About Forge PT
Independent coaching in London has been gradually replaced by class-pass. Class-pass is profitable. It is not particularly effective for people trying to solve a structural problem, chronic back pain, return-to-sport after surgery, building strength after forty, because a rotation of instructors with no written programme cannot produce adaptation. You get sweaty, not stronger.
Forge was founded in 2019 by two coaches who had worked the rotation model for a decade and walked away from it. We are four coaches, capped membership, four racks, three reformers, and one waitlist. Nothing else.
Our coaches
Isaac Rahim
Founder, Head Coach
BSc Sport and Exercise Science (Loughborough), CIMSPA Advanced Coach, UKSCA
Twelve years coaching, six at an elite strength-and-conditioning group before Forge. Specialism: post-surgical return-to-sport, masters strength.
Nasra Ali
Senior Coach
BSc Physiotherapy (Cardiff) converted to PT, HCPC withdrawn 2020, CIMSPA Advanced
Ten years between clinical physio and coaching. Specialism: pelvic health, post-natal return-to-training, running gait.
Ben Pecharoen
Reformer Pilates Lead
Polestar Pilates Comprehensive, STOTT PMA
Eight years in reformer, five at a Harley Street clinical pilates studio before Forge. Specialism: chronic low-back, post-surgical spinal rehab.
Viv Aksoy
Semi-private Coach
BSc Strength and Conditioning (Bath), CIMSPA Advanced
Six years coaching, three at a Premiership rugby academy. Specialism: semi-private programming, beginner strength.
Six years
2019
Founded by Isaac Rahim and Nasra Ali in a converted print workshop on Boundary Street.
2021
Added the reformer studio, hired Ben Pecharoen from Harley Street.
2022
Closed new memberships for eight months after hitting the cap. First waitlist.
2023
Declined franchising offer. Stayed one location.
2025
Six years, 108 active members, 94% retention twelve months in.
Regulation
Every coach is registered with CIMSPA, the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity, which sets the professional standard for coaching in the UK. Coaches with a physiotherapy background maintain separate registration with HCPC where applicable. Reformer coaches are certified through Polestar or Stott. Our professional indemnity and public liability insurance is held with Insure4Sport.
Every coach holds a current Level 3 Emergency First Aid at Work qualification, renewed every three years. Complaints can be raised with us directly or escalated to CIMSPA. In six years we have had two formal complaints, both resolved in full. We will tell you about them if you ask.