Our Story
One Family.
One Mission.
More than fifty years of combined experience, poured into a single belief: strength is built through honest work.
Husband. Wife.
Founders.
Coaches. Mentors. Builders of people. Partners in life and in mission.
Stefan and Stephanie Reed are the husband-and-wife founders of The Forge Premier Training in Norman, Oklahoma. The Forge grew out of the thriving South OKC fitness community they built — their premium expansion, sited inside the Selah master-planned community near Norman and Goldsby. They didn’t open a gym. They answered a calling to help people grow stronger in body, mind, and attitude.
The Heart of
the Community
Stephanie leads with community in mind. Her focus is on belonging — making The Forge a place where every person feels welcomed, seen, and capable, no matter where they’re starting.
She has devoted her work to empowering women and underserved people, opening the door to those who have never felt that a premier training space could be for them. You don’t need to be fit to start. You need to start to get fit — and Stephanie makes sure you never walk that path alone.
If you’ve met her once, she knows your name. If you’ve been gone a week, she notices. That quiet, consistent care is woven into everything The Forge stands for.
Coaching the
Whole Person
Stefan brings decades of coaching and personal development to the floor, shaped by a pastoral and ministry background. He sees training as more than reps — it’s a way to build people up, inside and out.
His belief is simple and unwavering: strength is created through work. Not shortcuts. Not talk. Just steady, consistent effort — honest progress earned one session at a time.
Together, Stefan and Stephanie carry more than fifty years of combined experience in fitness, coaching, and personal growth — and a shared conviction that real transformation happens when body, mind, and recovery are guided as one.
Built by People Who
Believe In You
Co-owners Jensen and Hosanna Atkinson help carry the vision forward. Married eleven years and parents to their daughter Ellie, they pair operational discipline with creativity — Jensen, a surgical nurse with a construction and entrepreneurship background, leads operations; Hosanna, a fitness coach and photographer, drives community and the look and feel of The Forge.
In the Wellness & Recovery suite, muscle-therapy and movement specialists Dr. Denton and Dr. Hunter help members restore, rebuild, and return stronger.
It’s a team assembled around one promise: an all-inclusive, professionally supervised approach to training, nutrition, and recovery — for everyone, whether or not you call Selah home.
Performance Meets
Luxury
Curated premium equipment, a signature recovery suite, and a system that connects training, nutrition, and recovery — with measurable progress every step of the way.
Build Lasting
Strength.
Our mission is to help people build lasting strength through consistency, focus, and honest work — reaching peak performance with an all-inclusive approach to training, nutrition, and recovery.
A space where people grow stronger in body, mind, and attitude every single day.
This was never just a business. It’s a calling. Our hope is that when you walk through the doors, you don’t just get a better workout — you experience real, measurable transformation.
Curious about the space they built? Learn more about The Forge, our team, and what makes us different →
Your First Day
Is Free
Come experience what Stefan and Stephanie built. A free first-day trial — no commitment, no pressure.