Forget The Gym — Est. 2003

Fitness should
improve your life.
Not become it.

Twenty years of coaching, three thousand transformations, and one stubborn idea: you don't need more discipline. You need a coach who builds the plan around the life you actually live.

Dave Vaughan — Performance & Wellness Consultant
Dave Vaughan · NASMThe Coach
20+
Years coaching
3,000+
Clients coached
47K
On Instagram
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Coach. No handoffs.
Trusted by

From the stage
to the summit.

Touring artists. Executives. Firefighters. Parents getting their bodies back. Different lives, same coach, same system.

Dave with Imagine Dragons on the Smoke + Mirrors Tour
Imagine Dragons — S+M Tour
Dave backstage with the band and crew
Backstage — Touring crew
Dave training a client at Red Rock Canyon
Red Rock — Client session
Real clients · Real work

Change the body.
Change the life.

60 pounds down. Five years later, still off. This is what happens when the plan fits the person — not the other way around.

  • Built around the life you live, not the one a program assumes
  • Sustainable. No restriction theatrics, no rebound
  • Strength, mobility, and recovery in the same program
  • A coach who answers — directly
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Forget The Gym client transformation — 210 lbs to 150 lbs, stronger, leaner, confident, for life
The philosophy

Four ideas.
One outcome.

A body that's ready for everything outside the gym. Forget the trends. Forget the ego. Build something that holds.

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Practical, not perfect

Real programs for real schedules. Home, hotel, garage, gym — whichever shows up that day.

02

Built around you

Not a template. Engineered around your body, your history, and what you actually want from your life.

03

Recovery on purpose

Mobility, sleep, and nervous-system work are part of the plan, not an afterthought. Harder to break, not just harder to ignore.

04

Adapts in real time

Travel weeks, injuries, deadlines, kids. The program adjusts when life does. Progress still stacks.

Two ways in

Pick the way
that fits.

Online from anywhere — or private 1-on-1 in your home, your gym, or mine in Las Vegas.

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Coaching with Dave, anywhere.

$39/month
  • Personalized training built around your schedule
  • Daily check-ins and progress tracking
  • Nutrition guidance, directly from Dave
  • Program adapts in real time
  • Train anywhere — home, gym, hotel, outdoors
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Las Vegas — Private 1-on-1

In your home, your gym, or mine.

By applicationHigh-touch, low volume
  • 1-on-1 with Dave — no handoffs, no assistants
  • In-home, on-site, or private studio
  • Programming built entirely around you
  • Real-time coaching and form correction
  • Las Vegas, Henderson, Summerlin & surrounding
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From the floor

No filters.
No actors.

Real sessions, real clients, real work. Filmed wherever the training happens that day.

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In their words

Different lives.
Same coach.

"Dave has been my trainer for over five years. He doesn't just hand you a workout — he changes how you think about your body and what's possible."
Rachel Cook
Client · 5+ years
"Seventy pounds down. I tried everything before Dave — every diet, every program, every excuse. This isn't a program. It's a permanent shift."
Tammy Carter
70 lb transformation
"When your tour schedule is that relentless and you still need to perform every night, you don't take chances. Dave is the person you call."
Imagine Dragons
Tour fitness training
The Training Soundtrack

Press play. Move some weight.

The playlists Dave actually trains to — cinematic EDM, rock, and anthems for lifting, running, and chasing your next PR. Updated regularly, with a few original cuts from king david woven in.

More on Spotify →

Get the app

Install Forget The Gym on your phone

No App Store. Add it to your home screen and it launches fullscreen like a native app — your workouts, one tap away.

On desktop: look for the install icon in your browser's address bar. Or open train.forgetthegym.com on your phone.

When you're ready

Fitness that
fits your life.

Start coaching for $39/month. Cancel anytime. If you're local, ask about private 1-on-1 in Las Vegas.