The Men of Iron Minute

by Travis Albanesius | Iron Rep – Ephrata, PA

Stronger Together

As the football season ended, I found myself already looking ahead to being in the starting lineup next season. My coach had made his expectations clear, to line up at nose guard, I had to hit the weights and put on 50 lbs. Essentially, I had to do whatever it takes to win the spot! 

The clock had already started ticking as we were heading into our winter break. Luckily for me, I had an upper classman who was hungry to win a championship and he knew that having teammates at their best was the ticket to a championship ring. He invited me to work out with him five days a week, through the winter into the spring. The result, I became bigger, faster, and stronger than I’d ever been. 

As we headed out to spring practice our coaches were ecstatic about the results I had achieved. I wrapped up a solid spring practice session and then headed home for summer.  

The problem, I didn’t have an upper classman holding me accountable to my workouts through the summer. Inevitably, I didn’t stay intentional about my goals and instead, got busy with other things. I signed up for summer baseball, water skied and hung out at the beach instead of pursuing my goals. Instead of preparing to make the team better, I instead lost all of my progress. When I showed up to practice for football camp. I’ll never forget the words of my coach as he disappointedly looked at me and simply said “what happened!?”  

I did win a starting spot that year, but my season was less than stellar.  

Bottom line, to get fit, find accountability.

Stronger Together.  

As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)  

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