About Forged Grit
We’re not here to motivate you.
We’re here to rebuild you.
At Forged Grit, we believe greatness isn’t gifted — it’s earned. Through pain. Through pressure. Through every lonely workout in a garage when no one’s watching.
This brand was born in the dark.
Out of broken bones, failed diagnoses, brutal comebacks, and a body that kept trying to shut down. But here’s the truth: pain isn’t the enemy — comfort is.
We don’t do shortcuts. We don’t hand out participation ribbons.
We build grit — through hard training, clear programming, and a mindset forged in failure and fire.
What We Do
We design training that pushes your body and breaks the mental chains you didn’t even know were there.
Programs that take you from day-one beginner to full-blown savage — with a timeline, a mission, and milestones that test your limits.
From the Recruit phase to Legendary crucibles, from 12-minute AMRAPs to 200-mile preps, we don’t promise it’ll be easy.
We promise you’ll never be the same.
Who It's For
Forged Grit is for the ones who’ve been overlooked, doubted, or counted out — and decided to fight back anyway.
It’s for people who laugh during suffering. Who know growth isn’t clean. Who train in the shadows so they can show up different when the lights come on.
This is a tribe, a path, a lifestyle.
If you're tired of surface-level inspiration and you're ready to earn your transformation... welcome home.
Let’s get to work.
Dr. Matt, PhD
I’m Dr. Matt, with a PhD in pathology started ultrarunning in 1998 at 17 years old to fight off asthma—and I’ve been pushing limits ever since. I’ve done adventure races, Ironmans, and then found CrossFit in 2014, which became my lifeline after a car accident that shattered my pelvis and gave me a traumatic brain injury in 2015. I completed an Olympic triathlon three months after. Then I found powerlifting in 2017. For the last four years, I’ve battled an unknown disease dealing with paraesthesia and presyncope, but I’m pushing back, aiming for 200 miles. That’s the mentality we’re bringing here: No excuses. No limitations. Just grit. Showing you what it takes to forge that kind of grit.
Highlights:
- Endurance Expert: 30+ years of running, including 20 in ultramarathons.
- Strength Specialist: Powerlifting, CrossFit, and OCR champion.
- Science-Driven: PhD in Pathology, blending research and real-world training.
- Resilience Advocate: Overcoming challenges like asthma and neuropathy, proving nothing is impossible.
No Excuses, Just Results
Where Grit Meets Every Challenge
