Extreme gains: how the sports supplement industry bulked up

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The Shayna Jack saga has thrown the spotlight on supplements in elite sport. But young male gym junkies are their most avid consumers

Not so long ago, shopfronts filled with rows of gaudy coloured plastic barrels boasting the potential of “extreme gains” and “shredded” or “ripped” physiques were a high street rarity. In 2019, they are as common as the corner store, replete with a dizzying array of products promising to dissolve body fat, build muscle and help you work out harder, for longer.

 

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I blame Weightgain 4000...

Dillian Whyte failed a drugs test when trace amounts of DMAA were found in his system. It was apparently an over-the-counter supplement called 'JACK3D', now banned in the UK. Murky world all that.

This is such a huge industry. Somehow those fitness chocolate bars are healthy.

Drugs..

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