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Athletes with one goal in mind...Get Better. Every Day. We are Indiana Iron. We are Athletes with a variety of skills, passions, and strengths.

We compete in Drug Free Powerlifting, Strongman, and Armwrestling. Our Athlete List is as follows:

Luke Meredith
Strongman Corporation Pro MW Strongman
United States Strongman HW Log Record holder

Shad Macke
Drug Free Powerlifting
Armwrestling

Josh Fischer
Strongman Corporation HW
United States Strongman HW
Highland Games champion

James Oglesby
Strongman Corporation MW
United States Strongman MW

Dorian Moore
Strongman Corporation MW
United States Strongman MW

07/31/2026

Another Indiana Iron athlete is stepping onto the platform this weekend!

Weโ€™re wishing Alexander Barton the very best as he competes at Home Gym Con in Louisville.

Every PR, every tough training session has led to this moment. Now itโ€™s time to trust the work, stay focused, and give it everything youโ€™ve got.

Go out there, lift big, compete hard, and enjoy the experience.

Good luck, Alexander! Weโ€™re proud to have you representing Indiana Iron. ๐Ÿ’ช

07/30/2026

Our members donโ€™t just trainโ€”they compete.

At Indiana Iron, weโ€™re proud to see the hard work put in under the bar carry over into competition and life.

๐Ÿ† Congratulations to Matt Phillips on earning 2nd Place in the Under 120kg class at Orlandoโ€™s Strongest 2 last weekend! Your dedication and determination continue to pay off.

This weekend, weโ€™ve got more members representing Indiana Iron:

๐Ÿ’ช Joshua Fisher and Luke Meredith will be competing in the Professional Strongman League U125kg Championship in Louisville. We canโ€™t wait to see them put their training to the test.

โ›ณ And best of luck to Kevin Higdon, who will be competing in the Evansville Menโ€™s City Golf Tournament. Strength isnโ€™t limited to the gym, and weโ€™re proud to support our members in every arena.

Good luck to everyone competing this weekend! Your Indiana Iron family is behind you. Go represent, compete hard, and most importantly, enjoy the moment.

07/25/2026

Good luck to Matt Phillips at his competition in Orlando, FL!

06/25/2026

Another plate. Another milestone.

PRs donโ€™t come from motivation. They come from showing up when nobodyโ€™s watching, putting in the work, and trusting the process.

Big congratulations to our guy from Blue Collar Strength 812 on a bench PR.

Proof that hard work still works.

Thatโ€™s the culture. Thatโ€™s Indiana Iron.

06/19/2026

Indiana Iron Member Spotlightโฃ

โฃEthan Wirth

1. ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—œ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป?โฃ
My dad used to train shad for arm wrestling in my basement and when I started working out my dad told me that he opened up a gym and I had to come check it outโฃ
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2. ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚โ€™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—น๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ?โฃ
3 plate bench or 500 squatโฃ
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3. ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด?โฃ
I benched 225x12 and I have pulled 495x4. (Both were my one rep maxes when I first got my key.)โฃ
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4. ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜‚๐—ฝ?โฃ
Working out doesnโ€™t even seem like an option anymore for me. Itโ€™s more like a chore so I donโ€™t think I use as much motivation as I do discipline and habit.โฃ
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5. ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผโ€™๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—œ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ?โฃ
Just come in and try it out. Come meet the biggest dudes in there and find out they are teddy bears and they will answer any questions you have about lifting. โฃ
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6. ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฒ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐˜†๐—บ?โฃ
Tru squat machine. Itโ€™s just the best thing Iโ€™ve ever done for my legs and hips. Incredible machine. โฃ
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7. ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ด๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ด๐˜†๐—บ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด?โฃ
Right now itโ€™s โ€œspitโ€ by sepultura โฃ

06/17/2026

Bench day isnโ€™t about comfort.

Itโ€™s about showing up when youโ€™re tired.
Loading the bar when itโ€™s heavy.
Trusting the work youโ€™ve put in when the weight starts fighting back.

Every rep in this video represents discipline, consistency, and the refusal to quit.

No shortcuts.
No excuses.
Just iron, grit, and the determination to get stronger.

This is what Indiana Iron is built on.

Photos from Indiana Iron's post 06/09/2026

From Hose House to Powerhouse

Built in 1908 as a horse-drawn hose house with a bell tower at 1409 N First Ave, this location now houses Indiana Iron, a space where determination and strength thrive.

The hardworking spirit and dedication is preserved in this gym.

06/06/2026

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—œ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป?
The atmosphere- cracking tunes, clangin n bangin weights

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚โ€™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—น๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ?
Training for the heaviest strong Strongman competition Iโ€™ve ever done.

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด?
Not abs- thatโ€™s for sure! ๐Ÿคฃ since training at Indiana Iron Iโ€™ve been able to hit many PRโ€™s and have placed top 3 in a few competitions!

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜‚๐—ฝ?
I love food and staying fit for my career, my family and the camaraderie of everyone at Indiana Iron.

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผโ€™๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—œ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ?
Every gym isnโ€™t for everyone however if youโ€™re looking for the biggest buttheads to help achieve of your fitness goals and push you past your limits! Indiana iron is where you can call home.

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฒ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐˜†๐—บ?
Hard to pick one- I used to enjoy bench however since starting to compete for strongman deadlift bar has become my new favorite. AND the box that I sit on once I see stars from lifting heavy.

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ด๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ด๐˜†๐—บ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด?
Beast by Acacia Strain
Joshua Fisher

06/02/2026

Indiana Iron is teaming up with Blue Collar Strength 812 to help you reach new fitness heights this summer. New members who sign up with Matt Phillips will receive a discounted membership rate of $60 for three months, after which the regular monthly fee will be applied.

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