Meet your coach

I'm Benjamin Jones. I was born and raised on a farm in rural South Mississippi, and I still live here with my wife and our two children.

Fitness has been my work and my passion for more than a decade. I have been a competitive bodybuilder since 2015 and have competed on local and national stages. I have worked as a personal trainer and coach since 2018. In the summer of 2020 I decided to take my education to the next level and went on to earn a B.S. in Kinesiology, with a focus on exercise science and a minor in chemistry, from the University of Southern Mississippi. I completed my capstone with a cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation internship in the summer of 2022 and graduated cum laude in May 2023. That August I continued my education at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, where I earned an M.S. in Biomedical Sciences to deepen my knowledge of human physiology, anatomy, biochemistry and pharmacology.

I started Home Route Health to address a lack of access. I believe a gym or fitness facility is something every community needs, so the people who live there can improve their health and well-being, and many rural communities do not have one close by. I have experienced this throughout my life. When the nearest gym is 25 minutes away, every workout means 50 minutes of driving, and with an hour in the gym on top of that, nearly the whole afternoon is gone. Most people cannot make that work. They have full-time jobs, families to raise and households to maintain.

The burden is heavier still in rural areas, which often lack access to healthcare, have food deserts, and have historically been underserved when it comes to resources in general. When the drive to a gym is 20 to 50 minutes each way, it is hard to make time for it with real responsibilities waiting at home.

So I created Home Route Health to bring at-home personal training and online health coaching directly to where people live. You do not have to give up a large part of your day to improve your health, and you get direct coaching on how to do it as efficiently as possible. I have spent my entire adult life learning about the human body and how to improve its health. This is my way of passing that knowledge on and making a difference in the lives of the people in my community.

I come to you, or I coach you online. Either way, we work together each week to get you into the best shape you can be in, so you can be the best version of yourself for the people around you.