Sneaky “Muscle Supplement” Scams!
Ever wonder why that “miracle muscle builder” supplement that hoovered up last week’s paycheck didn’t perform as well as it did for the shredded dude in the magazine ad?
Were you just not working hard enough in the gym?
Are you just too much of a “hardgainer”?
Did you not click your heels 3 times?
That’s what some of the big supplement companies would like you to believe.
When in fact, it’s not YOU at all!
A recent review of the slick marketing tactics used by greedy bodybuilding supplement companies revealed some pretty scary tricks that you may have fallen for in the past.
Here are the Top 3 findings (and how you can be sure to NEVER get scammed again!):
1. “Proprietary Blends”
If the ingredient label on a supplement says “patent-pending” or “proprietary blend”, don’t buy it!
That’s scam-talk for “cheap worthless supplements we don’t want to tell you about!”
Companies can combine any simple compounds (whether they work or not) and submit them for a patent. Sounds “official”…but it’s a smoke screen!
2. “Pixie Dust”
Most supplements list “proven” active ingredients on their labels that CAN help you build more muscle and burn fat.
Unfortunately, most of them contain so LITTLE of the actual ingredient that they will literally have NO EFFECT on your body unless you take expensive MEGA-DOSES!
Usually the language that’s used is something like, “…contains an ingredient proven to blah, blah, blah…”
“Contains” = “Sucker” Don’t be one.
3. Scientific Jargon
We’re conditioned to accept medicines as having a powerful effect on our body.
That’s why supplement companies will use the latin or scientific name for a compound on the ingredients label to jack up the price for something that costs just pennies to produce.
In fact, I found one expensive “advanced” supplement that was using the long scientific name for plain old creatine…and charging a small fortune for it.
In another testosterone-boosting supplement, the manufacturers used the scientific name for (get this…) black tea leaves!
The bottle cost nearly $60 and it was filled with nothing more than ground up black tea leaves with its latin name!
Makes you want to give up on supplements, doesn’t it?
Well that would actually be a HUGE mistake!
Despite these supplement scams, I’m still a big fan of supplements.
That’s why I wrote an entire guide on how to actually make your own supplements (www.MakeYourOwnSupplements.com) that work even better than expensive store brands and saves you a ton!
Of course you need to have a kickass training program to stimulate muscle growth.
And you know you need to feed that muscle to make it grow, right?
Well the fact is, there ARE some great supplements that can show you faster results in the mirror.
Feel free to share you personal favorites below!
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Some supplements can work pretty well, but the most important thing is to not rely on them. I’ve always made plenty of progress by just working hard, and eating a decent amount of protein. Focus on your workouts, and progress will come. If you are a ‘hardgainer,’ then you might want to try protein supplements, creatine, glutamine, and perhaps fish oil. If you’re really into the idea of getting huge, pre-workout drinks like NO Xplod work pretty well, but I’m not sure they qualify as being actually good for you. I think the problem most people have is not that they aren’t taking the right supplements, but that they are not pushing themselves hard enough.
i love this article ive tried just about every supplement on the main stream market and nothing works better than good old fashioned NUTRITION.… no matter what you take you only get out what you put in and if you arent fueling your body right and replenishing it then ur just gonna waste your money and time, if you arent packin clean calories your not gonna pack on tha muscle and if you arent pushing yourself in tha gym or even with sandbags logs sledgehammers tires watever you got then ur not gonna burn tha fat ive personally tried eating whatever i wanted IN MODERATION hitting the same approx caloric intake as if im cutting and i still burn fat its not some miracle fat burner thats gonna trim those love handles its instead of taking a nap how bout a lil 200–300 push ups mid day or when tha platoon does self PT instead of goin back ta sleep how bout hittin tha gym or at least push up pull up pyramids even when its cold and windy lol you got tha barracks room you got chairs and a ILBE pack and a flak be freakin creative its all about what you make it to be i never do the same workout twice its always something new something different because i love finding new ways ta feel tha burn new ways ta get that next day sourness if you wanna be the best or at least become better you gotta get up and get out instead of xbox try standing and playing and every ten ta fifteen minutes do a couple sets or 3 of 50 pushups and before you know it youve knocked out 500 in a day its easy sounds like alot but if you think 100 pushups every couple hours you could hit 1000 easy SEALS do it everyday they arent super human they just push themselves the guy that runs the 16minute three mile is no better than you he just puts his body threw more pain than you
LOL @ this guy writing this telling you how you’re all getting scammed by buying supplements…just so he could sell you an e-book about how to make your own supplements. If he’s so concerned with military families getting scammed out of your hard earned and well deserved paychecks why didn’t he give you the info for free?
There are places like custom capsule where you can go and design your own supplements. You build it, they put it together. Your own custom blend of ingredients in the amounts you want. That’s probably the best way to build your own supplement. Otherwise you’d have to go and buy pounds of raw materials yourself and spend thousands. Then what? Are you going to make hundreds of bottles? Sell them on ebay?
Jeff Anderson is just another guy like the guys making supplements that he’s calling scammers. He’s just out there trying to sell something that’s probably not useful to many of his customers.
There’s alotta pills to take when doing an Anabolic Stack…but don’t dispare! They pair up easy, and you can take em in 2s. My favorite Anabolic Stack is from the Dr Max Powers brand. You do notice a boost of energy from this, nothing major but more of an alert feeling. Which is great.
You can find online — Dr Max Powers The Anabolic Stack — ithas everything you need… EVERYTHING. has amino acids, liver support, and yer standard vitamins all in large quantities. Obviously built for someone serious about performance.
The price is OK. About $60, but for 30 paks its about right. I’d gladly pay more, but I am a college student.
GET YOURS!!!!
I just purchased two bottles of Close Combat Nutrition, labeled SUPER SOLDIER for $72.
I looked on the internet for negative results and found nothing that helped at all. I’ve decided to continue my good diet, a multivitamin, mineral pils, and vitamin C, and not use the recent purchase.
What is your opinion of the above product?
So I used to be a salesman for a supplement company and used a lot of different fat burners, None come close to the Dr Max Powers Anabolic Stack.
I love how much energy I get from these capsules and in all honesty they work for too long if anything, I’m often really energetic an hour after workout when I take these. I don’t feel like I crash when I take this supplement but to tell you the truth I really don’t use my fat burner to stay awake.
I would rate this as follows:
Energy 9/10
Fat burning 10/10
focus 9/10
how it is on my stomach 9/10 (It does not make me sick like some other products out there.