Feb 27th 2023 | Jay Honstetter
3 Tips for Maximizing your Workout: Competition, Supplements, and High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT)
Exercise is essential to living a healthy life, and if you’re going to do it, why not get the most out of it? Making gains and meeting goals can be a timely process, but there are ways to speed it up and get more out of every workout. It’s not simply doing more reps or pushing yourself until you’re so sore you can’t be sure you’ll do it again tomorrow. It’s finding smarter ways to push yourself at a reasonable pace, and incorporating simple “tricks” to make your body more responsive.Here are thr
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Jan 23rd 2023 | Jay Honstetter
Why Core Strength Matters and How to Maintain It
Core strength is integral to your well-being - not only is it important for your posture, but it’s essential for avoiding injury, performing any type of physical activity, and even for things as simple as getting out of a chair, vacuuming, or pulling up weeds. Your core is made up of the muscles in your pelvis, lower back, hips, and stomach. If you’re someone who sits at a desk all day, or just doesn’t move much, you may want to consider a routine to get these muscles strengthened - even if you’
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Aug 16th 2022 | Jay Honstetter
Why You Should be Taking Protein
Protein is critical to maintaining good health and providing our bodies with the necessary fuel to function in our day-to-day lives. It’s responsible for the formation and preservation of every cell in our system, and not getting enough can lead to weakness and vulnerability to edema, skin, nail, and hair issues, fragile bones, loss of muscle, increased appetite, infection, and reduced metabolism. Over 10,000 types of protein are prevalent in our skin, hair, muscles, bones, and tissues at one ti
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Aug 16th 2022 | Jay Honstetter
Try Before You Buy: The Ultimate Sampling Opportunity
In a world filled with so many choices, and advertisements crowding up social media, it can be difficult to decide where to spend your money and which products are actually worth the gamble. At JBN we’d like to take the guesswork out of the equation. JBN is a family-run business that prides itself on its high-quality supplements and dedication to transparency - Truth in Labeling isn’t just a slogan, it’s the JBN way. We partner with Eurofins - one of the most distinguished analytical testing fac
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May 24th 2022 | Jay Honstetter
How I Lost 20 Pounds in Four Months
When Covid hit in the US it changed life as we know it. I began entirely working from home and was forced to deal with tragedy and unexpected life changes that have altered my day-to-day in ways that I never imagined - the loss of a loved one, another close family member developing a life-long disease less than week later, and staying home in order to avoid contracting the virus to protect those close to me with underlying conditions and weakened immune systems.That said, during that time my exe
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