About Us

Recovery isn’t downtime. It’s how we keep going.

We started with a small-town dream: open a gym, build a community, and help people get stronger. Then reality showed up. Bills, long nights, and stress that didn’t clock out when the lights did. At the same time, our family walked through fertility struggles that tested our faith, our health, and our marriage.

The Wake-Up Call

Modern life isn’t friendly to the body. Processed food, poor sleep, constant pressure, it all adds up. We dove into learning, cleaning up our lifestyle, and exploring natural remedies. We couldn’t change everything overnight, but we could change enough to feel the difference.

Inside the gym, we kept seeing another pattern: athletes and everyday members would crush a workout… and then suffer through the next 48 hours. Recovery was treated like an afterthought. That’s when the idea for Iron Shea took root.

Building Iron Shea

I started formulating a natural rub at night. Testing, tweaking, and asking real lifters for feedback. After a lot of trial and error, Iron Shea Muscle Rub was born: clean ingredients, real relief, and a simple goal—help you get back to work.

What began with one jar grew into a line of tools for Self Recovery:

⚡ Muscle Rub: all-natural relief after training

🌿 Everyday Tallow Rub: daily nourishment for skin that works as hard as you do

🧊 Recovery Soak: designed for ice baths, to ease stiffness and restore freshness

Self Recovery is our category and our promise: recovery treated with the same discipline as training.

What “Self Recovery” Means to Us

👉It’s not pampering—it’s preparation.

👉It’s not a break—it’s part of the work.

👉It’s not a spa day—it’s a ritual.

We make simple, natural tools that help you rebuild, recharge, and stay consistent.

Our Family

This business is personal. It started as a way to provide for our family and to share what helped us. After years of fertility challenges, we were blessed with our first child. A miracle we didn’t take for granted. When doctors told us we wouldn’t be able to have another, we opened our hearts to adoption and welcomed a second incredible child into our family. Not long after, God surprised us again — we found out we were expecting our third. Today, our home is full, our hearts are overflowing, and our purpose feels clearer than ever: to build Iron Shea into something that gives back as much as it’s given us.

Thank You

If you’re here, you value hard work and the recovery that keeps it going. Thanks for giving Iron Shea a place in your routine. If you ever want to talk business, fitness, adoption, or faith—reach out.

— Markus

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