ElliottH19 wrote: »

In my opinion, supplement companies are great at making the consumer believe that they are getting what they pay for, but in all actuality, they bulk up their products with unnecessary fillers and ingredients. Then they'll put a fancy label on it and say " great pumps, insane energy, you can't train without it" lol
The FDA does not evaluate any supplements in the fitness industry. It's clearly marked on every supplement label you decide to buy. Therefore, they can claim it has several different vitamins, aminos, creatine monohydrate, and others in it, and actually lack a majority of what it claims. A lot of company's got caught under dosing their products and filling them with unnecessary filler ingredients. Since nothing is regulated, they can do what they want with a product because no ones looking over their shoulder with specific guide lines and mandatory qualifications. I personally make my own pre workout, which you only need 3 ingredients. Those 3 ingredients are in every pre-workout, yet when u look at that label, there's over 30 different things in it you can't pronounce. Sure sounds good hearing all those fancy "special matrix's" that will give u mind blowing energy and skin splitting pumps.... The ingredients I'm referring to are Creatine, L-Citrulline, and Beta alanine. That's it. I use 5g of creatine, 5g Beta alanine, and 8g of L-Citrulline.I also take an all natural caffeine pill for energy (200mg) with the everything...
Mix all three ingredients in a small cup with a teaspoon of Gatorade mix, and there's your pre workout. I buy all my ingredients from a place called bulksupplements.com. Everything is lab tested and approved through strict guideline standards. Research 'make your own pre workout.'You'll be surprised the money you save. The guarantee alone that you weighed and combined all the ingredients yourself, and everything is exactly what it's supposed to be, is all worth the little time and effort involved in assuring the process is correct.
Good Luck and Hope this helped:)

ElliottH19 wrote: »

In my opinion, supplement companies are great at making the consumer believe that they are getting what they pay for, but in all actuality, they bulk up their products with unnecessary fillers and ingredients. Then they'll put a fancy label on it and say " great pumps, insane energy, you can't train without it" lol
The FDA does not evaluate any supplements in the fitness industry. It's clearly marked on every supplement label you decide to buy. Therefore, they can claim it has several different vitamins, aminos, creatine monohydrate, and others in it, and actually lack a majority of what it claims. A lot of company's got caught under dosing their products and filling them with unnecessary filler ingredients. Since nothing is regulated, they can do what they want with a product because no ones looking over their shoulder with specific guide lines and mandatory qualifications. I personally make my own pre workout, which you only need 3 ingredients. Those 3 ingredients are in every pre-workout, yet when u look at that label, there's over 30 different things in it you can't pronounce. Sure sounds good hearing all those fancy "special matrix's" that will give u mind blowing energy and skin splitting pumps.... The ingredients I'm referring to are Creatine, L-Citrulline, and Beta alanine. That's it. I use 5g of creatine, 5g Beta alanine, and 8g of L-Citrulline.I also take an all natural caffeine pill for energy (200mg) with the everything...
Mix all three ingredients in a small cup with a teaspoon of Gatorade mix, and there's your pre workout. I buy all my ingredients from a place called bulksupplements.com. Everything is lab tested and approved through strict guideline standards. Research 'make your own pre workout.'You'll be surprised the money you save. The guarantee alone that you weighed and combined all the ingredients yourself, and everything is exactly what it's supposed to be, is all worth the little time and effort involved in assuring the process is correct.
Good Luck and Hope this helped:)