Life & Work with Julissa Ribota, Juan Mora, and Brian Nguyen

Today we’d like to introduce you to Julissa Ribota, Juan mora, and Brian Nguyen. 

Hi Julissa, Juan, and Brian, please kick things off for us with an introduction to yourself and your story.
Hello, we are the JJB Squad or better known as Juan Mora, Julissa Ribota Diaz and Brian Nguyen. We are a group of high school students who found a passion for powerlifting and bodybuilding as well as inspiring others and motivating them in and outside the gym so they can achieve their goals. Julissa and Brian have been lifelong friends since elementary school and lost contact after going to separate schools but reconnected again because of the pandemic through social media and began to catch up and found that they had a love and passion for lifting so they decided to start working out together after school and during the weekends at a local gym VASA Fitness. Because of this they both pushed each other throughout their workouts and saw amazing results in weight they were both able to lift and improvement in diet and form. As the journey continued, Julissa met Juan as a co-worker at their job at the time and also found out that Juan had a passion, drive, and love for fitness, especially in powerlifting. Julissa, Juan and Brian all decided to meet up one day, hit a workout together and get to know each other more. As our friendship and bond grew, we would constantly text each other and hit workouts. Throughout our journey, we met more people our age and even older who acknowledged our hard work as individuals and as a group, the more we surrounded ourselves with these people the more we learned and continued to inspire others. A year later on January 13, 2022 we decided to fully commit into our dreams of becoming ambassadors for a company and then become a sponsored athlete for a gym related clothing and supplement company, so we decided to start an Instagram together which is now known as jjb_squad0 and a TikTok account together which is under the_jjb_squad0. That’s when everything started to fall into place, we started to take pictures together and film videos which we edited and started to post for our followers, mainly people our age who also have a passion for lifting and share our story. We found companies who we liked and decided to sign up for their ambassador programs, which are Dawkfit a gym clothing apparel, and KloutPWR a supplement and clothing apparel company. This is only the beginning for the JJB Squad and we cannot wait to see what the rest of 2022 has for us and how far we will go especially at such a young age. 

Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way? Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
Some obstacles that we have experienced throughout our journey were definitely experiencing a learning curve as to how to start lifting, how to perfect our form, finding time to go to the gym while being able to balance out school, work and family life. The main thing is always what to eat, when to eat and how much we should eat. As well as dealing with body dysmorphia and just reminding ourselves that we are doing the best we can and our body is always constantly changing. 

Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
We would consider ourselves content creators as we each have our own personal social media accounts and joined social media accounts where we share pictures and videos with our followers. We are known for being high school students who manage to work part-time jobs, find time to train at the gym in order to become future powerlifters or bodybuilders, and maintain a balanced life at home as well which is what sets us apart from everyone else our own age. Some of the things that we are proud of is seeing improvement in our lifts, workouts, body, and nutrition. 

How do you define success?
The true definition of success is the accomplishment of an aim or purpose. Although, many people have a different definition of success which can be based on wealth, happiness, fame, etc. Success can be anything from a material good to concepts. Our definition of success is being able to win along with your friends and family so we can all achieve the goals we set for ourselves with the help of the people we love and cherish the most. It is really about not giving up on yourself, reaching your full potential, and self-fulfillment. 

Contact Info:

• Email: thejjbsquad123@gmail.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jjb_squad0/
• Other: htpps://www.tiktok.com/@the_jjb_squad0