Who still shops at GNC?!

[osiris2k6]

I haven't bought anything from there in years.

 

[omega529]

I still buy some things at gnc. I think digestive enzymes are digestive enzymes. Ascorbic acid is ascorbic acid... Vitamin A ,D E are all the same

Thats not true....you know the tests to see if steroids are real? They do the same tests witheveryother type of study but comparison....I have seen studys showing then when a gnc product was compared with the real one....it was not comaratable....it was a fraud.

 

[macrophage69alpha]

I still buy some things at gnc. I think digestive enzymes are digestive enzymes. Ascorbic acid is ascorbic acid... Vitamin A ,D E are all the same

actually not exactly.

there are 8 (4 tocopherol and 4 tocotreinol) variants of vitamin E, there are a number of vitamin A derivatives (alpha, beta, etc carotenes). there is calcium ascorbate, ascorbic acid, as well as other forms.

 

[macrophage69alpha]

wikipedia has a pretty decent write up on vitamin E, there are some errors (IMO) but it does give one a good handle on the "all vitamin E is not the same"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tocopherol

 

[NickyE3]

I buy stuff at GNC just cuz I get a 30% discount the first week of every month just for being a membet at my gym

 

[omega529]

I buy stuff at GNC just cuz I get a 30% discount the first week of every month just for being a membet at my gym

does the 30% make up for the fact that your STILL buying SHIT?....if you want shitty products like "Pro Performance Cool guy supplements" because you get 30% off, go to wal-mart and buy their shit for regular price stuff that is about 30% cheaper then your 30% off and you get the same shit!

 

[get456]

I get my Optimum Nutrition whey at GNC... with 20% off it is only about $1 more per 5 lbs than I have found the cheapest price online.

I'm friends with the guy that works at my local store and he gives me free issues of all the new magazines too. He hooks me up on other shit too, so I cant complain

 

[NickyE3]

does the 30% make up for the fact that your STILL buying SHIT?....if you want shitty products like "Pro Performance Cool guy supplements" because you get 30% off, go to wal-mart and buy their shit for regular price stuff that is about 30% cheaper then your 30% off and you get the same shit!

i only get protein powder from there

 

[omega529]

Optimum Nutrition is descent protein, although I find it funny that they can keep it that cheap with their protein blend, isolate is a pricy protein type and they have it mixed in as one of the protein blends for the Gold Standard Whey. Another thing, Optimum Nutrition used to be a distributor, then they went into creating their own supplements, they were competition of BOSS, and Europa, but i would much rather see somone taking ON then the GNC proteins, GNC protein (Pro Performance Line) are really bad, the cholestrol in their weight gainers are really high, their proteins taste like garbage, and the absorption is tarable, your body wont even use most of the protein you take in, do to the digestion process.....Thats how they get you, they dont put digestive enzyme in some of their proteins, instead they willtell you to get a digestive enzyme from their line.....I personally really like Isopure, Nitro-Tech is pretty good, BSN is cool, and ofcoarse MET-RX, and Myoplex are good proteins, and theirs a couple moe good ones that i cant think of now.

 

[anadivine]

I stopped going there for supplements. I started talking to one of the guys who worked there and he basically said don't bother. He sent me to an awesome shop near Vassar College (I live in upstate NY). They basically had a greater selection and much better prices. Plus the guys who work there are built and compete so they have actual experience with weight lifting. That really helps. PLUS, the GNC near me is pretty small.