Every serious lifter learns the lesson eventually. The supplement that promised them everything rarely delivers on half. The routine that looks too good to be true usually is. The fundamentals, while boring, are the only things that keep working year after year.<\/p>\n
What Is Momentous?<\/h2>\n
In a supplement industry crowded with shortcuts<\/a>, influencer hype, and trend-driven formulas, Momentous<\/a> has grown by doing the opposite. The company has slowed things down. It has questioned whether products should exist at all. It has turned down revenue, dumped inventory, and accepted short-term losses in favor if long-term credibility.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have to earn the right to be the leader every single day,\u201d Byers told Muscle & Fitness.<\/em> \u201cWhat we\u2019ve done in the past doesn\u2019t matter.\u201d<\/p>\n This mindset isn\u2019t the result of business school or marketing playbooks. It came from elite sport, where performance is unforgiving, recovery is sacred, and trust is non-negotiable. It is also what caught the attention of Arnold Schwarzenegger, a man who has seen more than six decades of fitness trends<\/a> rise and fall and knows exactly which ones are built to last.<\/p>\n For Byers, Momentous has become a personal quest to help mend the broken relationship between performance nutrition and the people who rely on it. Once that\u2019s achieved, selling more supplements will hopefully soon follow.<\/p>\n Momentous didn\u2019t start as a consumer supplement company. It started as a question rooted in high-performance environments. \u201cHow do we democratize high performance?\u201d Byers said.<\/p>\n That question came from experience, not theory. Before becoming a founder, Byers lived inside systems where preparation, and trust were non-negotiable. He played offensive line for USC in the mid-2000s, anchoring the front during one of the most demanding stretches in the program\u2019s history.<\/p>\n For any linemen, success is built on repetition and discipline. The work they do isn\u2019t glamorous and oftentimes goes unheralded, but the consequences of cutting corners are usually immediate.<\/p>\n Byers carried that same mentality into the NFL, where he enjoyed a cup-of-coffee stint, and the standard sharpened even further. At the professional level, supplements aren\u2019t just lifestyle add-ons or marketing experiments. They are inputs that affect availability, recovery, and longevity. What goes into your body shows up on film. Mistakes aren\u2019t just abstract\u2014they can cost you your job.<\/p>\n \u201cAt that level, quality isn\u2019t a preference,\u201d Byers said. \u201cYou\u2019re not guessing. You\u2019re trusting systems that have been tested, verified, and proven over time.\u201d<\/p>\n That environment shaped how Byers thinks about performance nutrition. Elite athletes don\u2019t chase novelty. They rely on people and products that work consistently and quietly. That perspective followed him when he transitioned out of football and began building Momentous.<\/p>\n From the beginning, the company surrounded itself with dietitians, researchers, exercise physiologists, and advisors working across professional and collegiate sports. Those relationships were not built through endorsements or marketing spend. They were formed through proof. \u201cWe sell into every NFL team right now,\u201d Byers said. \u201cAnd you can\u2019t buy that trust. You have to earn it.\u201d<\/p>\n Teams demand transparency, verification, and products that can be used daily without risk and guesswork. Momentous met those demands and then made a deliberate decision to bring that same standard to everyday humans.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat we saw was that what\u2019s being used at the most elite levels often never makes it to the consumer,\u201d Byers said. \u201cNot because people don\u2019t care, but because there haven\u2019t been great options.\u201d<\/p>\n Momentous was never designed to impress on the surface. It was built to hold up over time. Like an offensive line, its success depends on fundamentals done correctly, rep after rep, long before anyone notices.<\/p>\n That athlete\u2019s mindset remains central to everything Byers does. When he talks about standards, consistency, and earning trust, he is not speaking as a founder trying to differentiate a brand. He is speaking as someone who understands what happens when preparation fails and why shortcuts usually are usually exposed.<\/p>\n Despite its size, the supplement industry remains deeply misunderstood and widely distrusted. Byers believes that mistrust has been earned.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s just so much noise,\u201d he said. \u201cI get asked about ingredients I\u2019ve never heard of, and I live in this industry.\u201d<\/p>\n Products promise rapid results. Labels highlight obscure compounds and specialty flavors. Marketing emphasizes extremes instead of fundamentals. Consumers are left trying to decode which claims matter and which are distractions.<\/p>\n \u201cIn football terms, most of the game is played from the 10 to the 10-yard line,\u201d Byers said. \u201cBut all the noise is on the goal line.\u201d<\/p>\n That noise creates confusion, and confusion erodes confidence. Even well-intentioned lifters end up cycling through products without understand why they are taking them or whether they are<\/p>\n even effective. The deeper problem, according to Byers, is that the industry has grown without improvising outcomes.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is a category worth over two hundred billion dollars globally,\u201d he said. \u201cYou would expect society to be healthier, and it\u2019s not.\u201d<\/p>\n For Byers, that contradiction is unacceptable. Supplements were never meant to replace training, sleep, or nutrition. They were meant to support them. When the lines and quality and trust are blurred, the entire system suffers.<\/p>\n To fix that that problem, Momentous built its business around three non-negotiable: science, sourcing, and certification.<\/p>\n First, science. Products must be backed by meaningful research and dosed effectively. If the evidence is weak or the does is symbolic, the product doesn\u2019t make it into the portfolio. Second, sourcing. Where ingredients come from matters. How they are processed also matters. Many brands never see beyond the finished powders or supplements. Momentous tracks ingredients to their origins, verifying purity and consistency long before they reach production.<\/p>\n Third, is certification. Momentous products are NSF Certified for Sport, a standard that verifies both safety and label accuracy. This is not just about avoiding banned substances. It is about ensuring that what the label says is actually inside the container.<\/p>\n \u201cThat second part is huge,\u201d Byers said. \u201cA product can say it has 500mg of something and have only twenty. Without certification, you don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n Those standards are expensive. They slow manufacturing, and force companies to scrap batches that fail testing. In 2024, they forced Momentous to make one of its most difficult decisions. The company discontinued Fadogiathe company millions. Inventory was dumped instead of sold through, subscriptions were canceled, and operations scrambled.<\/p>\n \u201cIt single-handedly made us not profitable for that year,\u201d Byers said.<\/p>\n The message, however, was clear. \u201cIf we kept it just to make money, Byers said, \u201cwe would have eroded trust.\u201d For advisors, partners, and teams who work with Momentous, that decision became proof of principle. Integrity wasn\u2019t just a talking point\u2014it was operational.<\/p>\n Arnold Schwarzenegger has partnered with several prominent brands in the health and fitness space. Very few do earn his trust.<\/p>\n Byers\u2019 relationship with Schwarzenegger developed slowly, long before contracts or campaigns were even discussed. Schwarzenegger and his team watched and observed whole Momentous operated. They watched the company make hard decisions, and prioritize quality when shortcuts were easier.<\/p>\n \u201cHe saw we were a high-trust brand in a low-trust category,\u201d Byers said.<\/p>\n What ultimately sealed the partnership was alignment. Schwarzenegger refused to promote products he did not personally use. Before the ink was put to a contract, Byers told a story of Schwarzenegger being on set for a shoot, and him crossing items off scripts, dictating what he would and would not say.<\/p>\n \u201cIf he didn\u2019t take it, he wouldn\u2019t talk about it,\u201d Byers said. That honesty shaped the<\/p>\n That same back-to-basics philosophy is also what led Momentous to expand beyond the traditional performance trio. While protein, creatine, and vitamin D form the foundation of the Arnold Stack, there was one essential Schwarzenegger had been using daily that the brand didn\u2019t yet offer: fiber.<\/p>\n For years, fiber has been one of the most overlooked components of performance nutrition<\/a>, often dismissed as a digestive concern rather than a performance one. Yet its role in gut health, metabolic function, inflammation management, and long-term cardiovascular health makes it a foundational addition for anyone training seriously over decades, not just seasons.<\/p>\n \u201cFiber is essential a macronutrient,\u201d Byers said. \u201cCan you get it from your diet? Yes. Is it hard to get it in doses that actually matter in modern life? Also yes.\u201d<\/p>\nJeff Byers Is Bringing Back Trust To Performance Nutrition<\/h2>\n
Why Is Trust Broken in the Supplement Industry?<\/h2>\n
The Momentous Standard<\/h2>\n
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<\/div>Why Arnold Schwarzenegger Partnered With Momentous<\/h2>\n