Why I built FBY
Training means too much to me to leave it behind.
I’ve been lifting for a long time, and it has shaped every part of my life. It gave me confidence and determination. When I saw myself making progress in the gym, I started asking, ‘What else can I do?’ It taught me to back myself and keep striving for more, in training and outside it.
It has also kept me steady. When I was younger and going through difficult periods, the gym was something I could always look forward to. It still is. It’s a place I can come back to, keep working on myself and feel like I’m moving forward.
Before I worked in construction, first as a labourer and now as a carpenter, I was a personal trainer. I know how much a day of lifting, digging and physical work can take out of you. I wanted to keep pushing myself in the gym, but training the way I always had didn’t work alongside a demanding job. I had to find a different way.
That’s where Forged By Yakka began.
I built this system so training could work with my job, not against it. It let me keep working hard in the gym while taking the demands of my workday into account. Now I want to help others who face the same challenge: people who work hard with their bodies and still want to get stronger, build a body they’re proud of and keep making progress.
I know what training can mean to someone. I want to help you keep doing it, even when work takes a lot out of you.
Forged By Yakka. Stronger for more than your job.