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BCAAs CHEAT SHEET

Branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) can help improve performance, recovery, muscle growth and even fat loss. These tips can help you get the most out of each of our formulas.

BEST BCAA™

TAKE DURING OR AFTER YOUR WORKOUT*† PREVENT MUSCLE BREAKDOWN*† SUPPORT LEAN MUSCLE GROWTH*† OPTIMIZE RECOVERY*†

BEST BCAA SHREDDED ™ TAKE BEFORE FASTED CARDIO*† BURN FAT FOR FUEL*† PREVENT MUSCLE BREAKDOWN*†

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Sixteen years ago NutraBio®revolutionized the supplement industry by committing to no proprietary blends, no fillers, and full therapeutic dosages: a promise every athlete deserves, but not every supplement company provides. Now, we’re raising the bar again with CheckMySupps.com which gives you instant access to thirdparty lab results of our supplements. Feel the difference that honest, transparent, fully loaded supplements will make in your training.

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CONTENTS

11 PROTEIN POWDERS 25 RTDs 29 HEALTHY EATING

28, HE 34 AD , 41 LIN , 47 E , 49 MO , 57 VE , 59 S: , 67 , 69 , 85

35 AMINO ACIDS 39 WEIGHT MANAGEMENT 53 MUSCLE & STRENGTH 63 PREWORKOUT 73 INTRAWORKOUT/ POSTWORKOUT 79 FUNCTIONAL FITNESS 87 HEALTH & WELLNESS 98 INDEX

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DISCLAIMER: MUSCLE & PERFORMANCE is an Active Interest Media publication. AIM, as publisher, does not endorse and makes no representation, warranty or guarantee concerning the safety or effectiveness of either the products and services advertised in this magazine or the weightlifting or other techniques discussed or illustrated in this magazine. The publisher expressly disclaims any and all liability relating to the manufacture, sale or use of such products and services and the application of the exercises discussed or illustrated in this magazine. The purchase or use of some of the products, services or techniques advertised or discussed in this magazine may be illegal in some areas of the United States or other countries. Therefore, you should check federal, state and local laws prior to your purchase or use of these products, services or techniques. The publisher makes no representation or warranty concerning the legality of the purchase or use of these products, services and techniques in the United States or elsewhere. Because of the nature of some of the products, services and techniques advertised or discussed in this magazine, you should consult a physician before using these products or services or applying these exercise techniques.

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PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT Whether your aim is to build a monster-size physique or to get toned, you’re not going to get there via just a gym or hardcore box routine. You’re only going to reach your goal by an integrated program of nutrition — which includes supplementation — and training.

In this 2018 rendition of the Muscle & Performance Supplement Guide, with its descriptions of hundreds of supplements, you’ll find a great partner to help you achieve your fitness objectives. Building muscle, adding strength, managing your weight, attaining greater levels of endurance, recovering faster from grueling workouts — whatever your purpose in picking up this guide, you’ll discover the right supplement for it here.

Since we know that supplements and good nutrition are just half the battle, we’ve included training articles and accompanying visuals. These are must-do moves for building a better back, for constructing a bigger chest, for capping off your shoulders and more. M&P has not only singled out our favorite standard exercises but also added a novice, easier version for people who are new to this.

With this Supplement Guide as your partner, you have no excuses, whatever your skill level — go out and create a better you!

— VICKI BAKER SPECIAL PROJECTS EDITOR

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NO HORMONES. NO SWEETENERS. NO HORMONES. NO SWEETENERS. NO ARTIFICIAL COLORS OR FLAVORS. NO COLORS OR FLAVORS. NO ARTIFICIAL BANNED SUBSTANCES. EVER. NO BANNED SUBSTANCES. EVER. WITH 25G OF PROTEIN AND 5.3G OF BCAAs, WITH 25G OF PROTEIN ANDISOLATE 5.3G OFIS BCAAs, NATURAL WHEY PROTEIN PERFECT FOR NATURAL WHEY PROTEIN ISOLATE IS PERFECT FOR ATHLETES AT EVERY LEVEL LOOKING TO PACK ON

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CHAPTER ONE

PROTEIN POWDERS You are protein. It provides structure to all the cells in your body and then helps them all work.

Maintaining and repairing the 50,000 different types of proteins in your body, including enzymes, hormones, antibodies and hemoglobin, requires a constant stream of amino acids, which are derived from the protein you eat. If you don’t get enough, your body will steal aminos from the protein stored in your muscles. If your object is to maintain or build muscle, getting sufficient protein is job one. Today’s shelves carry an abundance of choices for carnivores and vegetarians, and with myriad body-shaping goals in mind.

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PROTEIN POWDERS ANABOLIC BLENDS

Beast Sports Nutrition Protein

Beast’s Protein is the ultimate fuel to help add muscle and increase strength. It features five highquality proteins: whey protein concentrate, whey protein isolate, whey protein hydrolysate, micellar casein and egg white albumin.

The powerful formula aids new muscle growth, increases lean muscle and maximizes strength — the only protein capable of building a beast.

BONE BROTH

EGG

PLANT-BASED

Kaged Muscle Re-Kaged Anabolic

Ancient Nutrition Bone Broth Protein

Healthy ‘N Fit 100% Egg Protein

Amazing Grass Protein Superfood

Designer Protein Organic Pro 30

Garden of Life Raw Meal

MusclePharm Organic Protein

Sunwarrior Classic Plus

Re-Kaged is a postworkout formulated with fermented glutamine and whey protein isolate to support maximum muscle repair, plus ProHydrolase, which helps break down the protein into smaller, more readily digested particles.

The formula also contains BetaPower for hydration and improved exercise performance.

Re-Kaged contains no artificial colors or flavors, and it’s free of banned substances as proved by third-party testing.

Bone Broth Protein “pure” flavor mixes seamlessly in water, juice, smoothies or recipes. Its 20 grams of protein per serving supply 19 amino acids.

The formula offers joint support in the form of collagen, glucosamine, chondroitin and hyaluronic acid. Flavored versions are also available.

From Healthy ‘N Fit, a proven leader in eggprotein technologies, 100% Egg Protein is superior to whey and other proteins in virtually all quality and effectiveness tests for protein. It’s a pure, clean protein with no artificial ingredients and no fillers.

This organic, all-in-one plant-based protein offers the added benefits of farm-fresh greens and nutrientdense fruits and veggies. The Protein Superfood formula promotes lean muscle, aids digestion and satisfies hunger. A serving provides 20 grams of complete protein and two full servings of fruits and veggies.

PLANT-BASED

Designer Protein Essential 10 Meal Replacement

The 100 percent plantbased protein blend in Essential 10 Meal Replacement includes pea protein and organic sprouted rice protein. Essential 10 provides the antioxidant equivalent of 10 servings of fruits and veggies, plus 22 grams of protein per serving.

Use it as a snack or to replace a meal, to satisfy hunger or to help manage your weight.

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If you want 30 grams of certified USDA Organic, non-GMO pea protein and organic sprouted rice protein, look no further than Organic Pro 30. The formula offers more than 6,000 milligrams of branchedchain amino acids, plus 5,600 milligrams of glutamine for protein synthesis. And it contains natural enzymes to support protein digestion and absorption, as well as plant-based nutrients, such as curcumin, to aid postworkout recovery.

Raw Meal’s vegan, high-quality protein — 34 grams per serving — is derived from raw organic sprouts.

The formula includes live probiotics and enzymes, fat-soluble vitamins, and nutrients such as betaglucans, glutathione and CoQ10 for overall health and vitality.

Organic Protein is designed for athletes and other savvy consumers looking for an organic alternative to traditional protein powders to support performance and a healthy lifestyle. Its formula offers 25 grams of protein per serving, sourced from pea protein isolate and a specialized form of quinoa.

Plant-based and powerful, Classic Plus gives you that superfood extra you want out of your protein: It builds on rice protein by adding peas, chia seeds, quinoa and amaranth.

You’ll love the way it tastes, but it’s a “Plus” for the way it makes you feel.

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LS. RELIES ON ISO100® TO CRUSH HIS CRAVINGS RELIES ON AND HIS GOALS. REL Mr. Mr. Olympia Classic Physique Competitor & IFBB Pro

ISO100®. THE PROTEIN FOR A NEW YOU. Fast-digesting, hydrolyzed, award-winning, 100% Whey Protein Isolate with 0g of lactose. Available in tons of flavors and developed with studied amounts of protein and BCAAs per serving.

Crushing your goals has never been tastier!

TYPICAL AMOUNTS PER SERVING

PROTEIN

BCAAs

LEUCINE

SUGAR

25 g 5.5 g 2.7 g <1 g

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PROTEIN POWDERS PLANT-BASED

Sunwarrior Classic Protein

Simple nutrition for all eco-warriors, Classic relies on only one source for its protein — whole-grain brown rice. It’s gentle in the ways you need it to be while stacking up to the competition where it matters most — with all the amino acids your body craves.

Sunwarrior Warrior Blend

Warrior Blend fuses the power of superfood proteins into one smooth, great-tasting protein that multiplies the benefits of each.

Medium-chain triglycerides from coconut oil enhance exercise recovery and energy levels to create the perfect blend for any active lifestyle.

The Natural Citizen Organic Protein Here’s a protein product that’s uniquely simple, unflavored and unsweetened. Organic Protein contains only four real food ingredients, but it delivers 15 grams of vegan protein along with fiber, omega fatty acids (the good fats) and a full aminoacid profile for building lean muscle.

Vega One

Made from whole-food ingredients, Vega One has everything you need for good nutritional support, all in one delicious scoop.

With 20 grams of protein, six servings of greens, vitamins, minerals and more, Vega One gives you the nutritional confidence to do more, better.

Ascent Protein Native Fuel Micellar Casein

Casein is a slowdigesting protein, perfect for your muscles to feed on overnight.

Ascent’s Micellar Casein is that and so much more — it’s low in carbs and fat and with zero sugar. It’s just the right leanmuscle-making supplement to take before bedtime.

SUSTAINED-RELEASE BLENDS

BodyTech Micellar Casein

Casein is an anticatabolic milk protein that’s absorbed slowly, providing extended release of musclebuilding amino acids.

This helps prevent postworkout muscle breakdown and protects hard-earned gains in strength and size. The formula in Micellar Casein is enhanced with Aminogen, an enzyme that helps your body break down and absorb protein.

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BSN Syntha-6

An ultra-premium protein blend with a great taste to match, Syntha-6 provides 22 grams of protein per serving. It’s the go-to multifunctional protein supplement for serious athletes with active lifestyles.

BSN Syntha-6 Edge

Syntha-6 Edge offers an amazing milkshakelike texture as well as premium proteins. As a cutting-edge product in taste and nutrition, a serving has 24 grams of protein and 150 calories to help support lean muscle growth and recovery, with only 6 grams of carbs and 3.5 grams of fat.

BSN Syntha-6 Isolate

Syntha-6 Isolate is an ultra-premium protein supplement with a unique 50-50 blend of whey and milk-protein isolates to help support maximum muscle growth. Packed with 25 grams of protein, each serving combines fast- and slow-digesting protein sources and the same delicious taste as Syntha-6, making an ideal postworkout recovery shake.

Dymatize Elite Casein

During extended periods without protein (between meals or when you’re asleep), your muscles still need to be fed to help avoid muscle protein breakdown.

Elite Casein delivers a slow, steady stream of 25 grams of 100 percent micellar casein for muscle building and recovery. Its 5 grams of branched-chain amino acids include 2 grams of L-leucine, which is directly involved in optimizing muscle protein synthesis.

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PROTEIN POWDERS SUSTAINED-RELEASE BLENDS

Dymatize ISO100

ISO100 has what your body needs to build and repair muscle faster.

Each serving delivers 25 grams of pure and fastdigesting hydrolyzed 100 percent whey protein isolate, 5.5 grams of branched-chain amino acids with 2.7 grams of leucine, and not much of anything else. It is free of gluten and lactose, with only 1 gram or less of sugar and fat. It’s ideal to use throughout the day, such as early morning to stop catabolism or postworkout to aid in muscle recovery.

Kaged Muscle Kasein

The filtration method used to make Kasein preserves the fundamental integrity of the protein, ensuring that the finished product retains the natural micellar structure found in milk. The sustained release of amino acids makes Kaged Muscle Kasein ideal for use as a nighttime meal or at times during the day when you don’t have access to proteinrich meals.

Nubreed Nutrition Myoblast

Nubreed Nutrition created Myoblast with the goal of making a great-tasting protein blend for athletes. Four fast- and slow-digesting proteins give you timereleased protein, and the MyoSorb enzyme complex ensures maximum digestion and absorption.

Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard 100% Casein

PEScience Select Vegan Protein

BSN True-Mass

Dymatize Elite Mass

Gold Standard 100% Casein — all-micellar casein — provides 24 grams of slowly digesting protein in each serving and delivers branched-chain amino acids to recovering muscles for up to eight hours. Each greattasting flavor mixes up rich and thick like an ice cream milkshake.

Select Vegan Protein uses a blend of two top-quality sources of plant proteins: peas and rice. The combination results in an amino-acid profile that’s close to that of dairy and egg proteins.

Select Vegan Protein contains no fillers or fluff, just six or seven perfectly formulated ingredients depending on the flavor.

WEIGHT GAINERS

Rivalus Promasil

The precise combination of seven high-quality fast- and slow-digesting proteins means maximum nutrient absorption over time with minimal waste, which is crucial for athletic bodies. The isolate-rich, multistage blend contains no banned substances.

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Betancourt Nutrition Lean Gainz

The unique formula in Lean Gainz, with 18 amino acids, was designed to help you put lean muscle on your frame. But this weight gainer also has specialized ModCarb and Carb 10 complexes to help you add weight with healthy carbs that won’t cause a sugar crash.

BodyTech Prime Mass

To achieve your weightgaining goals, it is important to fuel your body with enough calories and protein. Each serving of Prime Mass provides 55 grams of high-quality protein from whey and casein, 225 grams of energyproducing simple and complex carbohydrates, 24 vitamins and minerals, plus medium-chain triglycerides to help you reach your goals.

True-Mass lean mass gainer serves up 50 grams of protein and 90 grams of carbohydrates. This approximately 2:1 ratio of workout-fueling carbohydrates to muscle-building protein amounts to 700 calories to fuel recovery from heavy training.

Pack on maximum lean mass and recover from intense workouts with Elite Mass. Its cuttingedge formula delivers 600 calories, 55 grams of a quality protein blend, complex carbohydrates and good fats, plus glutamine, creatine, branched-chain amino acids, and a comprehensive vitamin and mineral blend — everything you need to gain muscle, put on size and recover faster from strenuous workouts.

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PROTEIN POWDERS WEIGHT GAINERS

Dymatize Super Mass Gainer

For people who have faster metabolisms or are constantly on the go, it is difficult to get the added calories and protein needed for muscle growth.

That’s when Super Mass Gainer comes in.

Each serving is packed with 1,300 calories, 52 grams of protein and 17 grams of branchedchain amino acids so you can put on the muscle and mass you want, faster.

Healthy ‘N Fit Anabolic Muscle

The protein content, high calories from protein and four products in one make Anabolic Muscle a superior weight gainer. The formula contains 7,000 milligrams per serving of a specialized Advanced Anabolics matrix for muscle and strength gains, plus a maximum-strength postworkout recovery formula and no artificial flavors or colors.

Healthy ‘N Fit Muscular Weight Gain

Only protein builds muscle, and Muscular Weight Gain has 60 grams of quick- and extended-release protein in a 135-gram serving. The formula also features 5 grams of creatine per serving, plus L-glutamine and ribose. Use it to build muscle and gain strength, and for postworkout recovery.

MHP Up Your Mass

Up Your Mass is loaded with 62 grams of quality protein, superior complex carbohydrates from oats and barley, branched-chain amino acids, glutamine, essential fatty acids and medium-chain triglycerides. It can help you pack on as much as 16 pounds of muscle in five weeks.

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Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard Gainer

Gold Standard Gainer is built on a foundation of 55 grams of protein, mostly from isolate sources, and 112 grams of a carbohydrate blend from oats, peas and potatoes.

It’s easy to mix up in a shaker cup.

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MuscleTech Mass-Tech

Designed for athletes looking to add size or strength, Mass-Tech provides 80 grams of fast-, medium- and slow-digesting proteins and 1,170 calories when mixed with 2 cups of skim milk. The powerful Mass-Tech formula is derived from high-quality protein sources and quickly digested carbohydrates, as well as specialized fats providing energy-dense calories.

WHEY

Optimum Nutrition Pro Gainer

Each 650-calorie serving of Pro Gainer is packed with 60 grams of muscle-building protein along with 85 grams of carbohydrates for energy, plus 24 vitamins and minerals.

It’s the postworkout formula for those who demand more.

Optimum Nutrition Serious Mass

Each 1,250-calorie serving of Serious Mass, Optimum Nutrition’s high-calorie weight-gain formula, gives you 50 grams of protein, more than 250 grams of carbohydrates, and added glutamine and creatine, plus 25 vitamins and minerals. Develop your physique to the fullest.

Rivalus Clean Gainer

Those who want to gain size can look to Clean Gainer for its quality mass-building protein, low-glycemic carbs and healthy, natural fats.

It supports the needs of athletes and any competitor’s desire for a healthy diet with clean calories. Plus, with no banned substances in the formula, you’ve got a massive winner.

Ascent Protein Native Fuel Whey

Native Fuel Whey is the new benchmark in protein purity. Native whey is minimally processed protein, filtered directly from high-quality milk. It also has higher levels of naturally occurring leucine, a key amino acid for stimulating muscle protein synthesis. With 25 grams of protein per scoop, it includes 5.7 grams of branchedchain amino acids.

WHEY

BodyTech Whey Isolate

Fuel muscle development and achieve impressive gains in size and strength with BodyTechâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Whey Protein Isolate. One serving gives you 25 grams of protein and provides all the essential amino acids, including the branched-chain amino acids that are crucial to muscle growth. Use it after exercise to promote lean muscle gains and support recovery.

BodyTech Whey Tech Pro 24

Whey Tech Pro 24 has a potent combination of high-quality whey protein isolates, concentrates and peptides is specifically engineered to provide the building blocks you need to develop lean muscle.

Its 24 grams of whey protein per serving has a high biological value and high concentration of branched-chain amino acids.

BPI Sports Best Protein

BPI Sports Whey HD

Best Protein is the best combination of quality, taste and value. Every mouthwatering flavor of this 100 percent whey protein blend helps build lean muscle, promotes recovery and supports strength.

Help your body refuel, repair and rebuild your muscles with this ultra-premium, multifunctional whey protein powder. Every scoop provides 25 grams of protein with zero fillers or maltodextrin.

Designer Protein Designer Whey Organic Meal

Dymatize Elite 100% Whey

Designer Protein Designer Whey Advanced Grass Fed 100% Whey Protein

One serving of Designer Whey Advanced Grass Fed 100% Whey Protein gives you 25 grams of grass-fed, GMO-free whey protein concentrate and grass-fed, GMO-free whey protein isolate. Its premium whey is free of artificial growth hormones and antibiotics and has 50 times more whey isolate than regular Designer Whey.

WHEY

Designer Protein Designer Whey Native Whey Isolate

Native Whey Isolate is cold-filtered from milk without denaturation of critical whey peptides typically found in regular whey protein isolates.

With added free-form branched-chain amino acids, plus glutamine to aid transport of leucine into muscle cells, Native Whey Isolate triggers protein synthesis for increased muscle mass.

It offers 32 grams of protein per serving.

Designer Protein Designer Whey Natural 100% Whey Protein

Designer Whey Natural is made with premium whey from milk free of artificial growth hormones and antibiotics, with the full spectrum of peptides, added glutamine, leucine, taurine and phenylalanine. It also gives you 100 percent of the daily value of important B vitamins to support fitness and dietary goals.

One hundred percent whey protein plus ground oats yields an easy-to-make, highfiber meal replacement.

The formula contains probiotics, digestive enzymes, and 23 vitamins and minerals.

The protein is derived from premium milk free of artificial growth hormones and artificial antibiotics.

Elite 100% Whey is packed with 25 grams of fast-absorbing 100 percent whey protein per serving, delivering 5.5 grams of branchedchain amino acids, including 2.7 grams of leucine, the BCAA directly involved in optimizing muscle protein synthesis. Elite 100% is the perfect anytime protein, whether you are preparing for a hard workout, recovering from intense training or trying to increase your protein intake.

Garden of Life Organic Grass Fed Whey

Irelandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unique climate provides lush, nutritious grass all year-round to cows that live in their natural outdoor habitat, roaming and feeding in green pastures. The result is that Organic Grass Fed Whey is antibiotic-free. It is coldprocessed and microfiltered, and it also gives you 21 grams of protein per serving.

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PROTEIN POWDERS WHEY

Healthy ‘N Fit 100% Whey Pro-Amino

Highly effective 100% Whey Pro-Amino is a whey isolate and hydrolysate with the added benefits of peptides and protein fractions and a specialized amino matrix for even quicker and more efficient delivery of amino acids to growing muscles. The formula provides 45 grams of protein/aminos per serving.

Inner Armour Isolate Zero

Isolate Zero packs an impressive 20 grams of premium whey isolate protein per serving with an unbelievable light texture and amazing flavor. Zero fat, zero sugar, zero lactose and low carbs make Isolate Zero the perfect all-day protein to satisfy an athlete’s hydration and protein requirements.

It’s perfect for low-carb, low-calorie lifestyles.

Inner Armour Nitro Peak

Nitro Peak is loaded with the fastestabsorbing form of whey protein — whey protein hydrolysate. Hydrolysates get broken down and absorbed by muscles quickly, raising amino levels and promoting muscle building. Nitro Peak is formulated with the lean-and-fit muscular athlete in mind.

MusclePharm Combat 100% Isolate

MusclePharm Grass-Fed Whey

NutraBio 100% Whey Protein Isolate

Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard 100% Whey

After an intense workout, your muscles are starved for nutrients and needs them fast.

Combat 100% Isolate is scientifically engineered to deliver a whopping 24 grams of 100 percent whey isolate protein per 27-gram serving. That’s high-quality protein with no added fillers, delivering an ultra-premium, clean formula that contains zero fat, carbohydrates and sugar.

Grass-Fed Whey begins with cows that are fed a natural grass diet year-round. The protein is then carefully extracted from the fresh milk using cold cross-flow microfiltration technology to remove unwanted fat, cholesterol and lactose.

The result is 25 grams per serving of pure, delicious protein with no artificial flavors, colors or sweeteners.

WHEY

MuscleTech Nitro-Tech 100% Whey Gold

Nitro-Tech 100% Whey Gold features highquality whey peptides for a powerful insulin spike and better amino uptake. Every scoop delivers 24 grams of protein, 5.5 grams of branched-chain amino acids and 4 grams of glutamine and its precursor. Try the exclusive chocolate caramel brownie flavor, only available to Vitamin Shoppe customers.

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MuscleTech Nitro-Tech

Every scoop of NitroTech delivers 30 grams of premium protein, primarily from whey peptides and isolate.

This powerful formula includes 6.8 grams of branched-chain amino acids plus 3 grams of creatine, which has been scientifically shown to help increase muscle strength by 18.6 percent.

NutraBio Muscle Matrix Protein

A serving of Muscle Matrix Protein contains 25 grams of pure, complete protein derived from two different milk sources that your body digests and absorbs at different rates. The formula will ignite muscle protein synthesis and keep amino-acid levels elevated for hours, and it will also provide the perfect anabolic state for maximizing muscle growth and repair.

NutraBio 100% Whey Protein Isolate is designed to provide 25 grams per serving of clean, pure protein derived solely from whey protein isolate.

The formula supports muscle protein synthesis, promotes optimal nitrogen retention, and accelerates muscle growth and repair.

NutraBio 100% Whey Protein Isolate contains no whey concentrate or proprietary blends.

Each serving of topselling Gold Standard 100% Whey packs 24 grams of all-whey protein and 5.5 grams of naturally occurring branched-chain amino acids. The formula is instantized to mix effortlessly into cold water or milk, and it is available in several tasty flavors.

Egg Protein –

Protein Source There are five commonly used scientific ways of rating the quality of a protein source.

Egg Protein ranks highest in 4 of 5 scales.

N.P.U. (Net Protein Utilization): Egg Protein has the highest N.P.U. of all protein sources.

Chemical Score: Egg Protein has the highest Chemical Score and is used as the standard by which all other proteins are judged for their chemical score.

PDCAAS (Protein Digestibility Corrected Amino Acid Score): Egg Protein, along with other high quality proteins such as whey, has the highest possible PDCAAS rating of 1.

P.E.R. (Protein Efficiency Ratio): Egg Protein is considered to have the highest Protein Efficiency Ratio.

BV (Biological Value): Egg Protein has the second highest BV of all proteins. Whey has the highest BV, though the BV of Egg Protein being 100 shows how well absorbed and utilized it is.

Egg Protein has long been considered to be the standard for protein quality, with its excellent amino acid profile and nearly perfect bioavailability. Healthy ‘N Fit’s 100% Egg Protein uses only pure egg albumen to yield a clean protein which contains no sugar, fat, cholesterol, carbs, or lactose*. The chickens our eggs come from are not given hormones (in compliance with USDA regulations for all eggs).

What makes Healthy ‘N Fit’s 100% Egg Protein different from other egg protein products?

• Our 100% Egg Protein is all natural – free from artificial flavors, artificial sweeteners, and artifical colors.

• Our 100% Egg Protein contains no added fillers, starches, carbohydrates, fats, oils, sugars, sugar alcohols, milk proteins, gluten, gums, or salt.

• Ours was the first and original. We introduced the first 100% Egg Protein powder product to the market over 25 years ago.

• Ours is the only egg protein to contain egg white peptides and amino acids, already broken down for faster and more efficient absorption.

• Greatest variety: our egg protein is available in five flavor options (including NEW Banana) and three sizes. *Nutritional information varies slightly between different flavors.

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PROTEIN POWDERS WHEY

Optimum Nutrition Isolate

One hundred percent of the protein in Isolate is from pure whey protein isolate. Each serving of Isolate makes a 120-calorie shake that provides 25 grams of protein along with 5.5 grams of naturally occurring branchedchain amino acids, plus 1 gram of fat and 1 gram of sugar.

Optimum Nutrition Greek Yogurt Protein Smoothie

Optimum Nutrition Platinum Hydrowhey

Optimum Nutrition Whey & Oats

Rivalus RivalWhey

Tera’s Whey Goat Whey Protein

True Athlete Natural Whey Protein

Start your busy day with Greek Yogurt Protein Smoothie powder — a convenient way to help fuel your day with a flavorful, highprotein smoothie. The smoothie-in-a-scoop contains Greek yogurt proteins and instantized premium whey protein, and no blender needed.

Optimum Nutrition’s most advanced whey protein is made exclusively with whey protein isolate that has been hydrolyzed for fast assimilation. The Platinum Hydrowhey formula has been dialed up with 8.8 grams of musclebuilding branchedchain amino acids.

How many times have you started your day with oatmeal and a protein shake? Now you can get both in one with Whey & Oats. It’s a convenient and delicious form of whey (a complete protein with all the essential amino acids to help support muscle recovery) and oats (a complex carbohydrate that provides energy to support strength and endurance). There are 27 grams of protein and 4 grams of fiber per serving of Whey & Oats.

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Native Pro 100 uses technology that involves lower temperature extraction to derive pure whey protein directly from the milk of pasture-raised, grass-fed cows. This helps preserve more of the naturally occurring benefits scientifically shown to support muscle performance.

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The most valuable nutritional source for an athletic body is pure protein. That’s why this 100 percent whey protein formula — with whey protein isolate topping the ingredients list — delivers major high-value protein bang for your buck. Zero banned substances make RivalWhey invaluable for athletes, even those competing at the highest levels.

Tera’s Whey Goat Whey Protein is sourced from ethically treated goats that are pasture-raised on family farms in Wisconsin and aren’t fed artificial growth hormones.

Goat whey is ideal for those with dairy sensitivities or allergies, and it has a complete amino-acid profile.

Natural Whey Protein provides key nutrients to help you gain muscle mass and do your best in the gym. Plus, its NSF Certified for Sport and formulated with whey from cows that were not treated with the synthetic bovine growth hormone rBGH. It’s a safe, natural protein you can trust. A serving gives you 20 grams of protein to help you pack on lean muscle, plus enzymes to support protein digestion and prebiotics and probiotics to support digestive health.

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This fast-acting but long-lasting whey protein isolate plus vitamin formula gives athletes one of the purest, most rapidly digested fuels available to rip and repair muscle. And with no banned substances, it’s perfect for tested athletes.

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CHAPTER TWO

RTDs

No blender or shaker cup required, RTDs (ready to drink) are convenient, easy to store and ready to go. You can use them as an adjunct to your diet or to replace supplement drinks you can make at home (protein or mass-gaining shakes).

Since they are liquid, RTDs can potentially digest very quickly, depending on their ingredients. To choose the right RTD, know your goals and read the Supplement Facts label.

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RTDs HIGH-PROTEIN DRINKS

BodyTech Isotech 42

With 42 grams of protein from 100 percent whey protein isolate, Isotech 42 is the perfect RTD for around and during workouts.

It’s also just right for a protein boost on nontraining days.

CytoSport Evolve

Evolve has 20 grams of protein, 10 grams of fiber and is free of genetically modified organisms. This vegetable-based, plantpowered protein source fits busy and active lifestyles (including vegan). Evolve is free of dairy, soy, gluten and artificial flavors.

Dymatize ISO100 Clear

If your goal is to build muscle size and strength, then enjoy a refreshing ISO100 Clear protein drink. It contains 40 grams of protein from easy-digesting, quickly absorbed whey protein isolate, along with 10.2 grams of branched-chain amino acids, including 5.3 grams of leucine. You’ll also be glad to know that ISO100 Clear has no fats or sugars.

Labrada Nutrition Lean Body

More than just a convenient shake, Lean Body is a nutritional powerhouse designed to help burn fat and build lean muscle. With 40 grams of high-quality protein and zero sugar and trans fat per serving, Lean Body not only boosts energy but also tastes great.

MET-Rx High Protein Milk Shake

High Protein Milk Shake is premium recovery fuel. It supplies 30 grams of protein from milk protein isolate, and there are 250 calories per bottle.

The formula offers 110 percent of the daily value of calcium to feed your bones, in addition to your muscles.

PREWORKOUT, INTRAWORKOUT AND POSTWORKOUT DRINKS

Muscle Milk Smoothie

Satisfy your hunger and support lean muscle growth with a Smoothie protein shake RTD. One bottle supplies 25 grams of protein made with lowfat Greek-style yogurt.

It’s also an excellent source of calcium.

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ABB Performance Speed Shot

Speed Shot was designed to boost alertness and intensity during your workouts via 250 milligrams of caffeine per 8.5-ounce bottle (two servings), plus beta-alanine, guarana and bitter orange. In addition to energy and stamina, you also may notice that it supports your fat-burning engines (thermogenesis).

Betancourt Nutrition B-Nox to Go

The preworkout nitricoxide and testosterone booster B-Nox to Go is formulated to promote energy, endurance and strength at the time when you need it most — while you’re on the go. It supports the body’s natural testosterone response to exercise.

Cellucor C4 On the Go

The specialized explosive energy blend in C4 On the Go includes beta-alanine, arginine, tyrosine and caffeine.

Take it about 20 to 30 minutes before working out for the kind of explosive energy and performance required to build a great physique.

GAT Sport Nitraflex RTD

Nitraflex 10-ounce RTD is a preworkout formula that delivers fast, explosive training results for a more powerful body. It gives you a high-intensity boost of energy and stamina, delivers 3 grams of citrulline for that “pump” and helps optimize testosterone, all in a new ready-to-drink format.

PREWORKOUT, INTRAWORKOUT AND POSTWORKOUT DRINKS

GAT Sport PMP RTD

PMP 10-ounce RTD is a powerful formulation of clinically researched ingredients with vasoactive compounds shown to deliver a focused and effective workout. Take PMP preworkout to support massive muscle pumps and peak muscle performance.

Kill Cliff RTD

Kill Cliff clean recovery and hydration drinks are perfect after hard training, a night out or whenever you need to get back to full speed.

At only 15 to 20 calories per can, Kill Cliff offers a tasty and lightly carbonated blend of B vitamins, ginger extract, green-tea extract, plant enzymes, electrolytes and other functional ingredients with no artificial colors or flavors and no sugar.

MET-Rx Super Hydration Sports Drink

The coconut water concentrate in a Super Hydration Sports Drink provides six electrolytes to help replenish those used during strenuous workouts.

The coconut water concentrate in the formula provides 65 milligrams of sodium. The Super Hydration Sports Drink provides 75 milligrams of caffeine.

ENDURANCE/ENERGY DRINKS

LIFESTYLE DRINKS

Optimum Nutrition Essential Amino Energy

LifeAid Beverage Co. FitAid

The anytime energy and amino-acid support in Optimum Nutrition’s popular ready-to-mix powder is now available in a convenient grab-and-go version.

Each 16-ounce bottle provides 100 milligrams of caffeine from natural sources and 5 grams of amino acids.

VPX Bang

High sugar drinks spike blood sugar and produce metabolic mayhem by causing you to “crash” later on.

Instead, try fueling your body with the Bang formula: creatine, caffeine and the branched-chain amino acids.

The FitAid recovery blend provides highquality, clean nutrients to help your body recover after intense workouts. The formula delivers the branchedchain amino acids, plus the amino acids glutamine and arginine, as well as vitamins to support health, glucosamine to support joints and raw organic agave to aid recovery.

Optimum Nutrition Protein Water

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LifeAid Beverage Co. FocusAid

LifeAid Beverage Co. LifeAid

Optimum Nutrition’s Protein Water offers grab-and-go convenience and muscle and hydration support.

Each 16-ounce bottle is packed with 20 grams of whey protein isolate and a lightly flavored taste that encourages sipping.

FocusAid supports your focus when you need it, helps keep your mind in flow and helps you recover from an intense day. Unlike many other energy drinks, it does so without high-sugar, high-caffeine or hightaurine content.

Clinical studies show that drinking a lowcalorie, sugar-free Celsius before exercise burns more calories, boosts metabolism and provides lasting energy to power you through your routine and beyond. Boasting good-for-you ingredients such as green tea, calcium and vitamins, Celsius also can help reduce body fat, increase endurance and delay fatigue.

LifeAid contains essential nutrients your body demands for a healthy lifestyle. The formula includes antioxidants and natural ingredients, such as magnesium, to address post-exercise inflammation, plus a vitamin-B complex to support energy and endurance and help maintain muscle tone.

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RTDs LIFESTYLE DRINKS LifeAid Beverage Co. PartyAid

PartyAid is formulated to help you feel better when you perhaps have had too much of a good time. PartyAid contains key electrolytes to keep your body hydrated and vitamins to keep it working optimally, plus 5-HTP to help with the serotonin dip and milk thistle to support healthy liver function.

LifeAid Beverage Co. TravelAid

Supplement your lifestyle with a clean, lightly carbonated drink that has only 45 calories per serving. TravelAid is formulated to support your immune system with a blend of vitamins and zinc, as well as echinacea, valerian root, ginger root and chamomile.

SQUAT

Muscles worked: quads, glutes, hamstrings, calves, core, back, shoulders Squats should top your training roster because they work your total body and core, developing strength, power and size while improving mobility in your hips and explosive power. Total-body moves like this also create an anabolic environment, causing the release of muscle-building compounds such as growth hormone and testosterone, facilitating muscle building from head to toe.

Position the bar across your upper back and traps â&#x20AC;&#x201D; not your neck â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, toes turned out on the diagonal. Your elbows should point down with your focus straight ahead. Kick your hips back, then bend your knees to descend as low as you can, at least to parallel where your hip crease drops below your knees. Keeping your chest lifted, drive through your heels and powerfully extend your hips and knees to return to standing.

EASIER VERSION: AIR SQUAT (not shown)

This is performed in the same manner as the standard form but without weight. Place your hands on your hips or extend them in front of you for balance. As you improve, hold a weight at your chest to add resistance (called a goblet squat), building slowly in poundage until you can use a light barbell.

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CHAPTER THREE

HEALTHY EATING Are you looking for an energy boost in the morning, something to eat on those days when there just isn’t time for breakfast or just a protein-boosting snack? Do you need a bar to control your appetite while you’re trying to drop some pounds? Consider your physique objectives and determine whether you’re choosing a bar or snack because you want to consume more protein, calories or carbs. Do you need help controlling your appetite between meals?

Or do you just want a snack that isn’t all empty calories? With so many good bars and snacks on the market today, you’ll not only be able to find one that suits your needs but also tastes great.

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HEALTHY EATING HIGH-PROTEIN BARS

Bhu Fit Paleo Protein Bar

Bhu Fit Paleo Protein Bars are made with 14 grams of egg-white protein per bar. Rich and sweet (but not too sweet), they’re decadent but figure- and physique-friendly, with 10 grams of fiber and only 1 gram of sugar.

Plus, they’re Paleo perfect — no grains, no dairy, no legumes.

BSN Syntha-6 Protein Bar

BSN Syntha-6 Protein Crisp

D’s Naturals No Cow Bar

Dymatize Elite Protein Bar

MusclePharm Combat Crunch

MuscleTech Mission1

MuscleTech NitroTech Crunch

Oatmega

Syntha-6 Protein Bars are made with a formula that delivers 30 grams of high-quality protein in each bar — hydrolyzed whey protein isolate as the main protein source.

For athletes on the go, these high-protein bars can help you meet your protein goals.

At just 240 calories each, Syntha-6 Protein Crisp bars are packed with 20 grams of premium protein and only 4 grams of sugar. With a light, crispy texture and filled with the decadent flavor of Syntha-6 in each bite, every day will seem like a cheat day.

Plant-based No Cow Bars are high in protein and made with cuttingedge ingredients such as organic brown rice and pea proteins, prebiotic fiber and natural sweeteners, including monk fruit and stevia.

They’re ideal for a protein boost when you’re on the go or for preworkout or postworkout nutrition.

Dymatize Elite Protein Bars are a delicious way to get at least 25 grams of protein, whether you’re in the gym or on the go. Formulated with a combination of fastabsorbing and slowerdigesting proteins, these bars can feed and nourish muscle to help you achieve your biggest fitness goals. They’re perfect for fueling your workouts, supporting recovery or simply enjoying anytime.

HIGH-PROTEIN BARS

FitJoy Protein Bar

With a specialized blend of proteins from whey protein isolate and milk protein isolate, each FitJoy Protein Bar gives you 20 grams of protein. And with no artificial colors, flavors or sweeteners and no artificial preservatives added, you can feel good about taking this bar with you to the gym or wherever you go during your busy day.

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Combat Crunch protein bars are made using a proprietary baking process for superior taste and a softer texture.

The bars — which are high in protein, low in active carbs and have tons of fiber — are more like a soft-batch cookie than a taffy-like sports bar.

You get the power of premium protein — 100 percent milk-derived isolate protein — in each Mission1 bar. If you don’t want artificial flavors or colors or proteins from sources such as collagen or gelatin but you do want 17 to 20 grams of fiber and 5 grams or less (depending on the flavor) of net clean carbs for energy, make it your mission to try a Mission1 bar.

Nitro-Tech Crunch is a gourmet, highperformance protein/ energy bar. Featuring 22 grams of highquality protein and 5 grams of fiber, this gluten-free bar offers indulgence without the guilt.

With a formula that includes whey protein (concentrate and isolate) from grass-fed cows, Oatmega bars are full of take-withyou-anywhere goodness. As the name indicates, they’re a source of oats as well as omega oils from responsibly caught fish (including anchovy, sardines and tilapia).

HIGH-PROTEIN BARS

OhYeah! One

The One bar offers more than 20 grams of high-quality milkbased protein with only 1 gram of sugar.

Here’s a delicious option for a proteinpacked treat on the go when you don’t have time to sit down for a full meal or feel like mixing up a protein shake.

Optimum Nutrition Cake Bites Here’s an indulgent treat that won’t hold you back from accomplishing your goals.

Confection-inspired Cake Bites feature a soft, sweet, whipped center dipped in a delicious coating that delivers sweet-tooth satisfaction with 20 grams of protein per three-cake serving.

Optimum Nutrition Opti-Bar

This high-protein bar offers 20 grams of protein from isolate sources and 5 grams of sugar or less, depending on the flavor. OptiBar offers active adults high quality and graband-go convenience.

MEAL-REPLACEMENT BARS

Quest Nutrition Beyond Cereal Protein Bar

Beyond Cereal bars have the same highprotein, low-sugar nutritional profile as Quest’s flagship protein bar but with half the calories. The secret in the formula is the sweetener allulose, a sugar that occurs in nature in figs, raisins and maple syrup, but has only one-tenth of the calories of traditional table sugar.

Quest Nutrition Hero Bar

The Hero Bar gives you a hero-size 15 grams of protein. Its 11 grams of fiber are derived from allulose, a sugar that adds sweetness but almost no calories because it passes through your system without being metabolized. The result is great taste without the extra net carbs and calories.

Sunwarrior Sōl Good Protein Bar

You’re always in motion. Fuel your active life with 17 to 19 grams of nature’s best protein and superfoods (depending on the flavor). Come meet the delicious flavors of Sōl Good Protein Bars and give your adventures some Sōl.

ThinkThin High Protein Bar

The ThinkThin High Protein Bar recipe gives the hard-training, on-the-go athlete 20 grams of protein. The formula includes a blend of soy protein isolate, whey protein isolate, and casein for fast- and slowabsorbing nutrients.

OILS AND SPICES

Quest Nutrition Quest Bar

Quest Bars have a great nutritional profile, with 20 grams of highquality bioavailable protein and very low non-fiber carbs (about 4 to 6 grams, depending on the flavor).

Gluten-free Quest Bars contain no glycerin.

Try the whole variety of great flavors.

Primal Nutrition Honey Mustard Dressing & Marinade

Dress up your greens with primal- and Paleo-approved Primal Nutrition’s Honey Mustard Dressing.

This salad dressing/ marinade has nothing synthetic or artificial — real-food ingredients only, including avocado oil and organic stone-ground mustard.

Simply Organic Cayenne

Simply Organic Cayenne will turn up the heat and color in your cooking.

Use Simply Organic Cayenne in your favorite ethnic recipes, or sprinkle it on foods that need an extra zip. It is true that cayenne is related to metabolismboosting chili peppers.

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Simply Organic Ceylon Cinnamon

Cinnamon supports healthy cholesterol and blood sugar and is a source of antioxidants.

Simply Organic Ceylon Cinnamon is pure and simple, and it’s sourced in Sri Lanka.

Spectrum Naturals Avocado Oil Spectrum Naturals Avocado Oil has hoards of healthy monounsaturated fats.

The oil is coaxed from the fruit by a coldpressing process; then it’s gently refined to create a clean, fresh oil that’s perfect for healthy, high-heat cooking.

Spectrum Naturals Mediterranean Olive Oil

Spiceologist Spice Cave Fire

Beanitos White Bean Chips

Lesser Evil Buddha Bowl Himalayan Gold

Meat Chips

MHP Power Pak Pudding

Spectrum Naturals’ second-generation of growers harvests organic olives by hand and presses them fresh for a clean, mild oil suited to many healthy-lifestyle menus. Whether you splash it on sauteed or braised vegetables, extra-virgin olive oil is at the heart of the Mediterranean diet.

Here’s a spice blend to kick up the flavor of any boring chicken dish or any food you use it on. Spices in the formula include smoked paprika, ancho chile pepper and habanero powder. It also includes coconut palm sugar, Himalayan pink salt and sunflower oil.

If you’re looking for a physique-friendly snack, try chips made from whole navy beans. White Bean Chips have 5 grams of protein and 6 grams of fiber per serving. Made with sea salt.

OTHER PROTEIN FOODS AND SNACKS

Health Warrior Chia Bar

Made with chia, the ultimate superfood, Chia Bar packs a powerful punch. Chia is rich in fiber and alpha-linolenic acid (an omega-3 fatty acid).

Each bar is only 100 calories and is packed with plant-based protein and good-for-you antioxidants.

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Iwon! Organics Protein Chips

Reach for a snack that’s crispy, crunchy, tasty and a healthier option — Iwon!

Organics Protein Chips. They are certified organic and provide 20 grams of organic pea protein per bag.

Organic popcorn popped with coconut oil and Himalayan pink salt, Buddha Bowl Himalayan Gold gives you 5 grams of fiber, 17 grams of carbs per serving and 3 grams of muscle-building protein.

Here’s a chip that delivers a significant amount of protein — 21 grams per 2.6ounce bag. Meat Chips are made from ground white corn masa flour, chicken, high-oleic expeller-pressed sunflower oil and various seasonings, depending on the flavor you choose.

Power Pak Pudding is a ready-to-eat, high-protein snack that makes eating quality protein easy. It’s a tasty low-carb treat that nourishes your muscles for a fit and trim body.

Rich and creamy Power Pak Pudding provides 30 grams of high-quality protein with no added sugar and only 9 grams of carbs.

OTHER PROTEIN FOODS AND SNACKS

Oatmega Cookie

You might not think that heart health and muscle-building protein have much in common with cookies, but Oatmega may make you think again. With omega-3s to support heart health and 12 grams of protein, feel better about treating yourself when you have an Oatmega Cookie.

Rhythm Superfoods Beet Chips Naked Here’s a snack that’s nutrient dense, with vitamins, minerals, protein and fiber. The formula offers 3 grams of protein and 5 grams of fiber per serving

Seapoint Farms Dry Roasted Edamame Dry Roasted Edamame beans (soy) are made with sea salt and offer 13 grams of plantbased protein and 9 grams of carbs per serving. Here’s a snack that gives you all the essential amino acids, the basics of muscle.

Terra Real Vegetable Chips Sweet Potato

Terra’s Sweet Potato chips give you 3 grams of fiber per serving.

And Terra’s chips are made with sea salt, plus they are glutenfree and non-GMO.

ThinkThin Protein & Fiber Bar

The Protein & Fiber Bar recipe balances protein and fiber to keep an athlete feeling full and satisfied. The formula includes a blend of soy protein isolate, whey protein isolate, casein for fast- and slowabsorbing nutrients, and fiber from chicory.

It’s a nutritious on-thego snack — all for 150 calories.

OTHER PROTEIN FOODS AND SNACKS

Three Jerks The Original Filet Mignon Beef Jerky

Three Jerks jerky starts with lean filet mignon marinated to perfection. Tender and buttery, this is jerky that has a sweet and tangy flavor, with just the right amount of salt and black pepper. With its 12 grams of protein per serving, it makes a great snack for hardworking bodybuilders.

Vega Protein+ Snack Bar

With a Vega Protein+ Snack Bar in your bag, you’ll be prepared with anytime nutrition to help make life’s little surprises more bearable. It has 11 grams of protein per serving, plus vitamins, minerals and fiber, as well as a blend of veggies and greens.

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BOX JUMP

Muscles worked: quads, glutes, hips, core, calves Plyometrics are king when it comes to developing explosive power, and the more explosive you are, the more fast-twitch muscle fibers you’ll engage and the greater your potential for gain. Box jumps are a great plyo training method: Jumping up improves fasttwitch fiber recruitment, enabling you to generate maximum force with each leap; jumping down trains deceleration, decreasing your risk of injury while improving your ability to make sudden stops.

JUMP UP, JUMP DOWN

Choose a box about knee height and stand in front of it with your feet shoulder-width apart. Quickly bend your knees and hips and swing your arms back to load up, then explosively jump up and forward, landing squarely and lightly on the box with both feet.

Extend your legs and then hop lightly backward and down, landing softly to save your joints. As you improve, try to connect your jumps, rebounding up and down using an even rhythm.

EASIER VERSION: STEP UP, STEP DOWN (not shown)

Use a short box, about 8 to 12 inches high or, if you’re an absolute beginner, just use a weight plate. Step on and off the box or plate, one foot at a time, alternating the lead foot with each step. As you improve, use the mechanics described for the standard form to jump on top of the box, and then step down one foot at a time.

According to nutrition experts, these two groups may reap the most benefits from glutamine supplementation: EXTREME DIETERS When you’re dieting down to fit into a bikini fast or if you’re on a pre-contest fat-loss regimen, the result can be increased stress and protein and glutamine depletion. Because your body is continually trying to recover from strenuous exercise, it may become catabolic (muscle wasting) if your immune system isn’t up to par. Another appealing attribute of glutamine is that it has been shown to curb sugar cravings between meals. ENDURANCE ATHLETES It’s very common for distance runners to be more susceptible to catching colds and other upperrespiratory infections than the average weightlifter. Because of this increased risk of immune suppression, runners are perfect candidates for supplementing their diet with glutamine.

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CHAPTER FOUR

AMINO ACIDS Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins. The body requires some 22 aminos, and it uses them for everything from regulating your metabolism and mood to keeping your immune system, blood cells and hormones humming. Nine aminos are considered “essential,” which means that the body can’t make them itself and therefore must get them from your food intake. If your diet includes lean whole-food protein sources and protein shakes, you’re getting sufficient levels of amino acids. However, your body is more interested in keeping itself running smoothly than in your efforts to build more muscle or lose fat. Taking supplemental aminos ensures that your body has an ample supply from which to draw.

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AMINO ACIDS

ALRI HumaPro

BodyTech Arginine AKG

BodyTech BCAA

BPI Sports Best BCAA

BPI Sports Best BCAA Soft Drink Series

HumaPro is formulated with all the essential amino acids in a ratio that the human body requires to fully use them. Furthermore, the unique delivery system in HumaPro is designed so that all the essential amino acids arrive at the muscle tissue at the same time.

The goal is faster delivery and absorption.

BodyTech Glutamine

Glutamine is one of the important nonessential amino acids: an amino that the body makes. But your muscles may still need a boost because the stress of hard training and exercise can reduce your glutamine stores. BodyTech’s powdered version packs 4,500 milligrams of glutamine into a heaping teaspoonful to promote recovery.

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The amino acid arginine is helpful in producing nitric oxide, improving circulation. Better blood flow through relaxed arteries can aid athletic performance. BodyTech’s version offers 3,000 milligrams per serving, with a bonus of bonesupporting calcium.

BPI Sports’ top-selling branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) formula supports lean muscle mass, performance and recovery. Take it before, during and/ or after your workout for faster recovery, preservation of lean muscle mass and a boost in performance in the gym.

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The branched-chain amino acids, particularly leucine, help support muscle protein synthesis and aid in muscle growth and recovery. Just three capsules of BodyTech’s BCAA formula give you 1,200 milligrams of leucine and 600 milligrams each of isoleucine and valine.

Get all the benefits of Best BCAA musclebuilding branchedchain amino acids in four irresistible flavors: root beer, cream soda, orange soda and grape soda. Each drink in the series is lightly carbonated, giving you aminos with a refreshing, sodalike fizz.

BodyTech Betaine Anhydrous

If you’re an athlete looking for that little extra edge to aid your performance, you may want to investigate what betaine can do for you. You have to put the work in, but studies show that betaine can help boost strength and power, increase muscle mass and decrease body fat.

BPI Sports Best BCAA w/Energy

Best BCAA w/Energy is a muscle-building and recovery formula with added energy ingredients to help increase performance and focus. It’s perfect as a low-stim preworkout or a midday pick-me-up.

It may help promote lean muscle mass, boost your energy and increase your training endurance.

BodyTech L-Citrulline

Citrulline may be considered nonessential because it’s made by the body, but if you’re a serious trainer, you may want to consider that consuming extra citrulline could aid your efforts in the gym: Studies have shown that citrulline may help you train longer.

BSN Amino X Edge

Amino X Edge is designed to help give you the energy and focus you need to tackle today’s workout, along with the recovery support to grind it out again tomorrow. This unique performance blend combines ancient Chinese ingredients with 10 grams of amino acids and 125 milligrams of caffeine.

PEScience TruGlutamine

Formulated based on solid science, TruGlutamine gives you 10 grams of glutamine and alanine in a 3:2 ratio per scoop. This training or postworkout muscle aid mixes easily in water.

Kaged Muscle Citrulline

Citrulline promotes vasodilation, which helps boost training performance. It also acts has an antioxidant effect. Kaged Muscle Citrulline is made in the USA.

RSP Nutrition Glutagen

Glutaen offers a glutamine recovery complex that increases endurance, builds muscle, burns fat and aids a speedy recovery after training. Specialized ingredients also help replenish ATP stores that are depleted during physical activity.

Kaged Muscle Glutamine

Nubreed Helix BCAA

You put your body through a lot of stresses, including training. Glutamine is abundant in the body, but exercise can create a greater demand for it. Fuel up with a glutamine that’s made in the USA.

Helix BCAA has 6 grams of branchedchain amino acids in a 10:1:1 ratio of leucine to isoleucine and valine per serving.

But that’s not all — it also includes specialized endurance- and electrolyte-support matrixes.

Scitec Nutrition BCAA + Glutamine Xpress

Twinlab Amino Fuel

BCAA + Glutamine offers the benefits of the branched-chain amino acids, which are essential to muscle protein synthesis, with the addition of the amino acid glutamine, which has been shown to promote recovery from training.

Amino Fuel is a liquid version of musclebuilding amino acids. As such, it’s a quick-acting and easy-to-digest amino-acid supplement.

This fast-absorbing anabolic product includes a boost of B-complex vitamins.

Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard BCAA

The new Gold Standard for intraworkout provides 5 grams of branched-chain amino acids for muscle, 250 milligrams of specialized ingredients for immunity and 200 milligrams of Rhodiola for endurance. The powder is lightly flavored to encourage sipping during training.

Universal 100% Beef Aminos

This high-potency blend of amino acids is derived from the highest-quality beef protein isolate, beef albumin concentrate and Argentinian beef liver. Each serving harnesses the anabolic potential of beef, containing a full spectrum of highly concentrated aminos and other essential nutrients.

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CHAPTER FIVE

WEIGHT MANAGEMENT The primary way to maintain your weight is to eat only as many calories as you burn in a day. If you’re trying to drop pounds, then you need to burn more calories than you take in. It seems straightforward, but as just about everyone knows, it’s rarely that simple.

You may be dealing with uncooperative hormones, a sluggish metabolism, carb or fat temptations, or even water retention.

Fortunately, there’s a supplement to tackle just about any issue that’s preventing you from reaching — or staying at — your goal weight.

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Advanced Molecular Labs Thermo Heat

Want to offset a sluggish metabolism and optimize energy expenditure? Thermo Heat’s exclusive, cutting-edge blend helps the body maintain an elevated level of fat burning and brown-fat activation, enhances energy and mental alertness, helps manage appetite and more.

Beast Sports Nutrition 2 Shredded

The thermogenic complex in 2 Shredded helps you get lean in several different ways.

The 2 Shredded formula works on five different levels — it helps burn body fat, stimulate thermogenesis, support a healthy thyroid, control appetite and inhibit water retention.

Betancourt Nutrition Ripped Juice EX2

BPI Sports Best BCAA Shredded

BPI Sports RoxyLean

Cellucor SuperHD Fire

Cellucor SuperHD Xtreme

Finaflex PX Pro Xanthine 500-XT

A one-capsule-perserving fat burner, Ripped Juice EX2 supports sustained energy and optimal appetite control. It also features Capsimax, a specialized red-pepper extract that research shows promotes thermogenesis and weight management.

BPI took the aminoacid formula in its Best BCAA and added fat-burning and performance ingredients. The formula is designed to help you sculpt a lean, defined physique without losing hard-earned muscle.

The RoxyLean formula delivers weight management and energy enhancement.

With a precise ratio of performance-based ingredients, including caffeine, niacin and yohimbe, RoxyLean helps you manage your weight and build lean muscle.

THERMOGENIC FORMULAS

BSN Isoburn

This unique two-in-one protein supplement combines the musclebuilding potential of pure whey protein isolates with the fat-burning support of L-carnitine. Also included are greencoffee extract and the specialized weightloss-support ingredient LeptiCore. At just 120 calories per serving, Isoburn is perfect for athletes determined to build lean muscle mass while cutting body fat.

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Cellucor SuperHD

With its unique specialized ThermoSculpting blend, SuperHD targets fat and inhibits its storage to deliver high-definition results. B vitamins and potent fatty-acid synthase inhibitors increase energy and focus, control appetite and improve fat metabolism.

SuperHD Fire is a two-stage weight-loss product. The morning dose helps boost your energy and fire up your fat-burning potential with a thermogenic formula that includes caffeine and specialized ingredients to help keep energy levels high all morning by extending the release of caffeine. A second dose, taken in the afternoon, will help maintain energy levels, support metabolic burn and enhance focus.

The SuperHD Xtreme formula features patented and clinically studied ingredients.

Caffeine anhydrous, cayenne (capsicum) and other targeted ingredients aid weight loss, support mood and intensify your energy.

PX Pro Xanthine is the ultimate thermogenic that you can feel working with the first dose.

Its formula combines weight-loss ingredients and exotic stimulants — all of the highest quality — so you can redefine your physique.

ATHLETES ASK DEADLIFT

Muscles worked: back, hamstrings, glutes, core In concept, a deadlift is simple: Bend over, pick something up and put it back down. But this basic movement is unparalleled when it comes to the development of size and strength in your posterior chain. Deadlifts also forge a bulletproof core, improving stability and enabling you to lift heavier and make faster gains. Like squats, deadlifts put you on a path to anabolic city.

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BARBELL DEADLIFT

Stand behind a barbell with your feet hip-width apart, toes underneath the bar. Keeping a flat back, kick your hips back and then bend your knees until you can grasp the bar outside your legs in an alternating grip. Brace your core and retract your shoulder blades to take the slack out of your arms. Stand up, extending your knees and hips at the same rate to pull the bar up in a straight line along the front of your body to full extension of your legs and hips. Slowly return to the start, touch down briefly and repeat right away.

EASIER VERSION: STIFF-LEGGED DUMBBELL DEADLIFT (not shown)

This move focuses more on the glutes and hamstrings, simplifying the move while still developing posterior strength. Hold a set of dumbbells in front of your thighs and stand with your feet hip-width apart, knees straight but not locked. Hinge from the hips and fold forward with a flat back until the dumbbells reach shin level. Reverse the steps to stand, squeezing your glutes as you rise.

What is the best supplement for increasing focus and training intensity?

M&P: Assuming that you are

not sensitive to stimulants, then there is nothing better than caffeine for increasing focus and training intensity (with few if any side effects).

Science supports caffeine as a highly effective ergogenic aid; thus, it stands to reason why most preworkout powders contain high concentrations of it. Many athletes regularly use caffeine before training/competition to boost mental focus, combat fatigue and decrease perceived exertion.

Caffeine acts on two levels: centrally (in the brain) and peripherally (in the body).

In the brain, caffeine is a central nervous system stimulant that nonselectively blocks adenosine receptors. Normally (i.e., when caffeine isn’t available), adenosine binds to nerve cells and makes them slow down in their activity.

Caffeine is structured much like adenosine, so nerve cells readily allow caffeine to bind to their adenosine receptors, thus blocking the inhibitory action of adenosine on nerve activity. As a result, the caffeinated brain is profuse with “hyperactive” nerve cells. The pituitary perceives this as an emergency, which results in adrenaline release from the anterior pituitary. At the same time, the brain increases the release of dopamine, which gives you the sense of wellbeing and focus. In the body, caffeine inhibits an enzyme called phosphodiesterase (PDE). In cells, PDE breaks down a very important cellsignaling substance (called cAMP, which is a second messenger). Caffeine stops the breakdown of cAMP, which prolongs and intensifies the stimulating effects of neurotransmitters and hormones in the body.

WHAT TO TAKE: Research

illustrates that 200 to 400 milligrams of caffeine taken 30 to 60 minutes before training will give you the greatest benefits.

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Finaflex Stimz

These rapid-dissolve tablets provide unparalleled clean energy in a high-performance, fast-acting weight-loss formula. Stimz may be small in size, but they deliver maximum strength and energy with every dose.

Force Factor LeanFire XT

LeanFire XT contains an explosive fat-burning complex (including extracts of green tea, cayenne and black pepper) to help trigger and accelerate fat oxidation. The formula also includes an energy-focus factor to help you stay on track with your efforts in the gym.

GAT Sport JetFuel

For more than 10 years, JetFuel has helped athletes, fitness enthusiasts and dieters reach their optimal weight goals. It comes in stimulant and stimulantfree formulas designed to help rid body fat and water weight, as well as optimize focus and support stamina and mood during weight-loss programs. It now contains Advantra Z, a clinically studied bitter-orange extract to improve fat utilization.

GAT Sport JetFuel Pyro

GAT Sport JetFuel Superburn

iSatori Lipo-Drex

MusclePharm Shred Sport

Pyro’s caffeine-based blend (205 milligrams) ignites your metabolism to stimulate thermogenesis for up to five hours. The formula in Pyro not only supports and protects fatburning metabolism but also provides smooth, jitter-free energy.

Meant for high-speed shredding, Superburn, with 286 milligrams of caffeine, is designed to promote long-lasting energy while supporting fat-burning metabolism. The formula includes a specialized blend that has clinically studied bitter-orange extract (Advantra Z) to help improve the body’s fat utilization.

THERMOGENIC FORMULAS

Hydroxycut Black

Are you looking for a scientifically researched, powerful weight-loss product that also can help boost your energy levels? Hydroxycut Black’s formula has the advanced thermogenic ingredients to help you achieve your physique goals.

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Hydroxycut Platinum

Hard training and strict dieting deplete your body of essential vitamins and minerals and interfere with the absorption of musclebuilding nutrients.

Hydroxycut Platinum is an all-in-one product that mixes probiotics and vitamins with a high-performance weight-loss formula.

Hydroxycut Pro Clinical

Lose weight and lower your body mass index with clinically proven ingredients. Hydroxycut is a leader in weight management with a longtime commitment to excellence. Adding new Pro Clinical to a diet and exercise plan gives you the power to lose weight fast, as shown in eight- and 12-week studies.

Lipo-Drex represents a new era in once-a-day fat-loss technology.

With its high-powered thermogenic complex, including caffeine, yohimbe and the specialized ingredient Capsitherm, you’ll start to feel the energizing effect immediately. The unique formula also employs nutrient partitioning to keep your muscles full and hard as well as the Attak Mental Drive Complex for laser-like focus.

Shred Sport is a fastacting fat burner that targets stored body fat, helps control appetite and speeds up metabolism. The powerful, proven ingredients in this formula can help bring you closer to your performance goals.

BURN FAT BUILD MUSCLE Burn stored body fat by converting it to energy with CLA + Carnitine. Add it to your pre-workout to help boost performance and keep you lean.*†

*THESE STATEMENTS HAVE NOT BEEN EVALUATED BY THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION. THESE PRODUCTS ARE NOT INTENDED TO DIAGNOSE, TREAT, CURE OR PREVENT ANY DISEASE. † When combined with a proper exercise and nutrition regimen. Statements based on early-stage independent 3rd party in vivo and / or in vitro model scientific research data findings for individual ingredients.

WEIGHT MANAGEMENT THERMOGENIC FORMULAS

MuscleTech Hydroxycut Hardcore Elite

For a powerful thermogenic that delivers extreme energy, try Hydroxycut Hardcore Elite. With potent amounts of green-coffee extract for proven weight loss plus Coleus forskohlii, caffeine and more for an enhanced sensory experience, this formula gives you the results you want without proprietary blends on the label.

MuscleTech Hydroxycut Hardcore Next Gen

Hydroxycut Hardcore Next Gen supplies C. canephora robusta, a coffee extract that is backed by two separate scientific studies. The Hardcore Next Gen formula also contains extracts from Scutellaria (blue skullcap), guayusa and Coleus, along with a precise dose of caffeine that enhances energy and mental focus.

Nutrex Research Lipo-6

Lipo-6 is a powerful and extremely popular fat-loss support formula packaged in maximumstrength liquid capsules for superior absorption speed and rapid effects. Lipo-6 works great for men, women, fitness enthusiasts and bodybuilders.

And the capsules are completely free of any animal-derived gelatin materials.

Nutrex Research Lipo-6 Black Hers Ultra Concentrate

Lipo-6 Black Hers boasts an ultraconcentrated fatdestroying complex that helps eliminate fat deposits in women. It also contains a powerful appetite suppressant to help you keep your diet on track.

Nutrex Research Lipo-6 Black Intense Ultra Concentrate

Here’s a super-potent, one-pill-only formula designed to rapidly destroy body-fat deposits that is truly intense.

You get strong weightloss support, maximum appetite control and long-lasting energy from the very first dose.

THERMOGENIC FORMULAS

Nutrex Research Lipo-6 Black Ultra Concentrate

This super-potent, one-pill-only formula is designed to rapidly destroy body-fat deposits. Lipo-6 Black Ultra Concentrate also exerts a powerful appetite-suppressing effect to help ensure your dietary success and will give you energy so you keep going for hours.

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Optimum Nutrition Opti-Fit This thermogenic fat burner stacks 200 milligrams of caffeine with L-carnitine, green-tea extract plus extracts of red pepper and black pepper to support energy and metabolism.

PEScience Alphamine

Alphamine was designed specifically to help burn fat while preserving hard-earned muscle mass. It mixes quickly and easily with a spoon and tastes like something you’d drink only on cheat days.

Prolab Nutrition Advanced Caffeine

Advanced Caffeine is a proprietary blend of caffeine sources to keep you switched on by enhancing performance, strengthening endurance and stamina, and delaying the onset of muscle fatigue to power through the toughest workouts. It helps stimulate a surge of adrenaline, increases mental focus and boosts energy levels.

Prolab Nutrition Caffeine

Prolab’s Caffeine provides energy to support your training needs without compromising your dietary goals. It triggers performancespecific benefits, including improved focus, elevated alertness, faster reaction time, reduced fatigue, increased endurance and elevated mood. It delivers a surge of 200 milligrams of caffeine to quickly jump-start your performance.

THERMOGENIC FORMULAS

RSP Nutrition QuadraLean Thermogenic Weight Loss

The formula in QuadraLean is designed to burn fat while simultaneously providing energy and focus. It includes efficacious dosages of key research-backed ingredients to burn fat (with conjugated linoleic acid and L-carnitine) and give you clean energy (from natural caffeine sources) and much more.

Sheer Strength Sheer Shred Thermogenic

Light up your metabolism with Sheer Shred Thermogenic, which helps your body burn fat for fuel so you feel less hungry. You will feel more defined and see results quickly with this powerful set of ingredients, including green-tea extract and acetyl L-carnitine, an amino acid to boost your energy.

NONSTIMULANT FORMULAS

Universal Animal Cuts

Each convenient pack delivers more than 30 active ingredients — from thermogenics and fat burners to diuretics and thyroid regulators — for comprehensive weight loss. Two packs a day, every day for 21 consecutive days will get you ripped and peeled with Animal Cuts’ pure fatshredding power.

Ab Cuts Lipo Cuts

Lipo Cuts, which includes ashwagandha herbal extract, is formulated to boost energy levels and help enhance focus and mental stamina.

It is clinically shown to reduce the stress hormone cortisol.

Reducing cortisol has been shown to support weight management by helping you resist stress-induced overeating.

Betancourt Nutrition Carnitine Plus

Featuring the specialized ingredient Paradoxine, the formula in Carnitine Plus is designed to support increased energy expenditure and fat use. The Carnitine Plus blend comprises forms of L-carnitine that have been shown to promote recovery after training, increase carnitine levels in muscle, and support brain and healthy cardiovascular functions.

NONSTIMULANT FORMULAS

Betancourt Nutrition Lean Juice

Lean Juice is a caffeine-free weightmanagement supplement that supports the metabolism of carbohydrates and aids water loss to help enhance your physique without excessive stimulation.

BodyTech Calcium Pyruvate

The combination of calcium and pyruvic acid produces a stable compound called pyruvate salt, which is more easily absorbed by the body than calcium alone.

Calcium Pyruvate plays an important role in energy production by supporting the transport of glucose from the bloodstream into muscle, making this a popular supplement with athletes.

BPI Sports Carnitine Liquid Water Enhancer

Carnitine is a supplement that acts as a fat transporter, taking fat cells to the mitochondria where they are burned for energy. Use the energy that BPI’s Carnitine liquid water enhancer supplies to help support your performance in the gym.

BPI Sports Garcinia Garcinia cambogia is a native fruit of Indonesia, Asia and Africa traditionally used to promote satiety.

Add this liquid water enhancer to your water to help support your weight-loss efforts.

BPI Sports Keto Aminos

On a diet, you want to lose fat and save as much muscle as possible. Keto Aminos can help with a highintensity proprietary blend of ketogenic ingredients that helps your body use fat for fuel. The formula also offers specialized blends, including 5 grams of amino acids, that support your training efforts by increasing muscle recovery and repair.

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BPI Sports Keto Bomb

Keto Bomb is the first creamer created specifically for those on a ketogenic diet. Add it to coffee or tea for a dose of essential fats (medium-chain triglycerides) that help burn fat for fuel and help boost your weight-loss efforts. As an extra, it includes a saffron extract, which has been used to support appetite control.

BPI Sports Keto Weight Loss

If you’re looking to support your ketogenic or low-carb diet, the formula in Keto Weight Loss can help. It includes beta-hydroxybutyrate to help fuel your brain and medium-chain triglycerides to fuel your body and support your fat-loss efforts with energy, focus and endurance.

Cellucor CLK

CLK is a stimulant-free specialized blend of L-carnitine tartrate, raspberry ketones and protein hydrolysates derived from blue whiting (a type of fish from cold northern waters).

This weight-loss, toning and sculpting formula also includes conjugated linoleic acid — an essential fatty acid that may help reduce body fat.

Cellucor SuperHD Fire

Cellucor SuperHD Razor

Health Direct Sculpt n’ Cleanse

Healthy Delights Naturals Appetite Control Soft Chews

SuperHD Fire supports your weight-loss endeavors with powerful energy intensifiers and mood-support ingredients. It now includes patented and clinically studied ingredients.

SuperHD Razor is formulated with clinically researched ingredients to help promote weight loss.

Its ingredients, such as Tonalin conjugated linoleic acid and Synetrim, can help decrease the activity of lipoprotein lipase enzymes that would otherwise aid your body in storing fat.

NONSTIMULANT FORMULAS

Crave Crush

Is a craving for sweets hindering your weight-loss efforts?

You have receptors in your tongue that once you’ve bitten into something sweet, they trigger a desire for more. Crave Crush, which comes in two convenient sizes, works by binding to those sweet-taste receptors, reducing your cravings for sugary foods.

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Essential Source HCG Remedy

Reduce feelings of hunger with HCG Remedy, which is 100 percent hormone-free.

The specialized human chorionic gonadotropin emulation complex in HCG Remedy, which includes several amino acids, was designed for optimum weight loss, appetite control and fat burning.

FitTea Detox

With its blend of natural ingredients, FitTea Detox supports weight loss and helps promote fat burning. It also soothes your digestive system and boosts your immune system.

Choose either a 14-day or 28-day detox course.

Gentle, safe and effective colon-cleansing Sculpt n’ Cleanse supports weight loss, detoxifies your body, and helps flatten your waistline and boost your energy levels.

Use it in conjunction with your weightmanagement or bodyshaping program.

Appetite Control Soft Chews were designed to help you control your appetite and food cravings. The specialized blend includes Garcinia cambogia, green coffee-bean extract, green-tea extract and more. The chews are naturally flavored, and they do not contain gluten, preservatives or artificial colors.

The swing is the ultimate kettlebell move, activating the posterior chain, core, shoulders and back and strengthening the grip.

KETTLEBELL SWING

Muscles worked: hamstrings, glutes, core, back, shoulders Kettlebells blend resistance training and cardiovascular conditioning while working your body as a whole, honing your functional capacity, improving power output, and increasing range of motion and mobility all at once. The swing is the ultimate kettlebell move because it activates the entire posterior chain as well as the core, shoulders, back and grip to improve muscles and movement patterns that will benefit other lifts such as squats, deadlifts and pull-ups.

STANDARD SWING

Photo by Peter Lueders

Hold the kettlebell with both hands in front of you, arms extended, and stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, knees soft. Keeping your back flat and arms straight, swing the kettlebell back through your legs, then snap your hips forward to generate momentum, swinging the kettlebell up in an arc until it comes overhead. Shift your weight back into your heels as the kettlebell swings back down and through your legs, loading up your hams and glutes again for the next rep.

EASIER VERSION: SWING, MODIFIED (not shown)

Perform this move in the same way as the standard form, but swing the kettlebell to shoulder height. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t let your elbows bend or your arms break at the top, which limits the amount of control you have on the weight. Keep your arms straight and your weight in your heels to swing the kettlebell back down and through.

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iSatori Liquid L-Carnitine LS3

L-Carnitine LS3 is a sugar-free, calorie-free, gluten-free, stimulantfree fat-loss aid featuring three forms of carnitine. Mix L-Carnitine LS3 in your water to increase hydration and burn fat all day long.

Add it to your thermogenic to further accelerate your fat-loss results so you can reach your goals faster.

MusclePharm CLA Core

With its special blend of conjugated linoleic acid, virgin olive oil and avocado oil, CLA Core helps support your weight-loss efforts and reduce fat without reducing muscle.

These ingredients also support healthy cholesterol levels already in normal range and promote healthy metabolism.

MusclePharm Liquid Carnitine Core

Next Step AppeFit

Next Step MCT Oil

PEScience Forskolin-95+

PEScience Shift

ProSupps L-Carnitine 1500

The specialized carnitine blend in Carnitine Core aids the body in its ability to metabolize fat, converting it into muscular energy. And the raspberry ketones in the formula act as a natural energy booster for anybody on a lowcalorie diet.

Appethyl, the specialized version of a natural spinach extract in AppeFit, helps create a feeling of fullness for up to five hours.

Mix AppeFit in water, along with a healthy fat source such as olive or sunflower oil, to get the full benefit.

Medium-chain triglycerides are fats that the body can easily use for energy. They’re effective at supporting weight loss, helping fight metabolic syndrome and obesity, and improving inflammatory markers. Next Step’s version is made from cold-pressed non-GMO coconut oil.

NONSTIMULANT FORMULAS

Optimum Nutrition Daily Fit

Two capsules about a half-hour before meals provide stimulant-free fat-burning support with L-carnitine, green-tea and pepper extracts.

Each serving also provides 200 percent of the Daily Value for vitamins B6 and B12.

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Optimum Nutrition Opti-Fit Lean Protein Shake

These tasty mealreplacement shakes provide 25 grams of fast- and slow-digesting protein along with 6 grams of fiber to help keep you full so you can resist snacking temptations. Each shake adds just 200 calories to your diet.

The unique formula in Forskolin-95+ helps support the metabolism of body fat. Ingredients include the purest form of forskolin available.

Forskolin has been shown to reduce body fat and boost testosterone more than a placebo. It also includes Hemerocallis fulva, a plant that may encourage lipolysis sensitivity in otherwise low-responding fatstorage cells.

Caffeine-free Shift is a leaning agent with the purest form of forskolin on the market for supporting body-fat reduction. It doesn’t stop there, though, because it also contains the weight-loss-promoting supplement p-synephrine and the novel bioactive ingredient Aframomum melegueta, which may help boost metabolic rate.

L-Carnitine 1500, with 1,500 milligrams of carnitine, helps promote lipolysis, converting stored fat to fatty acids, and fat oxidation, the burning of those fatty acids as energy for working muscles. It’s also an antioxidant and promotes exercise recovery. This stimulant-free fat burner is gluten-, dairy- and soy-free.

POWER SLED PUSH Muscles worked: total body

The power sled is decidedly one of the ultimate training tools in the gym. It works a variety of movement patterns, including pushing, pulling, pressing and dragging, and mimics the mechanics of running with less wear and tear on your joints. In addition, it is masterful at aerobic conditioning, hypertrophy and fat burning.

Photo by Peter Lueders

RUNNING PUSH

Load a sled in an open area and take a midrange or low grip on the posts with your arms straight. Lean forward into the sled and run, pushing off your toes while keeping your hips low and driving the sled forward at a brisk pace. Push the requisite distance, then turn the sled around and return the way you came.

EASIER VERSION: MARCHING PUSH (not shown)

Set your hands higher on the posts than in the standard form and march forward deliberately, pushing the sled at a moderate, even pace.

Canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t generate power? Perhaps youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to push with your arms rather than your legs. Ensure your arms are straight, not bent, and are acting as a vehicle to transfer the power of your legs to the sled.

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ProSupps L-Carnitine 3000

L-Carnitine 3000, with 3,000 milligrams of carnitine, helps promote lipolysis, converting stored fat to fatty acids, and fat oxidation, the burning of those fatty acids as energy for working muscles. It’s also an antioxidant and promotes exercise recovery. This stimulant-free fat burner is gluten-, dairy- and soy-free.

RSP Nutrition QuadraLean

QuadraLean combines efficacious doses of L-carnitine, raspberry ketones, conjugated linoleic acid and Garcinia cambogia (60 percent hydroxycitric acid) to boost and optimize the four key drivers of weight loss: appetite, fat storage, energy and metabolism. This formula is 100 percent stimulant-free.

Sports Research Corp. Garcinia Cambogia

Sports Research’s Garcinia Cambogia is standardized to 65 percent hydroxycitric acid, the active component in Garcinia cambogia, which has been studied for its potential as an appetite-suppressant.

That potential is boosted in the formula by the inclusion of organic virgin coconut oil for better absorption.

NONSTIMULANT FORMULAS

The Vitamin Shoppe Garcinia Cambogia Extract

Derived from the fruit of a subtropical plant, Garcinia cambogia has been studied for its positive effects on weight loss. Its power lies in hydroxycitric acid, which inhibits an enzyme in the body known to promote the conversion of excess carbs to fat. This version is standardized to 60 percent HCA.

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The Vitamin Shoppe Green Coffee Bean Extract

In roasting, coffee beans can lose healthy compounds. Raw green coffee beans are a source of phytochemicals and antioxidants, including chlorogenic acid, which may help manage weight and support normal blood-glucose levels.

One capsule of Green Coffee Bean Extract provides 400 milligrams standardized to 50 percent chlorogenic acid.

Sports Research Corp. Green Coffee Bean Extract

Sports Research’s Green Coffee Bean Extract is made with Svetol, a specialized green coffee-bean extract that has been shown in clinical studies to help in weight management. Svetol is manufactured using a proprietary process to maintain consistent quality. Sports Research has boosted its formula with coconut oil for better absorption.

Sports Research Corp. MCT Oil

Sports Research’s MCT Oil is packed with beneficial fats (medium-chain triglycerides) and gives you an extra boost to maximize workouts — most MCT oil is used for energy via ketogenesis rather than being stored as fat.

The Sports Research formula is made from 100 percent organic coconuts. Add it to smoothies for longlasting energy.

CLA

The Vitamin Shoppe Phase 2 Carb Controller

Phase 2's white kidneybean extract is an amylase inhibitor that can help induce weight loss and reduce spikes in blood sugar that are caused by carbs.

Research also has shown that it causes greater reductions in fat mass and waistline girth compared to a placebo group. The extract also appears to have helped study participants maintain lean body mass.

Ab Cuts CLA Belly Fat Formula

Ab Cuts CLA Belly Fat Formula supplies your body with an array of healthy oils that assist in reducing body fat and supporting healthy metabolism. Ab Cuts contains naturally occurring healthy oils that have been clinically tested. With stimulant-free Ab Cuts, you avoid negative side effects such as jitters or headaches while you lose weight.

BPI Sports CLA + Carnitine

Together, conjugated linoleic acid and carnitine help support lean muscle growth, burn stored body fat as energy and promote athletic performance.

Add this formula to your preworkout to enhance the benefits of your training.

CLA

BPI Sports CLA + Coconut Oil + Aminos

Combined, conjugated linoleic acid, coconut oil and amino acids can help you burn fat for fuel, build lean muscle, boost your training performance and improve your overall well-being.

Hydroxycut CLA Elite Next Gen

Clinical research has shown that conjugated linoleic acid helps decrease the amount of fat the body stores after meals and helps increase the rate at which fat is metabolized. Elite Next Gen offers 2 grams of premium CLA in two softgels.

MAN Sports Nutrition CLA Powder

Conjugated linoleic acid supports healthy body composition, acts as an aid in your weightloss program and helps reduce body fat. CLA Powder can be stacked with other supplements such as branchedchain amino acids for enhanced results.

Sports Research Corp. CLA 1250

Conjugated linoleic acid is clinically shown to decrease the amount of fat your body stores after meals. It also helps increase the rate at which your body metabolizes fat and may help you keep off the pounds after you’ve lost weight. CLA 1250 is derived from natural safflower oil, so it is 100 percent vegetablesourced, yet it is as potent as non-vegetarian CLA supplements.

DIURETICS

BodyTech Hydrotherm

The formula in Hydrotherm supports water loss and relieves temporary waterweight gain via several herbal extracts. But this potent supplement also contains naturally occurring caffeine from sources such as green tea and yerba mate.

The Vitamin Shoppe Tonalin CLA

Tonalin is the only conjugated linoleic acid with clinically proven long-term efficacy and safety results over two years. Tonalin CLA is made in Germany using naturally sourced safflowers from the Americas. The Vitamin Shoppe’s blend offers the highest-quality CLA at a great value.

OTHER

Cellucor SuperHD Water

Looking to take your physique to a higher level before a competition or special event by eliminating extra water that blurs your muscle? SuperHD Water’s body-defining formula, which includes juniperberry extract, horsetail, hibiscus flower and more, can help you look more defined and show off your hard training.

GAT Sport JetFuel Diuretic

Stimulant-free JetFuel Diuretic is a maximumstrength supplement that helps rid the body of excess water weight and reverse temporary water-weight gain. The formula features 10 botanicals plus electrolytes to help you meet your physique goals.

MHP Xpel

This all-natural, maximum-strength herbal diuretic can help you dramatically eliminate excess water. Xpel supplies the proper balance of electrolytes to help maintain muscle fullness as you drop water weight and get visibly leaner.

Sports Research Corp. Sweet Sweat Waist Trimmer

Made from latex-free neoprene and contoured to support your lower back, the Sweet Sweat Waist Trimmer boosts your temperature during training and improves your body’s thermogenic activity.

Get your sweat on!

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CHAPTER SIX

MUSCLE & STRENGTH If your goal is to boost your muscle mass or increase your strength, your pursuit requires paying close attention to diet and supplementation.

Protein powder should be at the top of any athlete’s list. Then there’s creatine, involved with energy production in cells. We could go on and on. There are tons of supplements that support lean mass and strength gains. Picking the right ones to take might require a little research, but once you settle on a solid regimen, your muscle and strength gains should be all the more impressive for it.

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MUSCLE & STRENGTH CREATINE

Beast Sports Nutrition Creature

“Unleash the Beast” with Creature, a creatine complex containing five cuttingedge forms of creatine: Creapure brand creatine monohydrate, di-creatine malate, creatine anhydrous, CreaTrona and creatine gluconate. Creature fuels muscle growth, increases strength and accelerates recovery, making it a core part of any training program.

Betancourt Nutrition Creatine Plus Creatine Plus includes multiple forms of creatine, including specialized Creatine MagnaPower, a magnesium creatine chelate that has been shown to support the bioavailability of magnesium as well as creatine. The creatine and recovery blends in Creatine Plus support creatine uptake without the loading phase or gastric distress.

BodyTech 100% Pure Creatine Monohydrate

BPI Sports Best Creatine

BPI Sports Best Creatine Defined

Kaged Muscle Creatine HCL

MuscleTech Cell-Tech

MuscleTech Creactor

Creatine is a natural component of skeletal muscle that helps supply energy to all cells by increasing ATP production. For hardcore strength and power during workouts and improved muscle growth afterward, boosting the body’s natural creatine levels is critical, and 100% Pure Creatine comes in two convenient forms — capsules and powder — to do just that.

Best Creatine is a pro-strength blend of six different forms of muscle-building creatine. Experience increased strength in the gym and better performance, plus optimal recovery and lean-muscle growth. It’s also sugar-free.

Improve your lean muscle definition and performance with this body-sculpting formula. Best Creatine Defined was specifically designed to boost cell volumization for a full, hard, defined look.

It’s a pro-strength blend of six different forms of muscle-building creatine with the added bonus of a proprietary blend that helps define and harden muscle.

CREATINE

EFX Sports Kre-Alkalyn EFX

Kre-Alkalyn EFX not only supplies muscles with energy for more intense training but also enhances endurance and recovery.

Its secret is buffered creatine monohydrate with a pH of 12, which makes it a more powerful product compared to standard creatine.

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Isatori Creatine A5X

Creatine A5X features a blend of creatine that is supercharged with agmatine and betaine. Designed for the demanding athlete, it’s sugar-free and stimulant-free.

Creatine HCL features a patented, pure form of creatine hydrochloride. Your body absorbs this highly soluble formula rapidly, which means less chance of cramping or bloating. It doesn’t require the typical loading phase associated with creatine, and because it’s concentrated, it only requires a micro-dose.

Plus, it’s third-partytested to be free of banned substances.

The ultimate hardgainer creatine formula, Cell-Tech delivers 7 grams of creatine monohydrate (certified by a specialized analytical process) and 3 grams of creatine hydrochloride, which helps improve between-set muscle recovery, amplify muscle performance and build more lean muscle.

Creactor is a scientifically advanced creatine formula that delivers twice the normal dose of creatine per serving: 750 milligrams of 100 percent ultra-pure, lab-tested creatine hydrochloride. There’s also 750 milligrams of free-acid creatine, the purest form of creatine free of acids and salts, to help boost muscle size and promote quick recovery.

TRAIN LIKE A PRO Formulated with the guidance of Jay Cutler, every product in the Cutler Nutrition line puts his 20 years of extensive bodybuilding experience to work for you. No fads – just edgy, effective supplements like the ones that helped him become a four-time Mr. Olympia.

*THESE STATEMENTS HAVE NOT BEEN EVALUATED BY THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION. THESE PRODUCTS ARE NOT INTENDED TO DIAGNOSE,

† When combined with a proper exercise and nutrition regimen. Statements based on early-stage independent 3rd party in vivo and / or in vitro model scientific research data findings for individual ingredients.

MUSCLE & STRENGTH CREATINE

ProMera Sports Con-Cret

This concentrated form of creatine hydrochloride possesses superior solubility, which means more Con-Cret gets into the bloodstream and to the muscles for unmatched strength, endurance and recovery. Dosing is based on bodyweight.

There’s no loading phase or cycling, and no bloating or cramping typical of other creatine supplements.

MULTIVITAMINS

Scitec Nutrition Crea Star

The Crea Star formula offers more than 4 grams of creatine per serving and provides a well-researched version of creatine (creatine monohydrate) in several different forms, including buffered. It also has a specialized absorption matrix to help your body make better use of this muscle-boosting supplement.

MULTIVITAMINS

GAT Sport Men’s Multi + Test

Men’s Multi + Test is a complete vitamin, mineral and energy multivitamin plus Tribulus terrestris. The Men’s Multi formula offers athletes complete reinforcement for nutrient deficiencies they may have, with the added benefit of testosterone support. And it’s easy on the stomach.

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True Athlete Kre-Alkalyn

This advanced creatine supplement is formulated to help you increase mass, strength and performance. Each serving is buffered to minimize digestive discomfort such as cramps and bloating.

Kre-Alkalyn contains no artificial colors, flavors or sweeteners, and it has been NSF Certified for Sport.

Look for it in capsule and powder form.

Universal Creatine

Universal’s Creatine provides the purest, most easily absorbed type of creatine — creatine monohydrate.

Research shows that having higher creatine levels may help delay the onset of fatigue, boost energy metabolism in cells and enhance your training output.

Cutler Nutrition Pro Pak

Pro Pack is a comprehensive multivitamin and mineral training pack that supports muscle building, performance, joint health, a healthy immune system and metabolism.

Hard-training athletes may need to supplement their daily vitamin intake for better results.

Pro Pak is an all-in-one vitamin and mineral pack, with healthy fats, antioxidants and more, designed specifically for athletes to help boost workout performance.

MUSCLE-BUILDING FORMULAS

Universal Animal Pak

Animal Pak is the original training supplement. It’s been proven in the trenches day in and day out over the decades. The powder form offers the serious athlete the basic nutritional support needed for over-thetop training.

iSatori Bio-Gro

Bio-Gro is a protein synthesis amplifier that is shown in clinical studies to speed recovery, increase strength and build muscle. In one study, subjects gained 6.3 pounds of mass, 16.5 pounds on their bench and ¾ inch on their arms in eight weeks. Use Bio-Gro on its own or add it to other supplements, including protein, or to foods such as oatmeal or yogurt.

MuscleTech Clear Muscle

Clear Muscle supplies the revolutionary muscle-building compound BetaTOR, a cutting-edge free-acid derivative of HMB, a metabolite of the amino acid leucine. In a 12-week university study, test subjects training with weights and taking BetaTOR gained 16.3 pounds of muscle compared to a placebo group’s 4.6 pounds.

Novex Biotech Growth Factor-9

The result of three decades of research, Growth Factor-9 is a proprietary combination of amino acids that can encourage the pituitary gland to increase the body’s own human growth-hormone levels.

Finally, you can support blood serum growthhormone levels orally, simply and safely.

OVERHEAD SHOULDER PRESS

Muscles worked: deltoids, traps, forearms, core, glutes

Overhead lifts can be tricky, especially when the load gets heavy, but perfecting an overhead press develops upper-body power and strength as well as core stability, balance and total-body synergy. It also can forge cannonballs out of wimpy delts, capping off that X-frame with an exclamation point like none other.

STANDING BARBELL OVERHEAD PRESS

Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, knees soft.

Hold a bar just outside shoulder width across your upper chest and delts. Brace your core by tucking your pelvis slightly, squeezing your glutes and â&#x20AC;&#x153;crunchingâ&#x20AC;? down to engage your abs and ensure stability in your core and back. Then, without using momentum, press the barbell straight up overhead, tucking your chin slightly to avoid clipping yourself and locking your arms at the top.

Slowly lower to the start under control.

Photo by Peter Lueders

EASIER VERSION: STANDING DUMBBELL OVERHEAD PRESS (not shown)

Using dumbbells allows your arms to rotate a bit, which can be more comfortable for new exercisers. Set up the same way as in the standard form, but as you extend your arms, move them in toward one another at the top.

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PEScience Ergonine The nine ingredients in Ergonine have proven or potential ergogenic/ myogenic properties.

The formula includes a creatine that is 100 percent creatine by weight — TruCreatine, creatine anhydrous, which is the purest form of creatine.

Sheer Strength Sheer Nitro

A preworkout must, Sheer Nitro stimulates blood flow for that surge of energy to help you push past plateaus to achieve new personal bests.

Sheer Nitro also boosts your ability to work at a sustained peak so you maximize workouts.

Combine it with Sheer Pre-X for extended stamina, vascularity gains and magnified muscle growth.

SPORTS SUPPLEMENTS

Universal Animal M-Stak

BodyTech HMB

PEScience TruZMA

True Athlete ZMA With Theanine

The main complex in Animal M-Stak is a specialized blend that includes the three branched-chain aminos acids (leucine, isoleucine and valine), as well as taurine and acetyl-L-carnitine.

The non-hormonal anabolic formula in Animal M-Stak can help maximize muscle gains naturally.

Hydroxy-methylbutyrate is a metabolite of the essential amino acid leucine, which helps boost gains in strength and lean body mass associated with weight training. HMB is an anti-catabolic agent that minimizes protein breakdown and cell damage that come from hard training.

BodyTech ZMA Tech

BodyTech ZMA Tech is a unique, powerful nonsteroidal formula that has been clinically studied to support healthy testosterone levels and maintain muscle strength and power. ZMA Tech includes highly bioavailable zinc mono-Lmethionine sulfate and zinc aspartate, plus magnesium aspartate and vitamin B6.

SPORTS SUPPLEMENTS

Best Energy Liquid Water Enhancer Best Energy liquid water enhancer combines caffeine, citrulline, taurine and agmatine sulfate for workout energy and focus. Squeeze it into your water bottle for instant refreshment, anytime, anywhere.

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Millennium Sports Technologies ZMK

ZMK is a complete multi-mineral supplement formulated to maximize recovery while supporting healthy hormone levels, better sleep, the body’s pH, cellular energy and cardiovascular health. ZMK includes a blend of 72 trace minerals that support the Krebs cycle, the series of chemical reactions that generate energy in the body.

Research on the patented ZMA in TruZMA shows it to be an essential supplement for all athletes.

ZMA has been shown to support strength and power, sleep quality and testosterone levels.

TruZMA, a great source of zinc and magnesium in high-quality forms, also includes TruFulvic, a specialized ingredient that complements ZMA.

Gain strength, recover fast and replenish nutrients with the help of True Athlete ZMA With Theanine. Its precise combination of zinc and magnesium can help increase muscle strength and power, and vitamin B6 enhances their absorption and utilization. The added theanine promotes recovery, relaxation and restful sleep.

AllMax Nutrition TribX90

The source herb in TribX90 — Bulgarian Tribulus terrestris — has been harvested in the wild by hand and at peak season to ensure the absolute highest levels of total concentrated alkaloids, a full 90 percent steroidal saponins. Tribulus has become increasingly popular among athletes for its ability to boost strength and stamina.

PULL-UP

Muscles worked: lats, rhomboids, rear delts, traps, biceps

Pull-ups are one of the hardest and most effective compound movements around, calling on all your large upper-body muscles to haul your bodyweight upward against gravity. This develops functional and dynamic strength and will forge an impressive wingspan.

WIDE-GRIP OVERHAND PULL-UP

Take a wide, overhand grip on a pull-up bar and hang with your arms fully extended.

Cross your feet behind you and look up toward the bar, arching your thoracic spine slightly. Keep your core tight and your spine vertical, and avoid using momentum to generate upward power. Retract your shoulder blades, then drive your elbows down and back to pull your chest up to the bar. Pause briefly, then lower to the start under control.

Photo by Peter Lueders

EASIER VERSION: NEGATIVE PULL-UP (not shown) Performing negatives improves strength and helps perfect form. Stand on a tall box placed underneath and behind the pull-up bar. Grip the bar (wide, overhand) and jump straight up off the box into the top of the pullup position. Hold here as long as you can, then slowly lower to the start under control.

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MUSCLE & STRENGTH TESTOSTERONE BOOSTERS

Beast Sports Nutrition Super Test Super Test is a professional-strength anabolic complex that helps support testosterone and nitric oxide, which may enhance muscle mass, strength and libido while supporting liver and kidney function. The ingredients also help detoxify the system and maintain the body for optimum fitness and health.

Betancourt Nutrition Androrush Androrush offers a powerful dose of a specialized formula of ashwagandha (Withania somnifera), used in ayurvedic medicine for its mind-boosting and rejuvenating properties (read support of testosterone, strength and performance). It also supports your immune system, so you can stay healthy for more and better workouts.

Betancourt Nutrition Test-HP

BodyTech LongJax MHT With Arginine

Cellucor P6 PM

Force Factor Test X180

The proprietary blend in Test-HP is designed to support healthy testosterone levels and maintain muscle mass.

It also helps control estrogen levels, which may be associated with excess levels of body fat.

LongJax MHT With Arginine is an advanced formula that combines Long Jack with other herbs such as horny goat weed, Tribulus terrestris and maca extract, plus the amino acid arginine.

The combination is designed to help you perform at your best both in the gym and the bedroom.

TESTOSTERONE BOOSTERS

BPI Sports Best Test

This laboratory-certified product was created for men who want to feel young again. With the addition of the specialized ingredient Niagen, Best Test supports natural testosterone levels, anti-aging and weight loss.

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Cellucor P6 Extreme Pump

P6 Extreme Pump features ingredients that support healthy testosterone levels to aid you in your quest for strength and building lean muscle. Its formula also includes ingredients to aid vasodilation for a better pump.

Taken 30 to 60 minutes before bedtime, P6 PM is a nighttime testosterone and sleep support agent. It supports free testosterone and promotes improved sleep with ZMA in the formula.

Build bigger muscles and increase your libido with Test X180.

The experts at Force Factor carefully formulated Test X180 to provide the boost that every man needs and support improved workout performance.

BodyTech PrimalJax One serving of PrimalJax is fueled by 500 milligrams each of testosterone- and nitricoxide-boosting horny goat weed, arginine, Tribulus terrestris and Mucuna pruriens, as well as maca, Bacopa monnieri and Long Jack extracts to help support male libido and performance.

TESTOSTERONE BOOSTERS

GAT Sport Testrol

Highly advanced testosterone enhancers make this the ultimate dual-purpose male performance product.

Here’s the all-natural, effective way to build muscle and increase stamina. Specially formulated to increase blood flow and boost male performance, Testrol includes nitric-oxide boosters, hormone activators for fast-acting male performance.

GAT Sport Testrol Gold ES

GAT’s advanced formula Testrol Gold ES is a dual-purpose muscleand-performance male supplement. The formula contains DIM to balance estrogen and thus optimize testosterone hormone levels. It also includes PrimaVie, a purified test booster for increased total and free testosterone and DHEA. Naturally support male performance, endurance and strength and help build lean tissue with Testrol Gold ES.

Isatori 17-Beta

The powerful combination of natural ingredients in 17-Beta can help support healthy testosterone levels and reduce the effects of the female hormone estrogen. The result is increased muscle mass, gains in strength, and improved sex drive and performance.

MAN Sports Nutrition Nolvadren XT

Novex Biotech TestroVax

Nolvadren XT’s advanced hormone modulator formula is designed to promote a leaner, harder, drier-looking physique.

It takes a three-in-one approach, promoting healthy free testosterone while minimizing estrogen and destroying “fat-storing” cortisol.

A clinically tested testosterone-boosting compound, TestroVax was shown to yield a 42 percent increase in serum testosterone levels in just 12 days compared to the placebo. Healthy testosterone levels are associated with increased muscle mass, intensified libido and increased energy.

Sheer Strength Sheer Alpha+

Sheer Strength Sheer Test+

TESTOSTERONE BOOSTERS

Prolab Nutrition Horny Goat Weed

Horny Goat Weed offers an exclusive formula designed to help maximize performance naturally. Emerging research suggests that Epimedium (horny goat weed), yohimbe and Tribulus terrestris offer powerful effects to help keep your blood pumping for optimal vascularity. This rejuvenating formula supports powerful pumps and performance on and off the training circuit.

Purus Labs D-Pol

This formula aids in strength and lean muscle accrual through increased circulating free-testosterone levels. Athletes can exercise longer because of D-Pol’s greater mitochondrial efficiency and enhanced oxygencarrying blood flow.

Another plus is superior nutrient delivery via heightened and sustained vasodilation.

RSP Nutrition Prime-T

Do you want a scientifically formulated testosterone support product? Look to Prime-T. Its ingredients can help boost free-testosterone levels and reduce circulating estrogen, and promote gains in lean muscle, strength and recovery from hard training.

Remember the drive you had in your 20s?

Get that vitality and power back with Sheer Alpha+ — formulated for the man who wants command that lasts.

This high-powered testosterone support increases libido and drive while promoting fat loss and increased muscle growth.

Keep your mind sharp and your manhood strong with Sheer Test+. Most men experience a natural drop in testosterone over time, but you need to feel strong and vital — at the office, in the gym and at home.

Sheer Test+ is backed by the latest scientific research and is formulated to give you the power, libido and focus to stay on top of life.

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As endorsed by

Thomas DeLauer Celebrity Trainer and Nutrition Expert

PURE. PROVEN. PERFORMANCE. You are dedicated to your pursuit for excellence—working hard to stretch your limits, crushing past goals to push through to new levels of performance and strength.

We understand you need pure products based on rock-solid scientific evidence that support your goals and work with your body to deliver premium results. You work hard, you play harder, and you need a fullbody supplement system that supports the life you’ve built as you work every fiber to its limits—head to toe.

Sheer Strength products deliver that combination of clean fuels and proven active ingredients that ignite your system and boost your recovery—giving you that edge you need to go beyond shredding those goals to reach new levels—even beyond what you thought was possible.

Products that support your peak condition and performance help ensure you are not only getting the most out of every workout, but then have optimum overall health to recover quickly so you are able to truly enjoy your amazing life.

“Everybody pities the weak; jealousy you have to earn.” ~Arnold Schwarzenegger

PURE. No mysterious fillers.

No ambiguous “proprietary blends”.

Sheer Strength Labs shows you exactly what you are getting in every serving, down to the last milligram. No one wants sawdust or grains or who knows what in the very products they are trusting to make life better. But often many of the very products relied on to improve performance, health, and stamina hide behind proprietary blends, so there’s no way to actually KNOW what you’re putting into your body. It’s like adding fluids to your car from an unmarked bottle—who knows what those blends can do to your engine. No one wants that kind of dangerous exposure—especially from products to which you’re entrusting the most valuable asset you have—your self.

We know you are trusting us to provide you with high quality, contaminate-free ingredients. That’s what you get in every serving; nothing but pure, high power formulas blended and cGMP-certified in the great U.S.A. PROVEN. Cold, hard scientific data.

You need to know that the health, wellness, and performance compounds you invest in will work. You need science to back up and serve as the basis for that initial decision to step up and try a product line. Hearing how great a supplement is from hundreds (OK, hundreds of thousands) is not enough for you to KNOW it will be the powerhouse combination you need to reach those high goals you have set for yourself. That’s

because you know that endorsements from all the trainers, celebrities, and sports heroes mean nothing if the products don’t have the substance to back up those claims.

PERFORMANCE. It all comes down to results: All the pure ingredients and proven technology in the world mean nothing without results that are delivered consistently—lift after lift, pump after pump.

Anyone can lift, but you are sculpting a work of art. Sheer Strength supplements are the tools that help you carve every muscle fiber while giving you the clarity and internal support that set you apart from the mere gym enthusiast. That incredible performance you get from augmenting your power-packed routine with Sheer Strength is what makes it so indispensable. From revving up with Sheer® Pre-X to blasting each rep with Shred, you will feel that sustained rush that helps you push past plateaus and get the look and mass you want. Go ahead and skip the kale, but don’t skimp on your tools.

Sheer Strength products are pure, proven ingredients because that’s what your body needs to perform at it’s peak, giving you the added life-enhancing fuels and wellness products that boost your system and position you to experience and chisel the best possible “you.” Invest today in a product line that will be your reliable partner as you work to craft your masterpiece.

CHAPTER SEVEN

PREWORKOUT The right fuel before training not only allows your body to work to its maximum potential, which can improve your performance, but also sets it up for improved recovery and muscle building afterward. You may opt to get your aminos, creatine, nitric-oxide boosters and other important nutrients via one of the many optimally blended powdered preworkout supplements, or perhaps you prefer the convenient form of a preworkout bar.

There are so many great choices for this critical time that thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no excuse to neglect it.

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PREWORKOUT NITRIC-OXIDE BOOSTERS

AllMax Nutrition Hemanovol

Hemanovol was created with specialized matrixes of ingredients for the express purpose of giving the athlete an intense musclevolumizing experience.

It was formulated to enhance vascularity and muscle volume with intense training.

BodyTech Nitrulline

Nitrulline is designed to provide the body with a supercharged amount of L-arginine for the synthesis of nitric oxide. The release of this powerful substance during weight training enhances blood flow to working muscles, resulting in mind-blowing vascular pumps.

BSN Nitrix

Nitrix is a concentrated nitric-oxide precursor that helps provide a solid foundation for advanced supplementation and training efforts.

It supplies 3 grams of L-citrulline and 3 grams of creatine, and it is designed to support hardworking muscles and great muscle pumps during your most brutal workouts.

Cutler Nutrition 100% Amino Pump

iForce Nutrition Hemavol

Olympian Labs A-AKG Powder

PEScience High Volume

If anyone knows how to train and develop a great physique, it’s four-time Mr. Olympia Jay Cutler. The formula in 100% Amino Pump is an all-in-one for muscle-building, recovery and performance. It includes branched-chain amino acids, essential amino acids and creatine to help boost strength and power in the gym.

Hemavol combines ingredients that will give you massive muscle pumps, increased endurance and newfound strength.

It volumizes muscles with fluid and nutrients effectively and has set the bar high for the category, selling more than 11 million doses since its inception.

NITRIC-OXIDE BOOSTERS

MRI NO2 Black

NO2 Black provides a potent dose of arginine alpha-ketoglutarate delivered via a clinically tested extendedrelease system. Its formula enhances nitric-oxide synthase up-regulation and greatly increases nitricoxide levels over baseline arginine-derived nitric oxide. NO2 Black also includes alphalipoic acid to boost insulin sensitivity and nutrient uptake.

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MRI NO2 Black Full Cycle

Working out breaks you down, eating provides nutrients for muscle recovery, and rest heals muscles and builds them back up.

NO2 Black Full Cycle speeds up this process, allowing nitric oxide to hemodilate blood vessels thereby optimizing your body’s ability to feed, fuel, protect and generate muscle.

Nutrex Research Niox

With 3,000 milligrams of specialized nitric-oxide-boosting ingredients, Niox is an advanced muscle and pump formula. The fast-absorbing Niox liquid capsules quickly increase nitric oxide in the bloodstream. When Niox is combined with intense training, more blood, nutrients and oxygen are pushed into the muscles to create a pump effect that supports muscle growth.

A-AKG arginine alphaketoglutarate is a preworkout supplement that helps you attain more intense workouts for increased muscle mass in a shorter period. It helps to process the ammonia created by intense muscle activity and creates glutamine, which is important for energy and muscle recovery.

High Volume is all about the pump. Its formula is centered around arginine and citrulline to deliver a longer-lasting pump.

It’s stimulant-free, so it can be used alone preworkout or stacked with a thermogenic.

PRE-WORKOUT PERFORMANCE

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Formulated Formulated with with health health and and performance performance in in mind, mind, Pre-Kaged® Pre-Kaged® is is unlike unlike any any pre-workout pre-workout in in the the industry. industry. The The combination combination of of clinically tested patented ingredients in Pre-Kaged is designed clinically tested patented ingredients in Pre-Kaged is designed to to prime prime your your body body and and mind mind to to conquer conquer every every workout. workout.

Per serving: Per serving:

1.6g Patented CarnoSyn® 1.6g Patented CarnoSyn® Helps turn you into a performance Helps turn you into a performance powerhouse at the highest training powerhouse at the highest training intensities by increasing strength, intensities by increasing strength, work capacity and delaying fatigue. work capacity and delaying fatigue.

1.5g Patented Creatine HCl 1.5g Patented Creatine HCl Engineered to maximize solubility and Engineered to maximize solubility and improve bioavailability, this patented improve bioavailability, this patented HCl form doesn’t require a loading HCl form doesn’t require a loading phase and induces less GI distress. phase and induces less GI distress.

6.5g Fermented L-Citrulline 6.5g Fermented L-Citrulline Supports increased vasodilation to Supports increased vasodilation to promote the delivery of nutrient-rich promote the delivery of nutrient-rich blood to your muscles. blood to your muscles.

3.5g Fermented BCAAs 3.5g Fermented BCAAs Sourced from natural plant-based Sourced from natural plant-based materials to promote performance materials to promote performance and prevent muscle breakdown. and prevent muscle breakdown.

2.0g Patented BetaPower®® 2.0g Patented BetaPower An osmolyte that regulates cellular An osmolyte that regulates cellular fluid levels, natural betaine keeps your fluid levels, natural betaine keeps your tissues and muscles hydrated so they tissues and muscles hydrated so they can perform and function optimally. can perform and function optimally.

274mg Organic Caffeine 274mg Organic Caffeine Sourced from organic green coffee Sourced from organic green coffee beans and calibrated to help improve beans and calibrated to help improve focus and alertness without the jitters. focus and alertness without the jitters.

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Third-party tested and certified to be free of any banned sustances.

Third-party tested and certified to be free of any banned sustances.

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PREWORKOUT PREWORKOUT FORMULAS

ProSupps NO3 Drive

NO3 Drive is a one-ofa-kind pump powder that can be taken on its own or stacked with your favorite preworkout powder. The 100 percent stimulantfree formula contains specialized ingredients such as HydroMax and AgmaPure to create an environment primed for muscle-swelling pumps to aid your workout and support muscle growth.

Beast Sports Nutrition Beast Mode Black

Beast calls its Mode Black the “most extreme Beast yet.”

Containing 400 milligrams of caffeine, along with an effective dose of TeaCrine and yohimbe, the formula increases energy while DMAE adds intense focus and agmatine and betaalanine deliver massive pumps, helping increase strength and build muscle.

Betancourt Nutrition B-NOX Androrush

BodyTech Flash Point

BodyTech Pre-Effect

Cellucor C4

Cellucor C4 Extreme Energy

Cellucor C4 Ripped

This is a preworkout nitric oxide that includes a test-boosting blend to support the body’s natural testosterone response to exercise. B-NOX’s energy-enhancing formula supports drive, endurance and intensity that you can’t get from caffeine alone.

Formulated to energize mental and physical performance, Flash Point preworkout concentrate is designed to help take your training to the next level. With beta-alanine, citrulline, tyrosine, caffeine, B vitamins and other ingredients, Flash Point helps support energy, focus and stamina in the gym.

With ingredients blended for muscle growth, strength, energy and endurance — including creatine, beta-alanine as CarnoSyn, caffeine, betaine, leucine, citrulline malate and much more — PreEffect is a complete preworkout product.

PREWORKOUT FORMULAS

BPI Sports 1.M.R

Get one more rep with 1.M.R, an ultraconcentrated preworkout supplement.

The formula supports your training with a proprietary blend that includes 300 milligrams of caffeine, yohimbe bark extract, theobromine and more, plus an endurance matrix.

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BSN Endorush

Endorush is formulated to support hard-training athletes. Its performance blend supplies arginine, citrulline and creatine, and its energy/focus blend includes 150 milligrams of caffeine anhydrous and 150 milligrams from green tea or coffee beans.

Cellucor C4's ultraconcentrated preworkout formula uses NO3 technology to deliver explosive pumps and energy. C4 contains creatine nitrate, which research has shown to be more water-soluble than other forms of creatine, to ensure better absorption.

C4 Extreme Energy is formulated for those who have built up a tolerance to caffeine by drinking several cups of coffee or tea per day.

If that describes you and you’re seeking an extra boost of energy to help you through your training, then try C4 Extreme Energy for its blend of caffeine, TeaCrine, creatine and beta-alanine. It’s a preworkout that will kick you into gear.

With ingredients specifically designed for weight loss, C4 Ripped’s preworkout formula is for those trying to shed fat without losing muscle. It’s ideal if you want a pre-training aid without creatine to add monster mass.

PUSH-UP

Muscles worked: pecs, triceps, shoulders, core, glutes

In truth, the exertion your muscles experience during a move is more important than the number of pounds you push, and although they might not be as flashy as bench pressing a ton of iron, nothing beats a push-up for sheer development of strength, control and muscular endurance. Push-ups also improve balance and shoulder stability, which translates to improved performance in other lifts.

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ON THE FLOOR

Place your hands outside shoulder-width apart on the floor and extend your legs behind you until youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re suspended between your hands and your toes, hips in line with your head and heels. Bend your elbows and lower your body as a unit toward the floor without breaking at the hip, then press up forcefully to the start.

EASIER VERSION: INCLINE PUSH-UP (not shown)

Doing the move on an incline decreases the amount of bodyweight you have to push, making it easier to perform. Place your hands on a flat bench or on the bar of a Smith machine (set the bar about waist high) and perform as you would the standard move, making sure the bench edge or bar hits you midchest. If your back hurts, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re breaking at the hip. Lift your glutes to align with your head and heels and brace your core to keep your body straight.

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Cellucor C4 Zero

C4 Zero is formulated to support workouts with explosive energy, better focus and greater endurance but without ingredients you don’t want, such as calories, carbs, sugar, beta-alanine or creatine. If you want a preworkout with quality ingredients and amazing taste, try C4 Zero.

Cutler Nutrition PRE PRE is a preworkout and pump formula designed for the hardcore gym warrior who needs intense energy to boost strength, power and endurance during a serious workout. If you want your preworkout supplement to support longer workouts, increased blood flow and pumps, and greater strength and power, try PRE. It’s designed for longer-lasting energy without the jitters.

Dymatize PreW.O.

PreW.O. is perfectly engineered by Dymatize to support your workouts by ingredients designed for intensity, energy, strength and muscle pumps. In addition, PreW.O. is tested for banned substances, and it’s gluten-free and free of dyes.

Finaflex Stimul8

The patent-pending, high-performance shredding formula in Stimul8 delivers the ultimate in results in endurance, strength and power, and it promises unparalleled energy in every dose.

Stimulate your workout with Stimul8.

Finaflex Stimul8 Muscle

This preworkout product was designed to promote muscular performance during workouts, whether you’re a man or a woman. Built with an exclusive blend of muscle performance ingredients (featuring Peak ATP) and combined with an energy and focus support matrix, Stimul8 Muscle helps you attain your best workouts.

PREWORKOUT FORMULAS

Finaflex Stimul8 Pumped

Stimul8 Pumped was built with ingredients designed to promote increased cellular energy and muscle pumps without stimulants. Powered by three specialized robust ingredients, including Nitrosigine and elevATP, Stimul8 Pumped provides added energy to attack workouts and achieve the muscular pump you have been searching for.

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GAT Sport JetFuse NOX

This comprehensive preworkout formula contains creatine in a formula designed to intensify your pumps and help you experience smooth, focused energy from the time you walk into the gym until your workout ends. JetFuse NOX is a complete, lowstimulant preworkout with clinically studied ingredients proven to increase strength, size, muscle endurance and recovery.

GAT Sport Nitraflex

This clinically tested, high-intensity pre-training formula contains potent ingredients to magnify energy, strength, stamina, muscle pumps and free testosterone during workouts. Nitraflex delivers proven muscle-building L-citrulline malate, L-arginine and alpha-ketoglutarate amino acids as well as a high-potency form of boron, which has been shown to support free testosterone.

GAT Sport Nitraflex + Creatine

Studies suggest that the formula in Nitraflex + Creatine may help advanced athletes maximize energy, intensity, vascularity and muscle pumps during their workouts.

In addition, it may give long-term support to testosterone and nitric-oxide levels in the healthy range.

GAT Sport PMP

From the first time you train after taking PMP, it delivers an intense workout to help you blast through training plateaus and take your endurance and muscular output to the next level. Its powerful blend of clinically researched key ingredients was formulated to deliver extremely focused workout sessions, rapid massive vascular pumps and peak muscle performance gains.

PLANK

Muscles worked: core, glutes, hamstrings, shoulders, chest

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If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve written off planks as a sissy exercise relegated to Pilates mavens and yogis, think again: When done consistently (and correctly), planks can develop bulletproof strength in the core, shoulders, arms and glutes, making it a must-do for anyone wanting to lift heavy or excel at sports.

ELBOW PLANK

Place your elbows on the floor underneath your shoulders and extend your legs behind you, lifting your hips to align with your head and heels. Hold this position for time.

EASIER VERSION: TRADITIONAL (HAND/STRAIGHT-ARM) PLANK (not shown)

The closer you come to vertical, the more it engages large muscle groups and the easier it becomes. Place your hands under your shoulders (arms straight) and hold as in the standard plank.

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Kaged Muscle Pre-Kaged

Pre-Kaged helps boost energy, strength and endurance so you can crush workouts. It’s formulated with pure L-citrulline to support powerful muscle pumps; plant-sourced, fermented branchedchain amino acids in a proven 2:1:1 ratio; patented creatine HCL; and taurine for improved mental focus.

Plus, third-party testing shows it to be free of banned substances.

MusclePharm Assault

Precision-engineered Assault is an advanced preworkout product with a five-stage delivery system addressing size, energy, focus, strength and endurance. Each serving contains 2 grams of patented CarnoSyn beta-alanine, an athlete-performance blend featuring ION-3 nitrate technology nutrients and PurEnergy caffeine, which remains effective longer than normal caffeine.

MuscleTech VaporX5 Next Gen

MuscleTech VaporX5 Ripped

NutraBio Pre

Optimum Nutrition Essential Amino Energy

Optimum Nutrition Essential Amino Energy Naturally Flavored

Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard Pre-Workout

Uncompromising performance starts with VaporX5 Next Gen, a powerful premium preworkout.

This complete five-inone formula delivers explosive energy, an awesome neurosensory experience, scientifically validated muscle-building power, heightened endurance and intense muscle pumps. It’s available in orange mango pineapple, exclusively at the Vitamin Shoppe.

VaporX5 Ripped is a combination supplement, offering the benefits of powerful sensory and preworkout ingredients plus a weight-loss matrix that has been scientifically studied. This is a preworkout supplement unlike anything else.

Work out harder and longer with Pre. This powerful preworkout formula includes ingredients for great muscle pumps, a matrix for supporting and stimulating focus, components to boost energy, and electrolyte and hydration enhancers.

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Nutrex Research Outlift

Outlift represents a new class of preworkout supplements. Its groundbreaking formula contains 10 clinically dosed proven ingredients, including citrulline, creatine, beta-alanine and the branchedchain amino acids. It primes muscles for unbelievable pumps, rapid recovery and laser-sharp focus while supporting the mind/ muscle connection.

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Nutrex Research Outlift Amped

This is the extreme energy edition of Nutrex Research’s preworkout powerhouse Outlift. Amped combines the performanceenhancing aspect of ingredients at the fully effective doses in Outlift with a boost of extreme energy.

Experience the difference and start training at your true maximum capacity and intensity.

Optimum Nutrition’s popular ready-tomix anytime energy powder combines 160 milligrams of an energy blend from natural sources with 5 grams of micronized muscle-supporting free-form amino acids and great flavors.

Optimum Nutrition’s popular ready-to-mix anytime energy powder now comes naturally flavored, with no artificial colors or sweeteners. It combines caffeine, green-tea extract and green coffee-bean extract with 5 grams of micronized muscle-supporting amino acids.

The perfect complement to your postworkout protein shake, Gold Standard Pre-Workout brings 175 milligrams of caffeine from natural sources to your game along with 1.5 grams of beta-alanine and 3 grams of Creapure creatine. It supports workout energy, focus and endurance.

PREWORKOUT FORMULAS

PEScience Prolific

You get the best out of your workouts when you focus on what you’re doing and when you make the mindmuscle connection.

Prolific preworkout supports that kind of intensity, and it gives you really strong pumps as well as explosive energy.

Prolab Nutrition Beta Alanine

Prolab’s Beta Alanine floods the muscles with the amino acid carnosine to buffer against lactic-acid buildup.

Buffering muscle acidity can help you train at a higher intensity for a longer period before fatigue sets in, giving you a few more growthstimulating reps. The formula also can help reduce muscle soreness during and after training, allowing for faster recovery time.

Prolab Nutrition Beta Alanine Extreme

ProSupps Dr. Jekyll NitroX

ProSupps Mr. Hyde Cutz

Purus Labs Muscle Marinade

Purus Labs NOXygen

Scitec Nutrition Hot Blood

Help extend highintensity training sessions and delay muscle fatigue with Beta Alanine Extreme.

Its beta-alanine fuels an increase in muscle carnosine, an amino acid found in the fasttwitch muscle fibers that produce explosive power. As a bonus, it contains the amino acid L-histidine, an amino acid that helps support the production of carnosine.

The formula in Dr. Jekyll NitroX is infused with TeaCrine, the specialized version of theacrine, which is similar to caffeine and which enhances physical and mental energy.

It also supports better nitric-oxide response so that you can get great muscle-swelling pumps.

The formula in Mr. Hyde Cutz includes a combination of performanceenhancing ingredients and thermogenics.

Mr. Hyde Cutz fills the bill for athletes looking for a preworkout option that doesn’t contain creatine and also offers a “cutting” matrix.

PREWORKOUT FORMULAS

ProSupps Mr. Hyde NitroX

You can skip taking in extra caffeine when you use Mr. Hyde NitroX as your preworkout supplement. Its potent combination of highpowered thermogenic ingredients will support you through the toughest workouts and help keep you focused so that you can push through barriers.

Purus Labs Condense

Taking a novel approach to preworkout performance enhancement, Condense is designed to expand performance capacity rather than temporarily boost it. The formula uses patent-pending nitric-oxide nutrient technology to help widen blood vessels and create a cascade of anabolic effects. It also includes ingredients to help mitigate cramping.

Ensure that your muscles are primed for performance in the gym with the endurancesustaining and recovery-stimulating formula in Muscle Marinade.

It has all the ingredients for great muscle pumps and enhanced focus and energy, and it offers you a blast of branched-chain amino acids, too.

NOXygen is designed to be used as a standalone or to complement your preworkout or intraworkout supplements, giving you expanded strength, endurance and hydration. The formula is stimulant-free, so it can be taken on non-training or cardio days.

Scitec Nutrition’s Hot Blood complex preworkout formula is carefully designed to support your body in physical activity, especially high-intensity training.

Its five-component, 4,500-milligram creatine matrix includes buffered creatine monohydrate.

The formula is shown to increase performance in successive bursts of short-term, highintensity exercise such as weight training.

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Sheer Strength Sheer Pre-X

ATHLETES ASK

Sheer Pre-X preps your body to deliver dramatically increased performance from the very first use. This blend offers a potent preworkout mix to rev your system into gear so you can experience substantial performance boosts that pack on the muscle.

Combine with Sheer Nitro for extended stamina, vascularity gains and magnified muscle growth.

True Athlete Energized Training Formula This formula was developed for the athlete looking for that extra edge. Energized Training Formula contains creatine, arginine and betaalanine along with caffeine and AstraGin, which is designed to improve absorption of amino acids, glucose, vitamins and other nutrients.

True Athlete Training Formula

Developed with the athlete and fitness enthusiast in mind, True Athlete’s Training Formula provides the primary ingredients you need for the advanced preworkout support you want: creatine, arginine and beta-alanine as well as AstraGin, a proprietary nutrient-uptake enhancer.

If you want a serious preworkout powder that can help you stay in “the zone” while you’re training, look no further than Animal Fury. Combining proven ingredients such as citrulline malate, beta-alanine, L-tyrosine and caffeine anhydrous, all in efficacious doses, plus 5 grams of branchedchain amino acids, each scoop of Animal Fury packs a potent musclebuilding punch.

Universal Animal Rage XL

Animal Rage XL will give you a surge of raw power so you can stalk the weights and dominate the gym. The proprietary formula contains ingredients that support endurance, quick and longlasting energy, intensity and focus.

If my preworkout contains beta-alanine, do I still need a postworkout dose?

M&P: Yes! Beta-alanine, a precursor to carnosine (a

dipeptide that is concentrated in skeletal muscle) synthesis, has been shown to elevate muscle carnosine levels by more than 60 percent. This is great for athletes because increased muscle carnosine levels buffer exercise-induced acidosis, resulting in increased power production and work capacity. Based on an abundance of recent research illustrating its positive effects on muscle performance, most popular preworkout formulas contain beta-alanine.

However, doses vary among products, and even the best ones contain only 2 to 3 grams of beta-alanine per serving — this is about half the optimal daily dose.

WHAT TO TAKE: Here are four science-backed points

to consider when taking beta-alanine: ❱ Four weeks of beta-alanine supplementation (4 to 6 grams per day) significantly boosts muscle carnosine concentrations, which serve to buffer increases in acidity in exercising muscle. ❱ The only substantiated side effect of high-dose betaalanine supplementation is a tingling sensation in the skin (called paresthesia). Avoid paresthesia by dividing your daily dose into three or four smaller doses (no more than 1.5 grams each) and taking them throughout the day.

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❱ Daily beta-alanine supplementation (4 to 6 grams per day) for at least two to four weeks improves exercise performance, especially when exertion lasts between one and four minutes. ❱ Beta-alanine becomes more effective when stacked with other supplements (such as creatine). This synergy is not immediately apparent and generally becomes noticeable after four weeks of consistent supplementation.

CHAPTER EIGHT

INTRAWORKOUT/ POSTWORKOUT Hard training rips up muscles; repairing the damage results in growth. You do that with postworkout, intraworkout and recovery supplementation, which is designed to aid the repair work and promote muscle growth. The intraworkout products in this chapter allow you to train harder and longer while also keeping you hydrated.

And time is of the essence after workouts because waiting too long to get protein (in the forms of whey and casein) to those muscles will throw off your recovery and jeopardize protein synthesis. Also important after workouts are fast-digesting carbs to spike the anabolic hormone insulin. In addition, creatine ensures that your muscles will be ready for your next workout, and supplemental branched-chain amino acids help spur protein synthesis. Feeding your body the right blend of nutrients and supplements around workouts will ensure size and recovery.

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BodyTech BCAA & Glutamine

With BodyTech’s BCAA & Glutamine formula, you’ll get workout support in a precise 2:1:1 ratio of the branchedchain amino acids leucine, isoleucine and valine. It also includes L-glutamine to support muscle building and workout recovery.

BodyTech Critical Aminos XT

This postworkout formula provides a combination of amino acids, glutamine and antioxidants to help your body recover from the physical demands of high-intensity training. Ideal for hardcore athletes and bodybuilders, Critical Aminos XT also can help weekend warriors and beginners.

BSN Amino X

Stimulant-free Amino X is designed to support endurance during your workout and aid in muscle recovery after intense training. Push your performance to the next level with its 10 grams of branchedchain amino acids, essential amino acids, L-alanine, taurine and L-citrulline.

Cellucor Alpha Amino

Cellucor Beta BCAA

Inner Armour BCAA Peak

Kaged Muscle In-Kaged

With 14 amino acids in its formula, Alpha Amino was designed as a performance sports drink. It includes 5 grams of the allimportant branchedchain amino acids.

Branched-chain amino acids are a cornerstone for beginners and fitness pros alike.

The BCAAs help fight muscle fatigue and muscle breakdown during a workout while also helping replenish muscles postworkout.

Beta BCAA offers a classic, well-founded 2:1:1 BCAA ratio with 5 grams of instantized BCAAs for quick transport to your muscles when timing is critical.

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Gaspari Nutrition SizeOn

Using a tri-phase creatine blend to offer unmatched bioavailability, SizeOn will prime your body for explosive strength and power gains. SizeOn also includes 5,000 milligrams of L-leucine as well as AmmoJect to buffer the effects of painful toxins such as ammonia and lactic acid that accumulate during training.

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GAT Sport Amino GT

Amino GT contains 8 grams of amino acids with 5 grams of the branched-chain amino acids in a 2:1:1 ratio, the most scientifically supported ratio for sports performance and recovery. In clinical studies, it supported faster recovery of muscle strength than a placebo.

Amino GT is ideal for workout hydration for serious athletes expecting measurable results.

GAT Sport Muscle Martini Natural

Clean, natural, free of artificial colors, sweeteners and flavors, Muscle Martini Natural contains 8.7 grams of amino acids and only 5 calories per serving.

This non-GMO and gluten-free aminoacid powder is also stimulant-free. It supports general health, nutrition, athletics, the preservation of lean muscle mass and postworkout recovery.

BCAA Peak contains an elite 12:1:1 ratio of the branched-chain amino acids, including 6.2 grams of leucine.

While all three BCAAs (leucine, isoleucine and valine) play an important role in muscle growth, leucine has been shown to be critical for stimulating muscle protein synthesis. BCAA Peak also includes 2.5 grams of L-glutamine per serving.

In-Kaged intraworkout fuel’s patented ingredients include branched-chain amino acids in the clinically proven 2:1:1 ratio and CarnoSyn (beta-alanine) to help keep you training intensely without fatigue.

For mental focus and energy support, it also contains taurine, L-tyrosine and PurCaf organic caffeine. In-Kaged is also tested by a third party to show it is free of banned substances.

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MAN Sports Nutrition Iso-Amino

Iso-Amino packs 5 grams of branchedchain amino acids into each serving in the 2:1:1 ratio (leucine, isoleucine and valine) that can help speed recovery. BCAAs are necessary for rebuilding, repairing and triggering lean muscle growth.

Metabolic Nutrition Tri-Pep Bonded peptides help make the 10 grams of branched-chain amino acids per serving of Tri-Pep more metabollically beneficial by elevating glycogen, improving absorption, promoting endurance and also preserving lean muscle mass. A specialized processing method makes Tri-Pep easily mixable.

MusclePharm BCAA 3:1:2

MuscleTech Amino Build Next Gen

Nubreed Nutrition Helix BCAA

ProSupps AminoLinx

Scivation Xtend BCAAs

Scivation Xtend Elite

MusclePharm’s BCAA 3:1:2 formula offers the athlete 3 grams of leucine — one of the essential amino-acid powerhouses — to help induce muscle growth. Leucine not only has the capacity to stimulate muscle protein synthesis but also may help slow muscle damage after intense training by increasing the synthesis of muscle proteins.

Amino Build Next Gen is an advanced branched-chain amino acid formula. Every two-scoop serving features a massive 8-gram dose of BCAAs in the 2:1:1 ratio, including 4 grams of leucine, plus 2.5 grams of musclebuilding betaine. This unique formula also includes a new electrolyte complex, complete with coconut water and watermelon juice.

Helix BCAA was engineered as a recovery catalyst. The branchedchain amino acid formula was designed to enhance protein synthesis for hardworking athletes. It mixes easily and tastes great.

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NutraBio Intra Blast

Support your body’s needs for hydration, boost your power and strength during training, and speed your recovery afterward with Intra Blast. Its formula contains not only the right ratio of branched-chain amino acids and other aminos the body needs but also includes a performance matrix and electrolyte optimizer.

PEScience Amino IV Your body uses not only the three allimportant branchedchain amino acids that you’ve read so much about but also the other nine essential amino acids. Amino IV ensures that you have the whole complement of BCAAs and EAAs to support recovery and muscle growth.

The branched-chain amino acid complex in AminoLinx is bolstered with other essential aminos so that you’re getting support for muscle building and endurance. It’s formulated for helping to power you through your workout without stimulants and to support your training efforts by keeping you hydrated.

Burn fat, recover faster, and enhance muscle building and strength with Xtend BCAAs. It is packed with the researchvalidated 2:1:1 ratio of the branched-chain amino acids (leucine, isoleucine and valine) in each 7-gram dose.

Xtend BCAAs has zero sugar and zero carbs, and it’s ideal for gluten-free, lactosefree, low-carb, Paleo and sugar-free diets.

Xtend Elite is for those who want to train with more intensity than ever. Its formula includes PeakO2, a patent-pending blend shown to maximize power output and support oxygen uptake; beta-alanine, an amino acid that supports muscular endurance in training; and ashwagandha for natural stimulant-free energy.

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POSTWORKOUT

Scivation Xtend Free BCAAs

True Athlete BCAA Powder 4:1:1

BSN Cellmass 2.0

NutraBio Reload

Nutrex Research PostLift

Get 7 grams of branched-chain amino acids without any artificial colors, flavors or sweeteners in Scivation Xtend Free BCAAs. It replenishes electrolytes and supports muscle growth and recovery using the widely researched 2:1:1 BCAA ratio.

BCAA Powder provides a 4:1:1 ratio of the branched-chain amino acids L-leucine, L-isoleucine and L-valine.

During high-intensity exercise, BCAAs may become fuel for your muscles and help aid in protein synthesis and prevent muscle breakdown. In conjunction with exercise, L-leucine may activate the mTOR pathway that supports muscle growth.

BSN’s concentrated postworkout recovery agent, Cellmass 2.0, helps promote recovery, endurance, strength and overall performance. When taken as directed, it delivers 5 grams of creatine, 3 grams of glutamine and glutamic acid, plus 10 grams of amino acids.

POSTWORKOUT

Myogenix AfterShock

AfterShock is a postworkout catalyst for muscle building, perfect for that window of time after training when muscles crave rapidly absorbing, glycogenreplenishing carbs and fast-digesting proteins (34 grams of whey). Its joint-support ingredients are a bonus.

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The formula in Reload is meant to help you optimize and maximize the muscle growth that comes with all your hard training. And Reload helps you keep the muscle you’ve gained by supporting repair and recovery when your workout is over.

Called a postworkout powerhouse, PostLift helps promote muscle recovery and muscle protein synthesis after training sessions.

In addition to the branched-chain amino acids, the formula contains a specialized form of dextrin, a carb that helps replenish muscle glycogen.

GAT Sport Carbotein

Carbotein is a scientifically advanced blend of six specialty carbohydrates for glycogen loading that enables rapid energy use along with support for postworkout recovery.

Each serving combines 30 grams of fast-acting carbohydrates with the branched-chain amino acids, plus multiple electrolytes and citric-acid-cycle intermediates to produce energy.

GAT Sport JetMass

JetMass promotes gains in lean muscle mass and supports anabolism and rapid recovery after training. The formula contains highly bioavailable ingredients for that “pumped” sensation during workouts, including a specialized form of creatine, as well as L-glutamine and branched-chain amino acids. Get real results quickly, plus increased lean muscle mass and a boost in strength and overall performance with JetMass.

CHAPTER NINE

FUNCTIONAL FITNESS Being functionally fit means meeting your capacity for activity, whether that’s aerobic (i.e., running or jumping rope), muscle building (i.e., achieving a certain number of reps before reaching failure), or carrying groceries or children. Feeding your body is the easiest way to increase the amount of time it can perform those tasks. Although food provides energy, there are supplements that can enhance the body’s ability to turn those foods into energy. Some of these supplements are directly involved in the production of ATP (adenosine triphosphate), the molecule that all the body’s cells use as energy. Functional fitness is an important element for daily living and for any sport.

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BodyTech Electrolyte Fizz

Electrolyte Fizz is a great-tasting, highperformance energy drink mix that helps you replace electrolytes without caffeine or artificial stimulants.

Plus, you get more than 72 trace minerals and five B vitamins for energy production.

CytoSport CytoMax CytoCarb 2 CytoCarb 2 is a 100 percent natural complex carbohydrate featuring a combination of maltodextrins to help improve performance and endurance by maintaining muscle glycogen at peak levels.

It dissolves instantly in water, and it is the perfect tool to increase carbohydrate intake for harder workouts and faster recovery.

GU Energy Labs GU Energy Gel

Honey Stinger Waffles

Kaged Muscle Hydra-Charge

Orgain Organic Hydration

Pacific Health Labs Accelerade

Pacific Health Labs Accel Gel

GU Energy Gel delivers premium ingredients for performance enhancement. This exclusive blend of complex and simple carbohydrates also contains amino acids to maximize muscle recovery, antioxidants to fight free radicals, and sodium and potassium to help restore electrolyte balance.

These waffles were inspired by northern Europe’s stroopwafels (two thin waffles with a filling in between), which elite cyclists have found easy to eat even while racing.

These waffles will satisfy your taste buds and help keep you going during hard training or busy living.

Hydra-Charge is the ultimate electrolyte supplement. It contains coconut water powder for key electrolyte support and a special antioxidant blend to boost your natural defenses.

Hydra-Charge is loaded with ingredients to help keep your body functioning in top form, and it has no artificial colors or flavors. It’s also been tested by a third party and found to be free of banned substances.

ENDURANCE FORMULAS

Nuun Electrolytes

You sweat, Nuun Electrolytes hydration drink tablets replenish you. With optimal electrolytes and clean ingredients, these hydration tabs help your body make the most of the water you’re drinking. They’re also certified gluten-, soy- and dairy-free; vegan; and InformedChoice (safe for clean sport).

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Nuun Electrolytes With Caffeine

You need energy, Nuun Electrolytes With Caffeine elevates. With optimal electrolytes, caffeine from greentea extract, B vitamins and clean ingredients, make the most of the water you’re drinking.

They’re also certified gluten-, soy- and dairy-free; vegan; and Informed-Choice (safe for clean sport).

Electrolyte loss, whether from hard training or an active lifestyle, can wreak havoc on your body.

Organic Hydration is a refreshing electrolyte-replenishment supplement made with organic coconut water and a food-based blend of B vitamins for added benefit.

The formula in this “protein-powered sports drink” helps athletes perform better and recover faster. With a 4:1 ratio of carbs to protein, Accelerade helps extend endurance, enhance rehydration and reduce muscle damage.

A top performer in its class, Accel Gel offers a 4:1 ratio of carbs to protein. This all-natural gel tastes great and is scientifically proven to quickly deliver energy to working muscles, extend endurance and speed muscle recovery.

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W E N ANYTIME, ANYWHERE Simply add to your water for instant refreshment! It’s the easier way to supplement your goals.

*THESE STATEMENTS HAVE NOT BEEN EVALUATED BY THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION. THESE PRODUCTS ARE NOT INTENDED TO DIAGNOSE, TREAT, CURE OR PREVENT ANY DISEASE. † When combined with a proper exercise and nutrition regimen. Statements based on early-stage independent 3rd party in vivo and / or in vitro model scientific research data findings for individual ingredients.

FUNCTIONAL FITNESS ENDURANCE FORMULAS

Pacific Health Labs Endurox Excel Endurox Excel contains the adaptogenic herb ciwujia (with properties similar to Siberian ginseng) to support the immune system, increase fat metabolism and aid endurance. It also includes the antioxidant vitamin E to combat the buildup of free radicals.

Trace Minerals Research Electrolyte Stamina Electrolyte Stamina tablets are ideal for boosting sports performance, people working in high-temperature environments and anyone expecting to experience high levels of fluid loss.

They provide the nutrients needed to avoid muscle cramps during high-intensity exercise.

Trace Minerals Research Electrolyte Stamina Power Pak

Xendurance Extreme Endurance

Perfect Shaker Hero Series

Six Pack Fitness Sure Seal Containers

SmartShake Original 2Go

The BlenderBottle Co. BlenderBottle Classic

Electrolyte Stamina Power Pak is a highperformance energy drink with no caffeine, artificial flavors or artificial stimulants.

It contains 1,200 milligrams of vitamin C along with major electrolytes (such as sodium, potassium and magnesium), plus more than 72 trace minerals from the specialized ConcenTrace matrix included in the formula.

This gold-standard sports-nutrition formula has been shown in a placebo-controlled, third-party, published crossover clinical study to reduce lactic acid by 15 percent for speedy recovery from training and increase aerobic threshold by double digits.

You train like you’re Wonder Woman or Superman, now you can rehydrate and fuel like your favorite heroes with the world’s first superhero shaker bottle. The Perfect Shaker gives you a smooth mix every time, plus it’s BPA-free and guaranteed not to leak.

It’s easy to use, easy to clean and dishwasher safe.

DRINK-PREP ACCESSORIES

Powder Jet Funnel

Want to mix your protein powder right into a bottle of water?

That’s where the Jet Funnel comes in. You can say goodbye to shaker bottles, extra powder containers and constantly washing up with the Jet Funnel.

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Six Pack Fitness Cube Stealth

The Cube Stealth carries and keeps a day’s worth of meals and snacks in separate compartments. It has a side pocket for a protein shaker and a dry protein carry case, plus a side pocket for a water bottle. There’s also a removable top tray to organize sportsnutrition products and snacks. The Cube Stealth can keep food chilled for eight hours with a cold pack.

The square version of the Sure Seal Containers everyone loves is now available.

These leakproof, spillproof meal containers come in a set of three and have tight-fitting black lids.

Wherever you go, bring along your SmartShake bottle. Its two storage compartments allow you to keep servings of various preworkout or postworkout supplements handy. Organize your protein, creatine, vitamins, even fruit snacks or your gym locker key in one convenient, dishwashersafe container.

Say goodbye to lumpy protein shakes and hello to smooth, great-tasting drinks.

The BlenderBottle Classic uses a patented BlenderBall wire “whisk” to deliver powerful mixing as you shake, putting mesh grates in other shaker cups to shame. It’s dishwasher safe, BPAfree and fits in most car drink holders.

The caffeine in coffee is an ergogenic aid that will boost your workout, enhance fat utilization and increase time to exhaustion in endurance activities.

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Chocolate-Banana Mocha Shake 6 ounces brewed coffee, chilled ¼ cup vanilla or plain unsweetened almond milk ½ frozen banana 1 scoop chocolate whey protein powder 1 tablespoon chia seeds 1 tablespoon raw almond butter

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5 or more ice cubes

1. Place all ingredients except ice into blender and blend until smooth.

2. Add four or five ice cubes and blend.

Continue to add ice cubes to desired thickness.

NUTRITION FACTS (per serving): calories 332, protein 26 g, carbs 27 g, fat 16 g

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The BlenderBottle Co. Pro45

The Pro45 boasts a powerful new 12-gauge BlenderBall, a rounded base and a massive 45-ounce capacity.

The BlenderBottle Co. Pro45 is built to go big.

Vitaminder Co. Jaxx Fuel Pack

Here’s a great companion for a fast-paced life. The Jaxx Fuel Pack has everything you need to carry your fuel for the day — to the gym, to work or on a hike. This essential pack accommodates a day’s worth of meals, snacks and supplements. It also has a side pocket for a water bottle, one for a protein shaker and so much more.

EXERCISE ACCESSORIES

Fitlosophy Digital Food Scale

Are your eyes sometimes bigger than your stomach? Are a few extra ounces here and there standing between you and your goals?

Get your food portions under control with this Digital Food Scale.

It features four units of measure: ounces, grams, pounds and milliliters. A user’s guide is included for quick setup, as well as a food portion guide with recommended serving sizes.

Fitlosophy Fitbook

Write it down. Make it happen. Research studies and countless anecdotal reports confirm that journaling your workouts and food consumption can dramatically improve your chances of sticking to a program and maximizing results. Fitbook is a great tool for doing it, with 12 weeks of fully customizable space for logging both training and nutrition.

EXERCISE ACCESSORIES

Gaiam Citron Sundial Yoga Mat

The Citron Sundial Yoga Mat provides a stable, nonslip surface on which to practice and features a light tack to help it grip to the floor. At 5 millimeters thick — which is thicker than standard — this long-lasting mat ensures safety and comfort while you work to achieve proper alignment and maintain poses.

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Gaiam Yoga Block

Gaiam’s lightweight Yoga Block provides the stability needed for optimal alignment, deeper poses and increased strength.

Use it under your hands, feet or seat to safely assist in deepening stretches. It’s constructed of durable foam with a nonslip surface.

Gaiam Grippy Yoga Socks

No mat? No problem.

With these no-slip Grippy Yoga Socks, you’ll be able to practice anywhere.

Designed for use with a mat or without, these comfy socks provide a nonslip surface to increase your balance and stability.

GROOMING AIDS

SPRI Xertube Resistance Bands

Use the original Xertube to isolate and strengthen targeted muscle groups, including arms, chest, shoulders and back. These versatile bands come in three resistance levels, and they are perfect for personal training and travel. The color-coded, highquality tubing resists tears and abrasions.

SPRI Speed Rope

The SPRI Speed Rope can help your cardio workouts by improving stamina and increasing quickness. Streamlined and built for speed, this high-performance coated jump rope has smaller-than-usual handles for quicker wrist whip and rope spin, making it perfect for double-unders.

Duke Cannon Supply Co. Big American Brick of Soap

This American-made soap is designed to meet the high standards of hardworking men who simply want to get clean and smell great. A Big American Brick of Soap weighs in at 10 ounces and will last much longer than regular bars. It has a clean, fresh scent and contains steel-cut grains so you can grip it better.

LANDMINE, 180-DEGREE ROTATION Muscles worked: core, hips, shoulders, arms, back, chest, legs

Adding a rotational element to your training can improve total-body synergy, torquing power and functional strength, training your muscles in a unique way that translates into greater gains down the line.

It will also finish off those muscle tie-ins, making your physique appear more balanced and put together.

A landmine is the perfect vehicle for rotational work, holding one end of a barbell stationary while you manipulate the other.

LANDMINE 180 WITH PIVOT

Secure a barbell in a landmine and hold the end with both hands overhead, arms extended, hips and shoulders square. Keeping your arms straight (imagine they are simply hooks that connect the weight to your back and core), lower the barbell toward your right hip, rotating your body to the right and bending both knees slightly. Quickly and explosively return to the start, then repeat on the other side.

EASIER VERSION: STATIONARY 180 (AKA ANTI-ROTATION) (not shown)

The setup is the same in the standard version, but here you’ll eliminate the lower-body/pivoting action: Stand square to the landmine and “rainbow” the barbell from hip to hip with your arms straight.

Photo by Peter Lueders

The landmine’s versatility means you can crank out a full-body workout in one spot.

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Duke Cannon Supply Co. Cold Shower

Developed by Duke Cannon in concert with a military advisory panel, these face and body towels are manufactured with menthol, aloe and jojoba to provide a chilling blast as they cleanse and protect. These cooling towels are the perfect way to cool down and recover after a hard training session.

Every Man Jack Body Wash

This refreshing, hydrating body wash will nourish and protect your skin. It cleans deep, removing dirt and grime, but it’s never drying. The natural ingredients in this body wash include coconut-derived surfactants and cedarwood oils to cleanse and heal, essential oils of rosemary and sage to refresh, and glycerin to help retain your skin’s moisture.

SheaMoisture Beard Balm

Shape, smooth and define your beard by warming a small amount of Beard Balm between your fingers and rubbing it into your beard. Beard Balm’s premium natural ingredients will help you have a well-groomed beard all day long.

Maracuja-infused shea butter helps seal in the nourishing and moisturizing effects of this styling balm.

SheaMoisture Beard Conditioning Oil

Achieve a meticulously groomed look with SheaMoisture’s beard-care regimen. The premium natural ingredients in the Conditioning Oil absorb quickly to soften and condition full beards while restoring moisture to dry facial skin.

SheaMoisture Beard Wash

Deep clean and refresh your beard after a long, hard workout session with Beard Wash. Look good and smell great with premium natural ingredients that help soften, condition and style facial hair, leaving beards scruff-free.

Beard Wash deep cleans beards of dirt, flakes and odors without drying out facial hair and skin.

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CHAPTER TEN

HEALTH & WELLNESS Creating and maintaining “foundational health” can have a profound effect on your abilities in the gym, on the track or wherever your sport takes you. Antioxidants combat free radicals caused by training. Healthy fats can help tamp down inflammation and even promote fat loss. Digestive enzymes and probiotics can help your body absorb nutrients.

There are products that support joint health and those that offer heart benefits or aid sleep. Finally, a multivitamin/multi-mineral product may help ensure that you’re getting enough of the basics.

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BodyTech Men’s Sport One Daily

Looking for a oncea-day multivitamin/ mineral training-support formula? Men’s Sport One Daily contains essential vitamins and minerals as well as Tribulus terrestris and maca, two plants that have been used in traditional medicine to boost energy.

Gaspari Nutrition Anavite

This anabolic multivitamin features highly bioavailable patented chelated vitamins and minerals and includes 3,200 milligrams of beta-alanine and 2,000 milligrams of L-carnitine L-tartrate in two scoops. Anavite provides athletes with what they need to train harder for longer to excel at their sport.

Irwin Naturals Quick Energy Red Multi

Quick Energy Red Multi supplies athletes with comprehensive nutritional support in a high-potency multivitamin/multi-mineral formula. It is not only packed with vitamins, minerals and trace nutrients to help you meet your daily nutritional requirements but also delivers a nitricoxide boost to help optimize performance.

Natures Plus Hema-Plex Chewables

Natures Plus Kalm-Assure

Optimum Nutrition Vitamin D

Optimum Nutrition Vitamin E

Iron is a key mineral that your body needs for the red blood cells to carry oxygen to tissues and support proper energy levels. The formula in Hema-Plex offers 85 milligrams of elemental iron and synergistic cofactors for total blood health for the serious athlete.

Kalm-Assure’s formula combines activated nutrients with a powerful array of standardized herbal extracts to give you an overall sense of well-being.

Each tablet uses an innovative technology: a rapid-release layer that supplies the powerful effects of pantothenic acid and GABA, and a sustainedrelease layer that supplies a specialized combination of herbs, including passionflower and hops.

PERFORMANCE MULTIS, VITAMINS AND MINERALS

Olly Men’s Multi

With two Olly gummies a day, you get a powerful blend of essential nutrients, formulated to boost your overall wellness and help fill the gaps when your eating habits are a little less than perfect. Plus, you get support for steady energy and your most important muscle — your heart.

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Olly Women’s Multi

Chew two Olly gummies a day and say hello to your body’s new BFF. The formula offers a powerful blend of essential nutrients to support overall wellness and help fill the gaps caused by less-than-perfect eating habits, as well as a boost for your bones and heart.

Optimum Nutrition CoQ10

Optimum Nutrition’s CoQ10 softgels provide heart and energy support with 100 milligrams of coenzyme Q10. Symptoms of CoQ10 deficiency include heart failure, high blood pressure and chest pain — scientific studies show that supplementing with CoQ10 may be effective in combating a deficiency.

Get high-potency bone and immune support with Optimum Nutrition’s easy-to-swallow softgels containing 5,000 IU of vitamin D. Vitamin D can support the body’s absorption of calcium.

Optimum Nutrition has packed 400 IU of antioxidant vitamin E into softgels for high-potency immune support.

PERFORMANCE MULTIS, VITAMINS AND MINERALS

Plnt Men’s 50+ Whole Food Multivitamin

Older athletes get heart and immune support with this whole-food multi, as well as ingredients for energy and metabolism. In addition to the organic fruit and vegetable blend in the formula, it includes a digestive blend.

Plnt Men’s Whole Food Multivitamin

Plnt Men’s multi formula offers athletes energy and metabolism support in a wholefood multivitamin, as well as ingredients for heart and immune support. In addition to the organic fruit and vegetable blend in the formula, it includes a digestive blend.

Plnt Women’s 50+ Whole Food Multivitamin

Older athletes get heart and immune boosters with this wholefood multi, as well as ingredients to support healthy bones. In addition to the organic fruit and vegetable blend in the formula, it includes a digestive blend.

Plnt Women’s Whole Food Multivitamin

Plnt Women’s multi formula offers athletes ingredients that support energy and metabolism in a whole-food multivitamin, as well as antioxidants. In addition to the organic fruit and vegetable blend in the formula, it includes a digestive blend.

The Vitamin Shoppe Magnesium Glycinate

This mineral plays a critical role in hundreds of processes in your body, including converting muscle glycogen to glucose, the fuel your body uses during intense exercise. A shortage of magnesium can lead to lactic-acid buildup, resulting in muscle soreness and fatigue. Magnesium also aids muscle contraction and supports protein synthesis.

Research shows that 90% of dietary and supplemented protein is wasted. Aminolase makes all ingested protein available for Muscle Building, Recovery, and Immune Function.

Learn how science, stats, & standards should always play a role in supplement selection at arthurandrew.com/checkthree.

Learn more by calling (800) 385-9833. *THESE STATEMENTS HAVE NOT BEEN EVALUATED BY THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION. THIS PRODUCT IS NOT INTENDED TO DIAGNOSE, TREAT, CURE OR PREVENT ANY DISEASE.

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Trace Minerals Research ConcenTrace Trace Mineral Drops

This top-selling trace mineral supplement contains more than 72 naturally occurring ionic trace minerals, the same kind of bioavailable trace minerals that are found in raw foods.

With 90 percent of Americans deficient in minerals, ConcenTrace Trace Mineral Drops is the solution for replenishing them.

Trace Minerals Research Ionic Magnesium

Ionic Magnesium is a rich, concentrated liquid dietary supplement that provides 400 milligrams of magnesium chloride in ionic form, the form most widely recognized by the body. Magnesium plays a role in more than 300 biochemical pathways in the body.

Universal Animal Pak

Help support immunity and avoid vitamin/mineral deficiencies with a supplement meant for bodybuilders and hard-training athletes.

With ingredients proven again and again in the trenches and in the lab, Animal Pak has been a go-to multi since 1983.

Vitafusion MultiVites Adult Vitamins

Gummies are no longer just for kids. Here’s a serious formula for serious immune support.

A two-gummy serving of MultiVites Adult Vitamins yields everything a grown-up athletes needs in an essential daily formula.

Vitafusion Gorgeous Hair, Skin & Nails

Your hair, skin and nails can suffer when you put all your efforts into training and the stresses of daily life.

Here’s a formula that can help, with biotin and vitamins C and E, and more, to help fight free radicals and support the body’s production of collagen.

ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS

Vitafusion Women’s Adult Vitamins Here’s a multivitamin for the active lifestyle of today’s athletic woman. Vitafusion’s formula has everything a woman needs for energy production, metabolism and bone support.

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Controlled Labs Orange OxiMega

Orange OxiMega fish oil is a high-potency Nordic fish-oil product that is 60 percent docosahexaenoic acid/ eicosapentaenoic acid. This extremely high level means you consume less fat and cholesterol from your omega intake. OxiMega softgels are enteric coated and citrus flavored so they smell and taste pleasant.

MHP Omega Strong

Omega Strong’s super potency and purity help support faster recovery, reduce inflammation, and support cardiovascular health and overall performance. It is three times more concentrated in omega-3 fatty acids than traditional fish-oil supplements.

Nordic Naturals Algae Omega

Algae Omega is the ideal vegetarian alternative to fish oil.

Made from microalgae, Algae Omega offers a plant-based source of beneficial omega-3s eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid. Although most algae oils are short on EPA, Algae Omega’s unique combination of EPA and DHA make it a pure, safe and effective source of both these essential fatty acids.

Nordic Naturals Children’s DHA

Children’s DHA is rich in the omega-3 docosahexaenoic acid, which supports the brain and nervous system, and it also contains healthy levels of 100 percent natural vitamins A and D. Like all Nordic Naturals fish oils, Children’s DHA is tested by a third party and surpasses strict international standards for purity and freshness. It’s easily swallowed or chewed by children ages 3 and older.

ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS

Nordic Naturals Nordic GLA

Nordic GLA is 100 percent vegetarian borage oil made exclusively from non-GMO New Zealand–grown borage seed. This special formulation of the omega-6 gamma-linolenic acid offers natural, effective support for healthy skin and joints, and it promotes optimal body-fat metabolism.

Nordic Naturals Postnatal Omega-3 Postnatal Omega-3 provides the omega3s women require after childbirth — for themselves and for their babies. It supplies significant amounts of the omega-3 needed to support neurological development in nursing infants, and it also contains a potent dose of the omega-3 acid to support positive mood after childbirth and optimal fat metabolism.

Nordic Naturals Ultimate Omega

Top-selling Ultimate Omega is formulated to support a healthy heart, improved mood and healthy glucose levels. Doctors and health-care advocates worldwide recommend it for its quality and potency. With 1,280 milligrams total omega3s per serving, it delivers more of these essential fats than most other concentrates.

Nordic Naturals Ultimate Omega 2X The next generation of fish oil, Ultimate Omega 2X features an ultra-concentrated formula. In a slightly larger softgel that delivers 1,000 milligrams of eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid, this powerful concentrate offers one or two softgel serving options to meet a broad range of unique nutritional needs.

Nordic Naturals Ultimate OmegaD3 Sport

Providing highly concentrated omega-3s (eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid), Ultimate OmegaD3 Sport promotes cardiovascular and respiratory function.

It also supports focus and concentration, as well as fat metabolism and body composition.

RECOVERY’S BEST KEPT SECRET

Eliminating dead tissue accounts for the largest portion of total recovery time. Neprinol AFD, a blend of highly specialized enzymes including serrapeptase and nattokinase, kick-starts this process, to get you active again and back to doing the things you love. Recovery isn’t only about protein, creatine, and hormones. Try Neprinol, recovery’s best kept secret.

Learn how science, stats, & standards should always play a role in supplement selection at arthurandrew.com/checkthree.

Learn more by calling (800) 385-9833.

*THESE STATEMENTS HAVE NOT BEEN EVALUATED BY THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION. THIS PRODUCT IS NOT INTENDED TO DIAGNOSE, TREAT, CURE OR PREVENT ANY DISEASE.

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Nordic Naturals Ultimate Omega Xtra

With 23 percent more eicosapentaenoic acid per serving than Ultimate Omega, Ultimate Omega Xtra combines enhanced omega-3s with natural vitamin D3 for synergistic nutritional support.

This concentrated blend delivers high-potency heart, brain, bone, mood and immune support.

NutriForce Sports Omegafort SCC

Omega-3s are essential polyunsaturated fatty acids that must be obtained through the diet. Most of us don’t consume sufficient amounts of omega3-rich foods, leading experts to suggest we supplement with fish-oil concentrates.

Omegafort SCC fills that bill with four times the potency of typical fish-oil capsules.

Plnt Coconut Oil

Plnt Coconut Oil is USDA-certified organic and a great source of medium-chain triglycerides, which are known for their positive effect on cholesterol and are used by the body as a source of energy.

Cold-pressed for great taste, Plnt Coconut Oil is excellent for cooking and baking.

The Vitamin Shoppe Flax Seed Oil Certified organic Flax Seed Oil is unrefined and pesticide-free, and it is processed via the cold-press method to retain flavor and nutritional value. The essential fatty acids in flaxseed oil support a healthy cardiovascular system.

The Vitamin Shoppe Omega 3 Fish Oil

Omega-3 fats promote cardiovascular and joint health and a healthy inflammation response.

They also can support a healthy physique.

Omega 3 Fish Oil is a mega-blend of eicosapentaenoic acid (600 milligrams) and docosahexaenoic acid (240 milligrams) derived from concentrated fish oils, molecularly distilled and free of potentially harmful contaminants.

PROBIOTICS AND ENZYMES

Arthur Andrew Medical Aminolase TPA

Aminolase TPA allows for nearly 100 percent of ingested protein to be used for muscle building, strength and recovery. In a university study, Aminolase TPA converted 25 grams of protein to nearly 100 percent amino acids whereas the placebo average conversion rate was 15 percent.

Wasted protein can cause gas, bloating and kidney stress.

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Arthur Andrew Medical Devigest ADS

Gas, bloating or stomach discomfort are signs your gut is lacking the digestive enzymes it needs to function well. Devigest ADS promotes comfortable and complete digestion of all foods.

It’s an excellent formula for anyone who has trouble with gluten, dairy and high-fiber/ gas-promoting foods.

Arthur Andrew Medical Syntol AMD

Formulated as a gentle yeast cleanse, Syntol AMD (Advanced Microflora Delivery) is also a daily probiotic. It can cleanse the body without the detoxification symptoms commonly associated with other probiotic and yeastcleansing products.

The Vitamin Shoppe Bromelain

If you’re in the game to build muscle or even just maintain what you have, you probably take in a lot of whole-food protein.

Sometimes your system needs a little help with that. Bromelain is a natural plantbased enzyme derived from pineapple that’s known to support protein digestion.

The Vitamin Shoppe Digest Extra

Do you have minor issues with digesting dairy products or gluten?

Digest Extra supports gastrointestinal tract function with its special digestive-enzyme formula.

ATHLETES ASK

Are multivitamins necessary?

M&P: In a word, yes! Vitamins and minerals are essential catalysts for cellular function and nutrient absorption. They support growth and regeneration of various tissues in the body, including bones and muscle. Notably, our vitamin requirements increase when we train or engage in highintensity sports. To add insult to injury, intense training is commonly coupled with strict dieting, which can exacerbate vitamin deficiencies. Vitamins and minerals also play direct roles in brain function and neurotransmitter synthesis as well as indirect roles through their involvement in energy metabolism and modulation of the brains blood supply. Further, many vitamins (and a number of minerals) have pivotal roles in mitochondrial function, the major site for energy (ATP) production.

In the end, vitamin and mineral deficiencies can have profound effects on focus, energy and metabolism â&#x20AC;&#x201D; all of which have been shown to limit exercise and sports performance.

WHAT TO TAKE: Notably, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s well-documented that a

large proportion of North Americans are deficient in one or more vitamins and minerals. For men and women who train or compete in sports, we always suggest using a high-quality vitamin and micronutrient supplement formulated specifically for athletes to keep micronutrients topped off even during periods of heavy training and/or dieting. Look for products with high levels of vitamins B, C and D and take as directed.

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The Vitamin Shoppe Ultimate 10 Probiotic

Gut health and overall health are dependent on having the right ratio of beneficial bacteria living in the small intestine. Bump up your ratio with Ultimate 10 Probiotic, which contains 10 different organisms, including Lactobacillus acidophilus.

Arthur Andrew Medical Neprinol AFD

Neprinol AFD (Advanced Fibrin Defense) supports the body’s ability to naturally purify the blood of decayed cells, fibrin, fatty proteins and other toxic materials. Neprinol is recommended for everyday aches and pains (due to overexertion from exercise). It also supports cardiovascular health.

Arthur Andrew Medical Serrétia

Serrétia is a muscle and joint support supplement that facilitates fast recovery after overexertion from exercise. Serrétia supports healthy joint function, normal scar tissue formation, normal blood clotting and healthy circulation throughout the body.

Life Seasons Pain Bloc-R

Let’s face it: Sometimes you overdo it. That’s when you need a little extra help. The ingredients in Pain Bloc-R include white willow bark and L-tetrahydro palmatine, two traditional remedies used for aches and pains and muscle relaxation.

Terry Naturally Curamin Athletic Pain

Curamin Athletic Pain combines strong ingredients from the specialized formula in Curamin with powerful enzymes and other compounds for effective, safe pain relief, whether you are a pro or a weekend warrior. In addition, an enhanced-absorption form of curcumin helps protect against oxidative damage caused by hard training.

HERBS

Terry Naturally Curamin Extra Strength

Curamin Extra Strength is an extrastrength version of curcumin that provides more of the effective ingredients in Curamin Athletic Pain, which you rely on for safe and effective pain relief. It includes nattokinase, which supports blood flow, aiding the other ingredients in Curamin Extra Strength to reach all areas of the body.

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Only Natural Berberine 1,000

Berberine is a traditional medicine used as a natural defense against yeast, parasites, fungi and bacteria. Only Natural Berberine 1,000 is made using the finest-quality berberine.

This immune-enhancing supplement is a great way to jump-start a diet, and it may improve and aid glucose metabolism, insulin sensitivity and weight management as well as support digestion.

Plnt Ashwagandha

In traditional medicine, ashwagandha (Withania somnifera) has been used to help manage stress and lower levels of anxiety. Recent studies also have shown that it can help improve athletic performance in trained athletes.

Sunfood Superfoods Black Maca Powder

In the Andes for the past 3,000 years, black maca has been considered a rare and valuable form of maca root, a vegetable used for its medicinal properties. Its dark pigment contains a powerful adaptogen that supports hormonal balance, libido and fertility — especially in men. Among athletes today, maca is believed to support stamina and strength.

The Vitamin Shoppe Triple Strength Turmeric With Curcumin

Curcumin, the active ingredient in turmeric, is known for helping to reduce pain and inflammation in such conditions as rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis, as well as helping to regulate cholesterol and blood sugar. In athletes, it may improve circulation, act as an anti-inflammatory and positively spike energy levels.

Protein-Packed Peanut-ButterCup Overnight Oats w ¼ cup oats w 1 tablespoon chocolate protein powder w 1 tablespoon powdered peanut butter (plain or chocolate) or fresh nut butter w ¼ teaspoon vanilla w ½ cup plant-based milk (plain or vanilla) w sweetener of choice, to taste, if needed 1. Layer all ingredients except plant-based milk in a quart Mason jar or dish with cover.

2. Add half the milk (¼ cup), stirring it in to give you the room needed to add the rest of milk.

3. Mix well and let sit in fridge overnight. Stir and eat. Makes one serving.

NUTRITION FACTS (per serving): calories 206, protein 20 g, carbs 22 g, fat 4 g

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Biofreeze Cold Therapy Pain Relief

Biofreeze roll-on is used for arthritis, back pain, sore muscles and achy joints. Its uses include temporary relief from minor aches and pains associated with serious training, such as backache, strains and sprains. Make its soothing menthol and vanishing scent part of your recovery regimen.

Plnt Herbal Joint

If you work out hard enough, your joints need extra support.

The Herbal Joint formula is designed to support a healthy inflammation response after exercise. And itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gluten-free and suitable for vegetarians.

The Vitamin Shoppe Triple Strength Glucosamine Chondroitin MSM

The Vitamin Shoppe Ultimate Gold Joint Care

Topical BioMedics MyPainAway Sports Cream

MacroLife Naturals Macro Coco Greens

MacroLife Naturals Miracle Reds Superfood

Sunwarrior Ormus Supergreens Mint

This formula contains all three compounds required to make a well-rounded jointsupport supplement: glucosamine (a building block of cartilage), chondroitin (helps protect joints and speed recovery from damage) and methylsulfonylmethane (MSM, a sulfurous compound required in the creation of connective tissue).

Athletes need serious support for joint mobility and flexibility, and even stiffness on the morning after an all-out workout.

Ultimate Goldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s jointcare formula addresses those with glucosamine, chondroitin, MSM, hydrolyzed collagen, hyaluronic acid and more.

You only grow muscle if you can get through one workout and back for the next one. MyPainAway was designed for that purpose. This homeopathic analgesic cream, powered by a patented formula, was created for the relief of sports-related ailments, including muscle pulls and soreness, impact and repetitivemotion injuries, sprains and tendonitis.

FIBER AND GREEN SUPERFOODS

Controlled Labs Orange Triad + Greens

Designed for serious athletes, the multifunctional formula in Orange Triad + Greens offers a host of healthy ingredients: vitamins and minerals, nutrients that support digestion and the immune system, a joint-supporting complex, antioxidants and much more.

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MacroLife Naturals Macro Berri Reds

Macro Berri Reds offers 19 free-radicalfighting superfruits and berries. Each delicious serving includes acai, goji, mangosteen, pomegranate, turmeric, bromelain, aloe vera and hydrating trace minerals. A great treat for after sports, it mixes easily in any protein shake, contains no added sugar, and is also gluten- and dairyfree, non-GMO, Paleo and vegan.

Multivitamin- and mineral-rich Macro Coco Greens contains three servings of vegetables per delicious scoop, plus 3.5 billion probiotic organisms, gentle aloe vera and nopal cactus, and hydrating trace minerals. It mixes great in hot or cold beverages or in a smoothie.

Macro Coco Greens is also gluten- and dairyfree, non-GMO, Paleo and vegan.

The powerhouse blend of Miracle Reds Superfood is great postworkout. The formula offers 19 free-radical-fighting superfruits and berries, with no added sugar.

Each delicious serving includes plant sterols for maintaining healthy cholesterol levels, plus acai, goji, mangosteen, pomegranate, turmeric, bromelain, aloe vera and much more. It mixes easily in any protein shake.

Combining the potent nutrition of alfalfa, barley grass, wheatgrass, oat grass, ginger and the vitamin-rich Moringa plant, plus trace minerals and chlorophyll with friendly probiotics for improved digestion, Ormus Supergreens Mint concentrates the active phytonutrients in these superfoods.

Cold-drying processing preserves and protects the sensitive bioactive phytonutrients.

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OTHER HEALTH AND WELLNESS

The Vitamin Shoppe Spirulina Powder

Bricker Labs Memory Matters

Host Defense Lion’s Mane

MyTrition Restorative Sleep

Quincy Bioscience Prevagen Extra Strength

Sheer Strength Sheer Prostate+

The Vitamin Shoppe L-Theanine

One of nature’s superfoods, spirulina is a single-cell, freshwater blue-green microalgae containing protein, chlorophyll, vitamin B12, vitamin A and many other naturally occurring nutrients.

Spirulina Powder is a great value and mixes easily in juice, water or a smoothie.

Vibrant Health Green Vibrance

Made from organic greens and freezedried grass juices, Green Vibrance helps support four of the main foundations of health: nutrition, digestion, circulation and your immune system.

Restore yourself with this advanced daily superfood.

You’ve probably noticed that the more you try to accomplish during the day, the harder it is to get to sleep at night. But many prescription sleep aids make you fuzzy in the head. Not so with the natural formula in Memory Matters, which has been shown to support cognitive performance without disrupting sleep and even can help you get to sleep easier and faster.

Hericium erinaceus (lion’s mane) is a type of mushroom that has a long history of use in traditional Chinese medicine. In recent studies, lion’s mane has been found to support the brain and nervous system. Host Defense Lion’s Mane is organically grown in the United States.

Every athlete should understand that recovery and good sleep are necessary for building muscle and better performance. Restorative Sleep, with a mix of valerian root, melatonin and hydroxytryptophan and more, supports relaxation and relieves occasional sleeplessness.

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Natrol Melatonin 10mg Fast Dissolve

Natrol Melatonin’s 10-milligram quick-dissolving tablets act as a fast-acting sleep aid for relief of occasional sleeplessness. Melatonin helps establish normal sleep patterns to promote a more restful, relaxing sleep and better overall health.

Get the rest you need for better performance.

Plnt Mushroom Immune Formula

Plnt Mushroom Immune Formula contains an organic mushroom blend that supports the body’s immunity so that you can stay healthy and get back into the gym day after day. Mushroom Immune Formula is made with non-GMO mushrooms and packaged in vegetarian capsules so that it’s kosher and vegan.

As you age, you lose proteins that support your brain. Prevagen Extra Strength contains apoaequorin, a protein originally found in a particular jellyfish, which is believed to help regulate calcium levels in humans. It affects cognition by helping to maintain low levels of cytosolic calcium, so the performance of the neurons is less likely to be compromised.

No one wants to “go” more often, much less have it be painful. Sheer Prostate+ helps promote healthy prostate function with its unique saw palmetto blend designed to slow this process, which most men will eventually experience. Customformulated for men 30 plus, Sheer Prostate+ helps reduce frequent and painful urination and those embarrassing “gotta go” moments.

Theanine is an amino acid (one of the building blocks of protein) and has a chemical structure very similar to glutamate, a naturally occurring amino acid in the body that helps transmit nerve impulses in the brain. The specialized formula in the Vitamin Shoppe L-Theanine supports focus and attention so that you can put more of yourself into your workouts.

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INDEX A ABB Performance Speed Shot 26 Ab Cuts CLA Belly Fat Formula 50 Ab Cuts Lipo Cuts 45 Advanced Molecular Labs Thermo Heat 40 AllMax Nutrition Hemanovol 64 AllMax Nutrition TribX90 58 ALRI HumaPro 36 Amazing Grass Protein Superfood 12 AMINO ACIDS 35 Ancient Nutrition Bone Broth Protein 12 Anti-Inflammatories 94 Arthur Andrew Medical Aminolase TPA 92 Arthur Andrew Medical Devigest ADS 92 Arthur Andrew Medical Neprinol AFD 94 Arthur Andrew Medical Serrétia 94 Arthur Andrew Medical Syntol AMD 92 Ascent Protein Native Fuel Micellar Casein 14 Ascent Protein Native Fuel Whey 18 B Beanitos White Bean Chips 32 Beast Sports Nutrition 2 Shredded 40 Beast Sports Nutrition Beast Mode Black 66 Beast Sports Nutrition Creature 54 Beast Sports Nutrition Protein 12 Beast Sports Nutrition Super Test 60 Betancourt Nutrition Androrush 60 Betancourt Nutrition B-NOX Androrush 66 Betancourt Nutrition B-Nox to Go 26 Betancourt Nutrition Carnitine Plus 45 Betancourt Nutrition Creatine Plus 54 Betancourt Nutrition Lean Gainz 16 Betancourt Nutrition Lean Juice 45 Betancourt Nutrition Ripped Juice EX2 40 Betancourt Nutrition Test HP 60 Bhu Fit Paleo Protein Bar 30 Biofreeze Cold Therapy Pain Relief 96 BodyTech 100% Pure Creatine Monohydrate 54 BodyTech Arginine AKG 36 BodyTech BCAA 36 BodyTech BCAA & Glutamine 74 BodyTech Betaine Anhydrous 36 BodyTech Calcium Pyruvate 45 BodyTech Citrulline 36 BodyTech Critical Aminos XT 74 BodyTech Electrolyte Fizz 80 BodyTech Flash Point 66 BodyTech Glutamine 36 BodyTech HMB 58 BodyTech Hydrotherm 51 BodyTech Isotech 42 26 BodyTech LongJax MHT With Arginine 60 BodyTech Men’s Sport One Daily 88 BodyTech Micellar Casein 14 BodyTech Nitrulline 64 BodyTech Pre-Effect 66 BodyTech PrimalJax 60 BodyTech Prime Mass 16 BodyTech Whey Isolate 19 BodyTech Whey Tech Pro 24 19 BodyTech ZMA Tech 58 BPI Sports 1.M.R 66 BPI Sports Best Aminos 36 BPI Sports Best BCAA 36 BPI Sports Best BCAA Soft Drink Series 36 BPI Sports Best BCAA w/ Energy 36 BPI Sports Best Creatine 54 BPI Sports Best Creatine Defined 54 BPI Sports Best Energy 58 BPI Sports Best Protein 19 BPI Sports Best Test 60 BPI Sports Carnitine 45 BPI Sports CLA + Carnitine 50 BPI Sports CLA + Coconut Oil + Aminos 51

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BPI Sports Garcinia 45 BPI Sports Keto Aminos 45 BPI Sports Keto Bomb 46 BPI Sports Keto Weight Loss 46 BPI Sports Liquid Water Enhancer 45 BPI Sports RoxyLean 40 BPI Sports Whey HD 19 Bricker Labs Memory Matters 97 BSN Amino X 74 BSN Amino X Edge 37 BSN Cellmass 2.0 78 BSN Endorush 66 BSN Isoburn 40 BSN Nitrix 64 BSN Syntha-6 14 BSN Syntha-6 Edge 14 BSN Syntha-6 Isolate 14 BSN Syntha-6 Protein Bar 30 BSN Syntha-6 Protein Crisp 30 BSN True-Mass 16 C Cellucor Alpha Amino 74 Cellucor Beta BCAA 74 Cellucor C4 66 Cellucor C4 Extreme Energy 66 Cellucor C4 On the Go 26 Cellucor C4 Ripped 66 Cellucor C4 Zero 68 Cellucor CLK 46 Cellucor P6 Extreme Pump 60 Cellucor P6 PM 60 Cellucor SuperHD 40 Cellucor SuperHD Fire 40 Cellucor SuperHD Fire NonStim 46 Cellucor SuperHD Razor 46 Cellucor SuperHD Xtreme 40 Celsius 27 CLA 50 Controlled Labs Orange OxiMega 90 Controlled Labs Orange Triad + Greens 96 Crave Crush 46 Creatine 54 Cutler Nutrition 100% Amino Pump 64 Cutler Nutrition PRE 68 Cutler Nutrition Pro Pack 56 CytoSport CytoMax CytoCarb 2 80 Cytosport Evolve 26 D Designer Protein Designer Whey Advanced Grass Fed 100% Whey Protein 19 Designer Protein Designer Whey Native Whey Isolate 19 Designer Protein Designer Whey Natural 100% Whey Protein 19 Designer Protein Designer Whey Organic Meal 19 Designer Protein Essential 10 Meal Replacement 12 Designer Protein Organic Pro 30 12 Diuretics 51 Drink-Prep Accessories 84 D’s Naturals No Cow Bar 30 Duke Cannon Supply Co. Big American Brick of Soap 84 Duke Cannon Supply Co. Cold Shower 86 Dymatize Elite 100% Whey 19 Dymatize Elite Casein 14 Dymatize Elite Mass Gainer 16 Dymatize Elite Protein Bar 30 Dymatize ISO100 16 Dymatize ISO100 Clear 26 Dymatize PreW.O. 68 Dymatize Super Mass Gainer 18 E EFX Sports Kre-Alkalyn EFX 54 Endurance Formulas 80 Essential Fatty Acids 90 Essential Source HCG Remedy 46 Every Man Jack Body Wash 86 Exercise Accessories 84 F Fiber and Green Superfoods 96 Finaflex PX Pro Xanthine 500-XT 40 Finaflex Stimul8 68 Finaflex Stimul8 Muscle 68 Finaflex Stimul8 Pumped 68 Finaflex Stimz 42 FitJoy Protein Bar 30 Fitlosophy Digital Food Scale 84 Fitlosophy Fitbook 84 FitTea Detox 46 Force Factor LeanFire XT 42 Force Factor Test X180 60 FUNCTIONAL FITNESS 79

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G Gaiam Citron Sundial Yoga Mat 84 Gaiam Grippy Yoga Socks 84 Gaiam Yoga Block 84 Garden of Life Organic Grass Fed Whey 19 Garden of Life Raw Meal 12 Gaspari Nutrition Anavite 88 Gaspari Nutrition SizeOn 74 GAT Sport Amino GT 74 GAT Sport Carbotein 78 GAT Sport JetFuel Diuretic 51 GAT Sport JetFuel 42 GAT Sport JetFuel Pyro 42 GAT Sport JetFuel Superburn 42 GAT Sport JetFuse NOX 68 GAT Sport JetMass 78 GAT Sport Men’s Multi + Test 56 GAT Sport Muscle Martini Natural 74 GAT Sport Nitraflex 68 GAT Sport Nitraflex + Creatine 68 GAT Sport Nitraflex RTD 26 GAT Sport PMP 68 GAT Sport PMP RTD 27 GAT Sport Testrol 61 GAT Sport Testrol Gold ES 61 Grooming Aids 86 GU Energy Labs GU Energy Gel 80 H Health Direct Sculpt n’ Cleanse 46 Health Warrior Chia Bars 32 HEALTH & WELLNESS 87 Healthy Delights Naturals Appetite Control Soft Chews 46 HEALTHY EATING 29 Healthy ‘N Fit 100% Egg Protein 12 Healthy ’N Fit 100% Whey Pro-Amino 20 Healthy ‘N Fit Anabolic Muscle 18 Healthy ‘N Fit Muscular Weight Gain 18 Herbs 94 High-Protein Bars 30 High-Protein Drinks 26 Honey Stinger Waffles 80 Host Defense Lion’s Mane 97 Hydroxycut Black 42 Hydroxycut CLA Elite Next Gen 51 Hydroxycut Platinum 42 Hydroxycut Pro Clinical 42 I iForce Nutrition Hemavol 64 Inner Armour BCAA Peak 74 Inner Armour Isolate Zero 20 Inner Armour Nitro Peak 20 Intraworkout BCAAs 74 INTRAWORKOUT/ POSTWORKOUT 73 Irwin Naturals Quick Energy Red Multi 88 iSatori Bio-Gro 56 Isatori 17-Beta 54 Isatori Creatine A5X 54 iSatori Lipo-Drex 42 iSatori Liquid L-Carnitine LS3 48 i Won! Organics Protein Chips 32 K Kaged Muscle Citrulline 37 Kaged Muscle Creatine HCL 54 Kaged Muscle Glutamine 37 Kaged Muscle Hydra-Charge 80 Kaged Muscle In-Kaged 74 Kaged Muscle Kasein 16 Kaged Muscle Pre-Kaged 70 Kaged Muscle Re-Kaged Anabolic 12 Kill Cliff RTD 27 L Labrada Nutrition Lean Body 26 Lesser Evil Buddha Bowl Himalayan Gold 32 LifeAid Beverage Co. FitAid 27 LifeAid Beverage Co. FocusAid 27 LifeAid Beverage Co. LifeAid 27 LifeAid Beverage Co. PartyAid 28 LifeAid Beverage Co. TravelAid 28 Life Seasons Pain Bloc-R 94 Lifestyle Drinks 27 M MacroLife Naturals Macro Berri Reds 96 MacroLife Naturals Macro Coco Greens 96 MacroLife Naturals Miracle Reds Superfood 96

MAN Sports Nutrition CLA Powder 51 MAN Sports Nutrition IsoAmino 75 MAN Sports Nutrition Nolvadren XT 61 Meal-Replacement Bars 31 Meat Chips 32 Metabolic Nutrition Tri-Pep 75 MET-Rx High Protein Milk Shake 26 MET-Rx Super Hydration Sports Drink 27 MHP Omega Strong 90 MHP Power Pak Pudding 32 MHP Up Your Mass 18 MHP Xpel 51 Millennium Sports Technologies ZMK 58 MRI NO2 Black 64 MRI NO2 Black Full Cycle 64 Multivitamin Formulas 88 Muscle and Joint Support 96 Muscle-Building Formulas 56 Muscle Milk Smoothie 26 MusclePharm Assault 70 MusclePharm BCAA 3:1:2 75 MusclePharm CLA Core 48 MusclePharm Combat 100% Isolate 20 MusclePharm Combat Crunch 30 MusclePharm Grass-Fed Whey 20 MusclePharm Liquid Carnitine Core 48 MusclePharm Organic Protein 12 MusclePharm Shred Sport 42 MUSCLE & STRENGTH 53 MuscleTech Amino Build Next Gen 75 MuscleTech Cell-Tech 54 MuscleTech Clear Muscle 56 MuscleTech Creactor 54 MuscleTech Hydroxycut Hardcore Elite 44 MuscleTech Hydroxycut Hardcore Next Gen 44 MuscleTech Mass-Tech 18 MuscleTech Mission1 30 MuscleTech Nitro-Tech 20 MuscleTech Nitro-Tech 100% Whey Gold 20 MuscleTech Nitro-Tech Crunch 30 MuscleTech VaporX5 Next Gen 70 MuscleTech VaporX5 Ripped 70 Myogenix AfterShock 78 MyTrition Restorative Sleep 97 N Natrol Melatonin 10mg Fast Dissolve 97 Natures Plus Hema-Plex Chewables 88 Natures Plus Kalm-Assure 88 Next Step AppeFit 48 Next Step MCT Oil 48 Nitric-Oxide Boosters 64 Nonstimulant Formulas 45 Nordic Naturals Algae Omega 90 Nordic Naturals Children’s DHA 90 Nordic Naturals Nordic GLA 91 Nordic Naturals Postnatal Omega-3 91 Nordic Naturals Ultimate Omega 91 Nordic Naturals Ultimate Omega 2X 91 Nordic Naturals Ultimate Omega-D3 Sport 91 Nordic Naturals Ultimate Omega Xtra 92 Novex Biotech Growth Factor-9 56 Novex Biotech TestroVax 61 Nubreed Helix BCAA 37, 75 Nubreed Nutrition Myoblast 16 NutraBio 100% Whey Protein Isolate 20 NutraBio Intra Blast 75 NutraBio Pre 70 NutraBio Muscle Matrix Protein 20 Nutrabio Reload 78 Nutrex Research Lipo-6 44 Nutrex Research Lipo-6 Black Hers Ultra Concentrate 44 Nutrex Research Lipo-6 Black Intense Ultra Concentrate 44 Nutrex Research Lipo-6 Black Ultra Concentrate 44

Nutrex Research Niox 64 Nutrex Research Outlift 70 Nutrex Research Outlift Amped 70 Nutrex Research PostLift 78 NutriForce Sports Omegafort SCC 92 Nuun Electrolytes 80 Nuun Electrolytes With Caffeine 80 O Oatmega 30 Oatmega Cookie 33 OhYeah! One 31 Oils & Spices 31 Olly Men’s Multi 88 Olly Women’s Multi 88 Olympian Labs A-AKG Powder 64 Only Natural Berberine 1,000 94 Optimum Nutrition Cake Bites 31 Optimum Nutrition CoQ10 88 Optimum Nutrition Daily Fit 48 Optimum Nutrition Essential Amino Energy 27, 70 Optimum Nutrition Essential Amino Energy Naturally Flavored 70 Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard 100% Casein 16 Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard 100% Whey 20 Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard BCAA 37 Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard Gainer 18 Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard Pre-Workout 70 Optimum Nutrition Greek Yogurt Protein Smoothie 22 Optimum Nutrition Isolate 22 Optimum Nutrition Opti-Bar 31 Optimum Nutrition Opti-Fit 44 Optimum Nutrition Opti-Fit Lean Protein Shake 48 Optimum Nutrition Platinum Hydrowhey 22 Optimum Nutrition Pro Gainer 18 Optimum Nutrition Protein Water 27 Optimum Nutrition Serious Mass 18 Optimum Nutrition Vitamin D 88 Optimum Nutrition Vitamin E 88 Optimum Nutrition Whey & Oats 22 Orgain Organic Hydration 80 Other 51 Other Health & Wellness 97 Other Protein Foods & Snacks 32 P Pacific Health Labs Accelerade 80 Pacific Health Labs Accel Gel 80 Pacific Health Labs Endurox Excel 82 Perfect Shaker Hero Series 82 Performance Multis, Vitamins and Minerals 88 PEScience Alphamine 44 PEScience Amino IV 75 PEScience Ergonine 58 PEScience Forskolin-95+ 48 PEScience High Volume 64 PEScience Prolific 71 PEScience Select Vegan Protein 16 PEScience Shift 48 PEScience TruZMA 58 PEScience TruGlutamine 37 Plnt Ashwagandha 94 Plnt Coconut Oil 92 Plnt Herbal Joint 96 Plnt Men’s 50+ Whole Food Multivitamin 89 Plnt Men’s Whole Food Multivitamin 89 Plnt Mushroom Immune Formula 97 Plnt Women’s 50+ Whole Food Multivitamin 89 Plnt Women’s Whole Food Multivitamin 89 Postworkout 78 Powder Jet Funnel 82 PREWORKOUT 63 Preworkout Formulas 66 Preworkout, Intraworkout and Postworkout Drinks 26 Primal Nutrition Honey Mustard Dressing & Marinade 31 Probiotics and Enzymes 92 Prolab Advanced Caffeine 44

Prolab Caffeine 44 Prolab Nutrition Beta Alanine 71 Prolab Nutrition Beta Alanine Extreme 71 Prolab Nutrition Horny Goat Weed 61 ProMera Sports Con-Cret 56 ProSupps AminoLinx 75 ProSupps Dr. Jekyll NitroX 71 ProSupps L-Carnitine 1500 48 ProSupps L-Carnitine 3000 50 ProSupps Mr. Hyde Cutz 71 ProSupps Mr. Hyde NitroX 71 ProSupps NO3 Drive 66 PROTEIN POWDERS 11 Purus Labs Condense 71 Purus Labs D-Pol 61 Purus Labs Marinade 71 Purus Labs NOXygen 71 Q Quest Nutrition Beyond Cereal Protein Bar 31 Quest Nutrition Hero Bar 31 Quest Nutrition Quest Bar 31 Quincy Bioscience Prevagen Extra Strength 97 R Rhythm Superfoods Beet Chips Naked 33 Rivalus Clean Gainer 18 Rivalus Iso-Clean 22 Rivalus Native Pro 100 22 Rivalus Promasil 16 Rivalus RivalWhey 22 RSP Nutrition Glutagen 37 RSP Nutrition Prime-T 61 RSP Nutrition QuadraLean 50 RSP Nutrition QuadraLean Thermogenic Weight Loss 45 RTDs 26 S Scitech Nutriton Crea Star 56 Scitec Nutrition Hot Blood 71 Scitec Nutrition BCAA + Glutamine Xpress 37 Scitec Nutrition Crea Star 56 Scivation Xtend BCAAs 75 Scivation Xtend Elite 75 Scivation Xtend Free BCAAs 78 Seapoint Farms Dry Roasted Edamame 33 SheaMoisture Beard Balm 87 SheaMoisture Beard Conditioning Oil 87 SheaMoisture Beard Wash 87 Sheer Strength Sheer Alpha+ 61 Sheer Strength Sheer Nitro 58 Sheer Strength Sheer Pre-X 72 Sheer Strength Sheer Prostate+ 97 Sheer Strength Sheer Shred Thermogenic 45 Sheer Strength Sheer Test+ 61 Simply Organic Cayenne 31 Simply Organic Ceylon Cinnamon 32 Six Pack Fitness Cube Stealth 82 Six Pack Fitness Sure Seal Containers 82 SmartShake Original 2Go 82 Spectrum Naturals Avocado Oil 32 Spectrum Naturals Mediterranean Olive Oil 32 Spiceologist Spice Cave Fire 32 Sports Best BCAA 36 Sports Research Corp. CLA 1250 51 Sports Research Corp. Garcinia Cambogia 50 Sports Research Corp. Green Coffee Bean Extract 50 Sports Research Corp. MCT Oil 50 Sports Research Corp. Sweet Sweat Waist Trimmer 51 Sports Supplements 58 SPRI Speed Rope 84 SPRI Xertube Resistance Bands 84 Sunfood Superfoods Black Maca Powder 94 Sunwarrior Classic Plus 12 Sunwarrior Classic Protein 14 Sunwarrior Ormus Supergreens Mint 96 Sunwarrior Sol Good Protein Bar 31 Sunwarrior Warrior Blend 14 Sustained-Release Blends 14 T Tera’s Whey Goat Whey Protein 22 Terra Real Vegetable Chips Sweet Potato 33

Terry Naturally Curamin Athletic Pain 94 Terry Naturally Curamin Extra Strength 94 Testosterone Boosters 60 The BlenderBottle Co. BlenderBottle Classic 82 The BlenderBottle Co. Pro45 84 The Natural Citizen Organic Protein 14 Thermogenic Formulas 40 The Vitamin Shoppe Bromelain 92 The Vitamin Shoppe Digest Extra 92 The Vitamin Shoppe Garcinia Cambogia Extract 50 The Vitamin Shoppe Green Coffee Bean Extract 50 The Vitamin Shoppe Flax Seed Oil 92 The Vitamin Shoppe L-Theanine 97 The Vitamin Shoppe Magnesium Glycinate 89 The Vitamin Shoppe Omega 3 Fish Oil 92 The Vitamin Shoppe Phase 2 Carb Controller 50 The Vitamin Shoppe Spirulina Powder 97 The Vitamin Shoppe Tonalin CLA 51 The Vitamin Shoppe Triple Strength Glucosamine Chondroitin MSM 96 The Vitamin Shoppe Triple Strength Turmeric With Curcumin 94 The Vitamin Shoppe Ultimate 10 Probiotic 94 The Vitamin Shoppe Ultimate Gold Joint Care 96 ThinkThin High Protein Bars 31 ThinkThin Protein & Fiber Bars 33 Three Jerks The Original Filet Mignon Beef Jerky 33 Topical BioMedics MyPainAway Sports Cream 96 Trace Minerals Research ConcenTrace Trace Mineral Drops 90 Trace Minerals Research Electrolyte Stamina 82 Trace Minerals Research Electrolyte Stamina Power Pak 82 Trace Minerals Research Ionic Magnesium 90 True Athlete BCAA Powder 4:1:1 78 True Athlete Energized Training Formula 72 True Athlete Kre-Alkalyn 56 True Athlete Natural Whey Protein 22 True Athlete Training Formula 72 True Athlete ZMA With Theanine 58 Twinlab Amino Fuel 37 U Universal 100% Beef Aminos 37 Universal Animal Cuts 45 Universal Animal Fury 72 Universal Animal M-Stak 58 Universal Animal Pak 90 Universal Animal Rage XL 72 Universal Creatine 56 V Vega One 14 Vega Protein+ Snack Bar 33 Vibrant Health Green Vibrance 97 Vitafusion Gorgeous Hair, Skin & Nails 90 Vitafusion MultiVites Adult Vitamins 90 Vitafusion Women’s Adult Vitamins 90 Vitaminder Co. Jaxx Fuel Pack 84 VPX Bang 27 W Weight Gainers 16 WEIGHT MANAGEMENT 39 Whey Protein 18 X Xendurance Extreme Endurance 82

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