General Nutrition Centers

this place is absolutely atrocious. I went in here this evening searing for a multi enzyme formula that i had previously purchased at the exact same location a couple of months ago. Not did the sales staff declare that they’ve never heard of the product I was looking for (i have the bottle right in front of me as I wrote this), they ignored my queries about whether it had been discontinued, and would not even look at me while I was speaking, much less suggest any alternative products. Instead, the three sales staff collectively huddled around a shelf, speaking to themselves in their native language. I have never received this level of egregious customer service in my life, and needless to say I will not be returning here.

I’ve been to this particular GNC on 15 occasions and during every visit, it’s always been to grab the following items…
— 2 Muscle Milk RTD, Banana Crème Flavor
— 2 Myoplex Lite Protein Bars, Chocolate Peanut Butter Flavor
And one thing I noticed today… None of the 4 people working @ this store manage to either say «hello» or «may I help you?»!!!
Of course, I never need any help @ this establishment as the majority of the time, it’s always the same two items mentioned above.
Still, a little greeting once in a while would make the brief (and I do mean brief) shopping experience more enjoyable.
One thing I will note though, this particular GNC is stocked with all of the latest products. Whether you’re looking for various types of Protein, Creatine, Nitric Oxide, etc…, this GNC has what you need and at reasonable prices.
As the above mentioned, the Muscle Milk I bought only cost me $ 2.92. I find that a container of this usually goes for $ 4.00.
If you’re looking for a quick in and out when grabbing supplements, go to this particular GNC. You’ll find what you need, make your purchase, and exit the store in less than 3 minutes.

The people who work here seem like they are never having a good time. Nor do they smile. They’re not friendly. In fact, if you’re a beginner who never set foot in a GNC before, it can be rather intimidating and they’ll look like devils. I’m not sure why.
Here’s the biggest problem with GNC stores: they try to upsell you. The last thing you want to do is upsell on something that may or may not even work. The sensationalism of physical beauty attained by natural means or odd synthetics has always been and will always be subject to debate as long as the FDA is a couple steps behind and these companies can push whatever they want on unsuspecting, insecure people.
The other big problem with GNC is that they are expensive, anything there you can find online with less hassle (but considerably more caution) for MUCH less moolah.
Let me just preface this by saying I only truly, and I haven’t been to a GNC in a while because I’m lazy, but I usually only get protein shakes here. Once in a while, I will pick up some HMB/​creatine, both are natural substances found in foods and the body and in this case just extracted into a shake form. They are NOT steroids, not even close. It has nothing to do with hormonal manipulation, which is the basis of steroids. No I’m not a vanity body builder or anything, but I will defend what I’ve researched at very great lengths, and my friends who went to school for physiology will attest to that. And from what I’ve looked up, the only things that have been tested exhaustively in journals for years is simply protein and creatine. All the other stuff is unproven, and therefore I will not go near it nor would I care to really, I’m too lazy to do anything but eat normally.
Also in addition, it’s called General Nutrition Centers for a reason. There are all kinds of people who come into these kinds of stores for a number of purposes, vitamins, fish oil, ginseng, etc. You wouldn’t balk at 50 year old women who come for omega 3 supplements which helps their heart and vascular system immensely at that age, would you?
Here’s the rundown from my experience: the Vitamin Shoppe down the block is just as good, however they do not organize well and GNC is easier to buy things. All GNCs will try to upsell you, just ignore them.
If you know you’re going to be spending enough at a GNC, get a GNC card, it costs just 20 bucks for one year, and you save something like 10 percent everytime you go.
GNC has it’s own line of products. I’ve never bought into that. Stick with a no-​nonsense company that at least tries to produce more science and/​or actually gets written up about in real science and fitness journals. I’ve found that EAS has some really good stuff (the key is they aren’t bombastic, all of their products are always in moderation) for muscle recovery (all natural of course).