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Hey Gang!! I’m having a bit of a hectic week this week, so my good friend and fellow fitness fanatic Vaclav Gregor is gonna help me out today!!

Vaclav has some pretty important stuff to share with you here, so pay attention, ya hear?

Are you one of those people that has lofty goals for fat loss or muscle building and doesn’t mind spending money hand over fist on supplements in your quest for your perfect body?

Are they helping you reach your goals?

Are you sure?

Or is it all in your head (while it empties your wallet) ?

Have a look at what Vaclav has to say, cuz I’m here to tell you he’s BANG ON!

For those that didn’t know all this, it’s valuable info. For those of us who already know, it’s a timely reminder. Thanks Vaclav!

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Secrets of Supplement Companies Revealed
written by Vaclav Gregor, Muscle Pyramid

People in the fitness community (and especially guys) are obsessed with supplements.

Pre-workout, post-workout, fat-burner, creatine, BCAA, Gainer, etc etc.

They want to know if whey protein is better than casein protein or amino acids, they also want to know if creatine monohydrate is better than other types of creatine like ethyl ester or whatever.

Once I overheard one young bodybuilder saying that supplements are the most important thing in bodybuilding.

At that time I believed him.

Now I know that I made a mistake, which cost me a few hundred dollars spent on useless supplements.

And now I’m also aware of the fact that in that time the most important thing for this bodybuilder became his little friends called anabolic steroids.

I want you to learn from my mistakes.

Today I’m going to show you which supplements you should take and which not. I will also reveal to you from which three major ingredients 99% of all supplements are primarily made from. And  much more.

So let’s dive in.

How much money do they make by packaging protein?

If you walked into a supplement shop you will see dozens of products which you can choose from.

They will have amino acids, proteins, creatine supplements, N.O. supplements, pre and post workout supplements.

There will be different brands and different types of these supplements and after a while you will get lost among them. At least until the moment until some attractive girl or big guy starts explaining to you what exactly you “need” to get ripped and as a result you will walk away with hands full of supplements that you don’t even know what are they made from or when you should take them.

There was a survey I saw a couple of months ago. About 74% of all questioned guys declared that they spent about 2-3 times more money when they first visited the shop with supplements than they expected or wanted to. I’m not sure where I saw this report, but I think that the results are quite astonishing.

The supplement industry is truly one of the best businesses to be in. You can make a lot of money.

How much do you currently pay for supplements every month?

Is it 100 bucks, 200 bucks, or even more?

What do you get in return?

Do you really get results?

According to Natural Products Foundation the supplement industry contributes to the U.S economy more than 60 Billion dollars. I don’t think that anybody can even imagine how much money that is.

Just think for a while, how much money they make just by packaging protein and other stuff.

If you still think that supplements are magic pills that will give you 30 pounds of muscle, look at that figure again.

No matter what the claims tell you, you just can’t gain 30 pounds of pure muscle. Most natural bodybuilders won’t gain this amount of muscles in their whole life! So it’s really silly to believe that you can gain so much in just a couple of months.

The Three 60-Billion-Dollar Ingredients

If we take away vitamins and crap like fat burners you will be left with wide range of muscle building stimulants. They mostly consist of three key ingredients.

Those ingredients are: Protein, Caffeine and Creatine.

These are the “magic formula” ingredients. Everything else is just marketing hype.

Let me show you what I mean.

Here we have some N.O. supplement. I apologize, but of course I can’t say the name of the brand here.

First what should you expect from it?

Here are the benefits listed on the cover of this product:

So … Look at item #2 … “energizer” right? What do you think that it consists of?

You don’t have to guess here’s the list:

Arginine Alpha-Ketoglutarate, Creatine Monohydrate, Beta Alanine, Caffeine, 1,3-Dimethylamylamine (Geranium [Stem], Shizandrol A), Citric Acid, Natural Lemon-Lime Flavor, Acesulfame-K, Sucralose, Vegetable Stearate, Silicon Dioxide, Chlorophyll (For Coloring).

That’s right …

Creatine Monohydrate and Caffeine.

Do you really think that you get that energy from some Arginine Alpha-Ketoglutarate?

Of course not, you get it from the caffeine.

Wake up!

Supplement companies sell protein, creatine and caffeine.

If you they want to make a product that gives you more energy they just add caffeine into it.

And what about creatine?

This is the ingredient that you will find in every supplement that promotes muscle gain.

Why? Because it’s the only supplement that has ever been proven to work.

That’s right, there’s no scientific proof that protein helps with muscle growth.

That’s because protein is a macronutrient that is used as a building block for your muscle development. But it doesn’t make your muscle bigger by itself! You need to work out to make them bigger.

Once you are working out, the muscles start to develop, because they need to handle that stress next time you hit the gym. And here’s where the protein comes into game. However, this doesn’t mean that by extensive protein intake your muscles will be bigger, got it?

So when they are making supplements that claim to give you muscle growth, they just add creatine monohydrate and that’s it.

99% of supplements are useless.

The only thing you need is creatine monohydrate. 5-10 grams per day, but the rest of the 98% of the work you have to do is in the gym anyway.

If you don’t eat around 80 grams of protein per day you can choose to add in a protein supplement to your diet, but I don’t think that you really need to supplement protein.

Protein is almost in every food. Even broccoli consists of protein.  So, I wouldn’t worry about that one. Creatine should be enough, if you want to be sure, do the math. Just please don’t get tricked into some night proteins and other gimmicks.

Things that supplements and steroids have in common.

There’s something that you should know. That supplements are recommended and even promoted by people who are on drugs. The way it works is that the company hires somebody to promote their product; this could be a fitness model or a bodybuilder. However, there is one little problem with it and this one is crucial.

If you look at the claims you could easily end up thinking that they are promoting some drugs like steroids. Well, they are not; they promote simple things like protein and creatine.

Supplements are marketed like steroids and promoted by spokespeople who are actually on steroids. This is something that you won’t probably find in the bodybuilding & fitness magazines, right?

How the hell they can claim such a thing, when results like this can only be achieved with drugs? Answer is simple: there just is not enough regulation, so they can say whatever they like.

On the cover you will find a big muscular guy saying: “Buy this and you will look like me in 6 weeks”. Sure you will.

Example would be Christian Boeving. He was asked what he thinks about people that buy the supplements he promotes:

I think you get the picture now.

So this would be everything you need to know when you read statements like: “Proven by bodybuilders”.

If this scared you a little bit and now you are worrying if it’s even possible to gain muscles naturally, I can assure you it certainly is.

You just need to do the hard work in the gym and not expect to transform into a fitness model in 6 weeks by taking supplements.

Because there’s simply no magic pill that you can take to get in shape. At least not yet.

I wish you good luck with your fitness goals, work hard and stay consistent.

Vaclav Gregor
Founder, Muscle Pyramid

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Thanks Vaclav!! That was VERY informative, indeed. We appreciate you sharing your viewpoint and your knowledge.

If you liked what Vaclav had to say in this post, feel free to check out his own blog here: The Muscle Pyramid Blog

While You’re Here, Check Out the “Anabolic Cooking For Muscle Gain” Cookbook:

Have a fit, fun and fantastic day.
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