02 · Built for The Competitor

Forge

More out of the work you're already doing.

For the man who trains hard four to six days a week and wants the last third of the session to look like the first. Everything here is third party tested and clean for competition.

The man this is for

The Competitor

"I'm putting the work in. I want more back from it."

Lifts heavy, rolls, fights, or runs. Food is already dialed. Trains four to six days a week and measures things. The gap he feels is recovery between sessions, not effort.

What brings him inA camp, a meet, a fight, or a plateau he can feel.

What he wants

  • More output in the last third of a session
  • Turnaround fast enough to train tomorrow
  • Nothing that flags a drug test

What's stopped him

  • Skeptical of anything without human data
  • Already owns half of it
  • Has been burned by proprietary blends

The protocol

7 items, in this order

Training volume and recovery between sessions. You should notice it by the second hard week, not the second day.

The Floor Core
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Creatine Monohydrate

NOW Foods

Form
Unflavored micronized powder
Dose
5 g daily. Timing doesn't matter, consistency does

The most-studied sports supplement there is. Supports strength output, training volume, and cellular hydration. Cheap, boring, and it works.

Skip the loading phase. Skip anything labeled HCl at four times the price.

The Iron Core
$$

Whey Protein Isolate

California Gold Nutrition

Form
Powder, about 25 g protein per scoop, third party tested
Dose
1 to 2 scoops daily to close the gap to about 0.8 g per lb bodyweight

Food first. But most men miss their protein target by 40 grams a day, and a shake closes that gap without a fight.

Isolate if dairy sits heavy on you. Grass fed is nice to have, not the point.

The Floor
$

Ideal Sea Salt

Dr. Murray

Form
Mineral salt with a 2:1 potassium to sodium ratio, 16 oz
Dose
Use in place of table salt, or a pinch in your water on hot or training days

You sweat out more than water. Most men run high on sodium and low on potassium, and this flips that ratio without a sugary drink mix. In Phoenix heat this is not optional.

A salt, not a candy stick pack. No sugar, no dyes, no 2 grams of cane sugar hiding on the back.

The Iron
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L-Citrulline Malate

Nutricost

Form
Unflavored powder, 2:1
Dose
6 to 8 g, 40 minutes before training

Supports nitric oxide production and blood flow to working tissue. This is the ingredient doing the heavy lifting in most pre-workouts.

Buy it bulk and unflavored. You are paying for citrulline, not for blue raspberry.

Qi Core
$$

Cordyceps

NOW Foods

Form
CS-4 or militaris fruiting body extract
Dose
1 to 2 g in the morning

Used for supporting oxygen utilization and endurance. The mushroom that pairs with breath work.

Stack it with the Qigong practice, not with a pre-workout.

The Iron
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Collagen Peptides

California Gold Nutrition

Form
Hydrolyzed type I and III powder
Dose
15 g with vitamin C, 30 to 60 min before loading the joint

Supports tendons, ligaments, and connective tissue, the parts that fail long before the muscle does.

Not a protein source. Count it separately from your daily protein target.

Deep Rest
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Tart Cherry Extract

NOW Foods

Form
Capsule or concentrate, standardized
Dose
Evening, on heavy training blocks

Studied for supporting recovery from muscle-damaging work and for naturally occurring melatonin content.

Situational. Pull it out during a hard block, put it away after.

Add one thing at a time. Start four of these on a Monday, feel different by Friday, and you have learned nothing about which one did it.

Ninety days in

What men say after ninety days

Placeholder testimonials. Swap in real ones with written permission before launch. Invented reviews on a supplement site are an FTC problem, not a copywriting shortcut.

The last round of a session used to fall apart. It does not anymore. Nothing else in my training changed.
PLACEHOLDER31, competes, Forge

ResultTwo extra hard sessions a week

The honest version

This package is a good guess. It is still a guess, because it does not know your sleep, your blood work, or the two things you are not telling anyone.

Coaching starts with a long intake and a seventy five minute interview with Demaris, and ends with a protocol written for your body instead of your category. Most men find the real problem on that call, and it is usually not the one they came in with.

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