From the monthly archives:

August 2011

Buying Amplified Creatine 189 – Is It Worthwhile?

August 24, 2011

Most athletes, at some time in their training life, will seriously consider the use of supplements and vitamins to help them through their training schedule and enhance their workouts. Not only can you buy the GNC Amplifieed Creatine 189 online, but almost every other form of supplements or vitamins you could think of. This article will look at the online world of supplements (in particular we’ll look at creatine) and the advantages that can be found online.

Never Run Out

Have you ever found that you’re getting low on a particular vitamin or supplement and had to keep reminding yourself every day for the next week that you need to stop off at the store and pick up another supply of creatine or whatever supplement you need?

It’s a pain in the neck. Yet with a little research online you will find that there are literally hundreds of online stores that stock every brand you could think of and they’ll deliver straight to your home or office.

Supplements are one of those consumables where you know that you’re running out, so you have time to order some more and have them delivered.

Many online stores also have recurring orders. You can set your order so that they’ll be delivered regularly at about the time that you should be running out anyway. How easy is that!

Huge Choice

Even if you do buy your supplements at a physical store, you will know that there is what seems like an infinite number of vitamin and supplement companies, brands and mixes.

Take creatine as an example. This supplement is used mainly by weight-lifters, sprinters and other athletes whose sport requires short bursts of high energy, and creatine helps supply their muscles with the energy required. There’s Muscle Tech, Muscle Advance, ProMera, Optimum, Weider and many, many more. They can be bought in capsules, liquid, powder form and effervescent. And they can be in pure form or mixed with protein, glutamine, ribose or sugar.

With so many options, you will be sure to find what you need online.

Quality

Because supplements and vitamins are such a huge business, there are tonnes of suppliers all vying for your business. No longer are they able to compete on price (because someone can always make a cheaper, if somewhat inferior product) so these companies now have to compete on quality. Even though the industry is not regulated, consumers have demanded that they want products that are as pure as possible.

You can do all your research from the comfort of home and take your time to read all the labels and ingredients before deciding which product you think is the best.

Shopping Discounts

Here in New Zealand we don’t really do much in the way of coupons. But many online retailers will offer special discounts or coupon codes that you can enter when you make your purchase, giving you a percentage off or some other type of incentive or bonus. You may be able to find these discount codes by doing a search in google for ‘product name discount code’ or ‘product name coupon’.

There are so many benefits to buying your vitamins or supplements online; it’s convenient, you can do all the research you need to do, it’s quicker than going to the store and in most cases it’s cheaper. All very good reasons to get online to make your next purchase.

To find out more about where you can buy the GNC branded creatine, check out: Amplified Creatine 189.

Why Buy Creatine Online for Cheaper

August 17, 2011

If you’re looking for where to buy cheap creatine then you’ve come to the right place. In this article I’ll cover some of the things you need to look out for when buying creatine and how to spot a good quality creatine product.

Quality IS More Important Than Price

You may have used enough creatine or done enough research on the internet to know that cheap price often means cheap quality as well. But that doesn’t always have to be the case. If you’re like me, you know that there are products out there that are just as good as the high priced branded products but at a fraction of the cost. And many times they’re even made by the same supplement manufacturer but sold under different branding!

Look for Pure Creatine

Many creatine supplements are very cheap because the percentage of actual creatine in them is low and they are full up with fillers and other additives. Many professionals believe that the best way to take creatine is with a carbohydrate such as dextrose and they mix it in when they make up a creatine drink. Manufacturers have taken this on board when producing their products and many now add in dextrose to their mixes. This is great for convenience but just keep this in mind when you’re looking for cheap creatine. It may be cheap because it doesn’t have very much creatine in it!

Unless I’m travelling or really need the pre-mix for convenience, I find that buying pure creatine is the best value for money. At least 95% pure creatine is advisable.

Buy Creatine Online

As you know, the supplements business is HUGE. You can buy supplements everywhere and there is a huge array to choose from. Without a doubt, I have found that the best way is to buy creatine online. I’m no business man but I presume that buying online is cheaper because there is no store front with high overheads that need to be maintained. Stock can be held in huge quantities in a warehouse in the middle of nowhere and shipped off as soon as an order is placed.