Subject: The top 5 stupidest supplements I've ever taken...
Ok, I'm not proud of this list...
... it dates back a good 25 years now...but these are the
5 STUPIDEST supplements I've been dumb enough to
take over the course of my training career (I had to stop
myself at only 5...;).
1. Boron
I fell
for this one in college. It was supposed to increase
testosterone levels, and they were offering a free bottle
when you paid $5 shipping...so naturally, I recruited 5
friends to each order a bottle for me so I could get a
bunch of it for cheap. Useless stuff. After the first bottle,
I just threw the rest of it away.
2. Hot
Stuff
One of
the first "shotgun" formulas on the market in the
early 90's. Their idea was to throw in everything that was
supposed to have any effect at all into one big jug and
hope for the best. Turned out it tasted like gasoline and
was basically expensive vitamin powder.
3. Liquid
Creatine
This stuff
was supposed to increase the absorption of
creatine into your body using liquid delivery. Nope. It
came in the form of foul-tasting orange goo and it
didn't get me any results at all (not even as good as
plain old creatine monohydrate).
Also, creatine
degrades fairly rapidly in liquid...the
company said they stabilized it with "proprietary
technology" but something tells me they were lying...
ah yes, common sense. That must be it.
4. Glandulars
Yep, powdered
organs. The idea with those is that
they're supposed to improve the function of the similar
organ in your body (i.e. powdered heart improves
your heart). Too bad I didn't start with powdered brain
on that one... ;)
5. Ephedrine/Caffeine/Aspirin
Ok, this
one was stupid not because it didn't work...(it did)...
it's because of HOW I used it and the side effects I got
from using it. I took it as a fat-burning supplement stack
(Dymetadrine 25 was the brand) and found it to be
effective for that.
The problem
was it KILLED my sleep...it would
sometimes take me hours to fall asleep, which is not
good when you're on limited food intake and training
harder because the supplements amped you up. I
stopped taking it well before ephedrine was banned.
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I've tried
a lot of other supplements over the years...some
good, some not so good...but those stand out as the
stupidest to me.
Now, if you're
interested in some actual GOOD
supplements, I'd highly recommend you check out
Blue Star Nutraceuticals.
They're one
of my most trusted supplemement companies...
great products, excellent quality and top-notch customer
service.
And best of
all, right now up until MIDNIGHT TONIGHT,
they're running a 50% off sale to celebrate the release
of
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I don't use
pre-workout supplements myself (I'm naturally
nuts ;), but the ingredients look very effective to me, and
the reviews from other people I trust have been excellent.
This 50% off
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it the perfect time stock up on a bunch of stuff or just try
them out to see if you like their products.
Just
use the code "PPK50" and get 50% off your supplement order
now!
Nick Nilsson
The "Mad Scientist of Muscle"
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