Is GNC the modern day American snake oil salesman? Well, to start off with they have quite a few questionable products. In all reality, almost 80% of their products have no clinical proof that they work or if they are any different from the other hundreds of products that are pedaled by retailers or independent distributors like the [...]
Archive for May, 2011
GNC: The Modern Day Snake Oil Salesmen
Posted: 24th May 2011 by SGT Peterson in Diet and Nutrition, Tim's BlogTags: Boot Camp Minneapolis, FDA, GNC, Marketing, Minneapolis Personal Trainer, Personal Training Minneapolis, Placebo, Placebo Effect, Regulations, Supplements
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How To Boost Energy With Exercise!
Posted: 16th May 2011 by SGT Peterson in ArticlesTags: Boot Camp Minneapolis, Minneapolis Personal Trainer, Personal Training Minneapolis
Welcome to Fit America
Posted: 10th May 2011 by Will Zager in NewsTags: Boot Camp Minneapolis, Minneapolis Personal Trainer, Personal Training Minneapolis
Boy Scouts teaching fitness, Michelle Obama running around on The White House lawn, and Congressmen with their shirts off. While America, as a whole, is still struggling with it’s own weight, the push from big names to get in shape is stronger than ever. In the past couple of years Drew Carey has lost more [...]
What do Osama Bin Laden & Sketchers Shape Ups Have in Common?
Posted: 3rd May 2011 by SGT Peterson in Articles, News, Tim's BlogTags: Boot Camp Minneapolis, Core Values, Minneapolis Personal Trainer, Osama Bin Laden, Personal Training Minneapolis, Shape Ups, Sketchers
I cannot believe that Americans, who led the way in fitness, would believe in a product such as Shape Ups. It just goes to show you that if you put a focus group together to make a product, and get enough MBA marketers to put together a multi-million dollar ad campaign, that anything can become [...]