Well....We all know it doesn't have to make sense in order to make dollars-and-cents, and nobody knows this better than big supplement companies like BSN and Muscle Tech. These guys pull in billions of dollars every year by selling you bullshit that doesn't work. It's the biggest con-game since religion, and it amazes me how many people line up to eagerly throw money at these maggots.
First off, I'm not saying every supplement is worthless...there are some that do what they were intended, but none...I repeat, NONE of them build muscle or strength. I'm not talking about protein powders---I consider them more of a food than a supplement. I'm talking about all the little bottles of shit kept in the glass case at Vitamin world, and packaged in boxes that look pharma, and given names that sound pharma. For example, Muscle Tech recently came out with a new product called (what else) "T-Bol", that they claim will raise your natural T-levels through the roof. BULLSHIT-----TOTAL BULLSHIT, and if these guys were in any other line of work aside from the unregulated supplement industry, there is no way they could possibly get away with this. The government turns a blind eye to it because they make big bucks from the tax revenue all of you are kind enough to generate by patronizing these liars.
The last thing BSN or Muscle Tech want to do is learn the truth about steroids, because if that happens, it's game-over for them.
There is not ONE SINGLE supplement that has been proven to build strength or mass---not one. All of these Test boosters...the drinks, the pills etc.. are a SCAM, and if you were to ask any bobybuilder in private if he really takes the shit he gets paid to endorse, the answer would be something like..."FUCK NO!! HAVE YOU LOST YOU FUCKING MIND??? MY LIVER AND KIDNEYS ARE UNDER ENOUGH STRESS WITHOUT LOADING THEM UP WITH THIS WORTHLESS DOGSHIT"... Nobody knows that better than Christian Boeving, who appeared in the documentary "Bigger Faster Stronger", and was fired by Muscle Tech after letting it slip that he didn't get his body just by using Hydroxycut....ANOTHER worthless product that tugs at the emotions of fat girls without prom dates and middle-aged men looking for a second youth.
"But Goth, you can't tell me creatine doesn't work....I gained 11 pounds and my bench went up by 20 pounds after I bought that jug of Cell Tech".
No it didn't. Adding water and adding muscle to your frame are two different things, and anytime water is introduced to interstitial tissue (muscle), you are going to be a little stronger. But saying you gained real strength is like saying you're 30 pounds stronger on your bench press because you put on a bench shirt...or 75 pounds stronger on your squat because you're wearing a squat suit. Stop taking your creatine, and watch how your arms deflate like my wallet in a strip club.
The guys who pay good money for this worthless crap are the same guys who do everything they're told...obey the speed limit, wear your seatbelt, don't have sex before marriage, etc... OR, they're guys who are too stupid to open their eyes and find products that really work.
I use N.O. Xplode...NOT because I believe what the label says, but because it's a great energy booster for me. Then again, so is whiskey. But that wasn't working out very well after several dropped dumbbells to the forehead. But at least with Whiskey and steroids, I know what I'm getting....Supplement companies can sell you anything they want, and there is nothing you can do about it.
Do yourself a favor and stay away from GNC...they are not your friend. They don't care about you, and if they attempt to get you try supplements, JUST SAY NO, and run as fast as you can.