20 years of consistency and training for Ryan Irwin
February 20, 2012 by Ryan Irwin
Today marks the day 20 years ago that I decided I would be a bodybuilder. I remember distinctly walking into weight room at Saydel High School the Monday after the state wrestling tournament (I watched, as a wrestler I never made it to state myself) with a mission to compete as a bodybuilder.
Day after day, I consistently keep hitting the weight room, eating right, learning everything I could and taking the skinny weak kid who didn’t have to cut weight to make the 103lb class to someone who was confident enough to step on a bodybuilding stage, which I did a little over a year later as a young teen.
Over the years, my goal turned into my passion and I have competed over 20 times. In that time I have made sacrifices, gone through struggles, accomplished goals and have seen great things that the iron has taught me.
While I am proud of my accomplishments, consistency, progress and dedication, I know there are things that are much more important to life than bodybuilding and powerlifting. I also know there are others that have overcome many times more difficult trials and completed much more impressive feats (like the soldier risking his/her life for another, or the single mom who raises her kids cause their loser father walked away).
However I do know the iron has made me a better person today, a better husband and a better father. It also has allowed me to take this passion to help others. Having someone come up and say you changed/saved their life is powerful. Celebrating the victories with others is constantly fulfilling.
It has been an amazing journey and I can say that when I walked behind the bleachers to the high school “weight room” that day 20 years ago, while I knew the goal that I set, I had no idea what other aspects it would bring. Here’s to another 20 years!
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