GYROTONIC® / Dance / Aerial Yoga / Pilates / TACTIFT / FLOWFIT

Growing up surrounded by athleticism in a family of sports fanatics had a great influence on Anja. Eventually, life led her to discover dance, and she quickly became obsessed, leaving home to study ballet at the age of 10. At 17, she landed her first professional job, consequently traveling around the globe and performing on all the major stages as a professional ballet dancer. 8 years later, she became a Principal dancer with Les Ballets de Monte Carlo, and dancing the leading roles in all the major productions was a dream of hers come true. Aside from dance, GYROTONIC®, TACFIT, boxing and aerial yoga, Anja loves nature, cooking and spending time with family, animals, Berlin, and house music.

Why Coaching?: “It took me ages and lots of hours of sweat, patience, hard work, injuries, disappointment, and defeat to reach that shining and often short moment of perfection in training, rehearsals and finally on stage. Coaching for me is a constant evolution of sharing my passion for moment, making my clients’ lives easier and giving them the best out of every single training session.

WHAT OTHER’S THINK ABOUT HER

“The body”
“Work Junkie”
“Passion Queen”
“Never stops moving or stretching”
“Don’t ask her to count beyond 8”
“When is the last repetition over?”

WHAT DRIVES HER CRAZY

Heights
Crowds
A day stuck without moving
Complaining

EMMA WILKINSON

Ladies Boxing / Gyrotonic / Abs, Legs and Butt Workout

Dancer, model, actress, and now, trainer. Emma discovered her passion for dance at the young age of 4, and by age 10 she was already competing at the All England Finals in Dance. After all of her years at the prestigious Central School of Ballet in London, she attended the top college for dance in the UK, Laine Theatre Arts, in Epsom, where she obtained her national diploma in dance and drama. Shortly thereafter, her dream of becoming a dancer at the internationally-acclaimed cabaret, Le Lido de Paris, was fulfilled, and she subsequently worked 7 years and toured the world with the show.

During her time as a professional dancer, Emma explored other avenues, modeling for Miss England, Sweaty Betty and L’Oréal Paris, and acting in the film St Trinians, as well as other TV shows. From the beginning Emma has been a fitness freak, always taking close care of her body throughout her career, even helping her work colleagues keep fit. She’s also developed a passion for GYROTONIC and boxing.

Why Coaching? “After training so hard my whole life and performing on stage I wanted to share my passion with others. With my experience at Le Lido I always wanted to make women feel super confident in themselves and to give them all my positive energy. I love to share my knowledge and to help clients reach their body goals.”

WHAT THE OTHERS THINK ABOUT HER

“Crazy British”
“Chatterbox”
“Extrovert”
“So smiley”
“Dancing Queen”
“Too much energy”
“So positive”

WHAT DRIVES HIM CRAZY

People who don’t sweat
Too many people in an enclosed space
People who make excuses
Negative Energy
Boredom

CARLO TROTTA

Functional Training / TACFIT / FLOWFIT

Carlo has been a lover of sports since he was 5 years old, and that love has stuck with him throughout his life and career. From starting off at swimming competitions through to later competing in the triathlon, his competitive spirit burns strong. In 2006 he joined the national triathlon team of Italy, which appeared in the world championships, and stayed with the team until 2018. Throughout his time with the team he competed in many other international competitions, winning the Italian championships 4 times in long distance. Carlo loves pushing the limits.

Apart from his love of the triathlon, Carlo is a toning and slimming coach, a Crossout Functional Training Method enthusiast (involving the Clubbell, Bulgarian bag, Macebell, Kettlebell, and bodyweight flow), and also coaches in spinning, strength and conditioning.