Competitive athlete through high school and college. Sport was not something I did — it was how I thought, how I competed, and how I measured myself. That does not change when school ends. What changes is that nobody hands you a training programme anymore, nobody schedules your workouts, and nobody tells you which gear actually works.

I founded FitDad Forge to publish details about my journey, and provide honest, spec-verified fitness reviews that I wish existed when I was spending my own money on fitness gear and equipment. Training for performance and longevity at 48 — I am more serious about training than I was at 28. I just have less time and less patience for equipment that does not deliver.

Every product on this site has been researched, tested, or used in real training. Every pick is a product I have or would actually buy. I do not write reviews to fill pages — I write them to answer the question I had before I bought.

Competitive athlete through high school and college. Decades of consistent training since. My current routine combines strength training, rucking, and cardio conditioning — the same disciplines covered across FitDad Forge’s reviews.

At 48 I train to perform and stay healthy — not to look good in photos. That means I care about the things that actually matter in gear: durability under real use, comfort across long sessions, and whether the specs match the real-world feel. That perspective is what drives every review on this site.

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