Hey gang, this is Renene. I wish to write a short story and tell you a few things about us, mainly about Joe. I sometimes do late night blogging and twittering, after Joe has gone to bed, so this post will be for him to read in the morning just like you all out there.
A bit personal first—- “A day in the life of Joe Leinhauser”—- To begin, he wakes every day at 4:00am. At 5:30am he’s off to Gold’s Gym hitting the weights. He starts work at Irongloves at 7:00am until 7:30pm. He breaks for lunch to come home and play with Kiwi and Meko. He trains anywhere from 19 to 23 people daily. Sunday is family day, we get up and walk our dogs, he then does his workout at home, then he puts me through a kettlebell workout. Afterwards we take our dogs for a ride to the smoothie shop. Then back to the office for me to do the coaches schedules for the upcoming week.
There have been many boxing facilities popping up recently, trying to simulate and/or steal what Irongloves is all about. What they seem to overlook (besides the fact we have been in business since 1992), is that Irongloves cannot be duplicated and can never be outdone. This is because, no place will ever have our type of members. It is our wonderful people and their love for our place that gives it all its personality.
We chuckle every time a new place opens, it never fails, they always try to capitalize on Joe’s hard achievements. Several of them have infiltrate there way in, and did their spying, but, they will never have what we have to make a boxing cub succeed. Most are in it only to make a fast buck. Joe has a real passion for boxing, he so enjoys what he does. He loves teaching boxing! He has practically read everything in boxing history. Just try and stump him on his boxing memorabilia.
Most of his younger life he has been boxing, from college to his Army days. And when it comes to people, this is where he shines. He treats every single person as an equal, no matter if they take a bus or drive an Escalade. Also, he will never use any person to get ahead for his own capital gains, believe me, he has had many offers over the years. In the end we will be able to say we did it all ourselves. Joe lives by a code of honor, he has true integrity, he will never lie or cheat to get ahead. He has helped so many people over the years, many people he has even found jobs for them.
One more thing for our members to know, Joe will never let Irongloves fail, no matter the economy. You are talking about an Army Veteran (served in the Gulf War), he is use to working 7 days a week, as he did for the first 15 years of our marriage. Like our website says “we aren’t going anywhere”.
To those out there that may be laughing at what I wrote… that’s fine by me. All I can say is that I am writing it from my heart, and I want the whole world to know how proud I am of Joe and how hard he has worked to build Irongloves.
The End 
Sleep tight!
June 20th, 2009 at 8:11 am
Well said Renene ! I have been very fortunate to know both you guys closer than anyone recently. You very kindly opened your home and life to me and i will be eternally grateful. I know the behind the scenes of irongloves and can say that what you have written is bang on the money. The morals and principals that Joe practises are very inspiring to me. You both care so much for your members and would stand by anyone in need too. You have built up that unique atmosphere at irongloves because of the people you both are.
June 20th, 2009 at 5:47 pm
I know it’s lame to start off my response with a quote, but here goes: Abraham Lincoln said, “Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.”
Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents are, to some extent, a gift from God. Good character, by contrast, is not just given to us. We build it, piece by piece – by thought, choice, courage, and determination. And that’s exactly what Joe has done. His character is an enduring source of virtue. It stands by itself and incites admiration in those that know him. Myself included.
Thanks, Joe and Renene, for everything you do!
June 26th, 2009 at 10:26 pm
I just started boxing less than a month ago and know very little about boxing, but after 30 years in law enforcement I know a lot about people. I knew the first time I talked with Joe on the phone about my membership that Joe was a leader of good moral standards whose position determines the movements of others by directly having a positive influence on the course of action of everyone that enters Irongloves Boxing.
For the last four weeks I have been training with Joe, and I got to tell you I look forward to every minute that I am in the gym, and in 57 years I have never trained as hard and it’s worth every minute of work that Joe and I put in to it.
I don’t know any of the other trainers yet and only a few of the other Irongloves members but I’m starting to feel and see the same family relationship I have in the law enforcement community, which is a bond that lasts a lifetime.
So to you Joe and Renene I pledge my allegiance and look forward to continuing a long and exciting relationship with Irongloves Boxing.