Fitness Supplements: Slightly Less Shady than the Porn Industry

To date, the worst fitness supplement advertisement I’ve ever seen made no mention of what was in the product or how it worked in your body, but it did say “Don’t be a P***y” in big yellow letters over a red background.  I’ve read lots of ads that tried to convey that same message in round-about ways, but this was the first time I’d ever seen it spelled out so explicitly.  Hmm.  Think that might sway some potential buyers?  Not you, of course.  You’re too smart to fall for that, but believe me, they wouldn’t run that ad if it didn’t work.  Does the product work?  Who knows?  The stuff isn’t tested by the FDA and I couldn’t find a peer-reviewed study, so I’m not going to say that it works or doesn’t work (mostly because I don’t feeling like being sued today).  Let’s just say that I’m not inclined to buy a fitness product just because it challenges my masculinity.

This is a short version of the talk I have every spring with the football team.  Since they’re college students, they usually aren’t awash in extra cash, but they are invariably willing to throw their money away on junk supplements that may or may not work.  Do you have unlimited money?  If you do, great.  Disregard this video and go buy one of everything.  If you don’t, spend about five minutes on the video and then go buy some real food.

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