# Forge Strength Club - website by Nerdsharks

> An independent strength gym competing with budget chains, hiding its membership price behind an enquiry form, and publishing its class timetable as a downloadable image. Designed and built by Nerdsharks.

- Source: https://nerdsharks.com/portfolio/forge-strength-club
- Publisher: Nerdsharks (Exeter, Devon, UK)
- Updated: 2026-09-27

## Design rationale

Forge is set out like an athletic poster rather than a gym brochure. The hero is a single composition: a giant italic FORGE in molten orange runs the full width of a chalk-white panel, and a cut-out member, hands on hips, stands in front of it, so the word sits behind him the way a club name sits behind a player on a matchday poster. A 25 kg bumper plate, modelled and lit in Blender, rolls in from the right as the page loads and keeps turning as you scroll; further down it rolls the whole length of a black band of terms (no joining fee, no contract, free trial with no card), turning exactly as far as it travels. The £38 monthly price is outlined at the top right, and the next beginners' class, with its eight places shown as bars, sits in a card at the bottom left. Kanit Black Italic gives the headings forward lean and weight. Barlow keeps the timetable and prices easy to scan. Chalk, iron black and molten orange keep it clearly apart from the neon-on-black look most gyms use. An hour-by-hour busyness chart grows as it comes into view and tells a nervous beginner exactly when the platforms are quiet.

## Features

- **Giant FORGE wordmark behind a cut-out member** - The hero reads like a club poster and shows a real-looking member, not a stock bodybuilder, before anyone reads a word.
- **Blender bumper plate that rolls in and turns on scroll** - A memorable signature that belongs to a strength gym, and it rolls the length of the terms band so the no-contract message gets noticed.
- **£38 a month in the hero and full tiers on the homepage** - Showing the price, with no joining or admin fee, removes the form most gyms put in the way.
- **Colour-coded weekly timetable with bookable classes** - Beginners, powerlifting, Olympic and women's sessions are easy to find, and each class books a place in one tap.
- **Hour-by-hour busyness chart and named coaches** - Tells a nervous newcomer when the platforms are quietest and who they would actually train with.

Live demo: https://nerdsharks.com/demo/forge-strength-club