In this issue we are going to look at the growing trend of homemade supplements - that is mixing up your own bodybuilding supplements rather than relying on the supplement companies. The cost savings can truly be significant.

I just got done reviewing Jeff Anderson's new Homemade Supplement Secrets guide. It is truly excellent and I had no hesitation with giving it my highest rating of 5 stars. In just a moment, I'll let Jeff give you the basics on home supplement brewing at its best.

But first...

The Newgrips Contest Winners - The winners were drawn out of a hat. They were J.C., Dan M. and Aaron D. You should all have your NewGrips by now, if not please let me know.

A BIG thanks to all those who participated. And, please keep those submissions coming.

In This Issue...

Site New Stuff

• New Calculators - With thanks to help provided by site visitor, Scott S., there are 2 new calculators at the site. You no longer need to leave the site to get your body fat percentage and lean body mass estimated (by skinfold measurements). And, you can now get your starting point caloric intake and your protein, carb and fat intake in calories and grams calculated for you.

• Body Fat Percentage Calculator
• Bulking Diet Calculator (on the bodybuilding diet tools page)

• Techniques To Increase Weight Training Intensity

Tempo is important. Your lifting speed has a major effect on the results you produce.

• Weight Lifting Rep Speed: Fast or Slow?

Program Updates

• Price Reduction!!! Yep, I love price reductions. After a brief stay at $67, Will Brink's Bodybuilding Revealed is back down to $49. It remained one of the true bargains at the higher price but at the lower price it really is an amazing value.


• 5 New Program Reviews Up

Two were decent...

• Review of James Jordan's "Underground Mass Secrets"
• Review of Steve Gwillim's "R.I.P.P.E.D. Weight Training™"

• Review of Shawn Lebrun's "Simple Steps To Get Huge and Shredded"

• Review of Jeff Johnson's "Guaranteed Gains"

• My Review of Jeff Anderson's 5-Star "Homemade Supplement Secrets"

Bodybuilding Tips

Are you frustrated with wasting a week's paycheck on the latest and greatest bodybuilding or fat loss supplements without even knowing if they're making ENOUGH of a difference to be worth the gobs of money you just spent?

Are you sick to your stomach of getting sucked into ads of steroid-pumped pro-athletes holding up a bottle of "natural" wonder-supplements claiming that THEIR body was built "naturally"?

Are there supplements that you would LIKE to test out, but can't see selling a "black market kidney" to pay the outrageous price they want to charge?

Well, how would you like to know how you can EASILY and INEXPENSIVELY make your OWN supplements that are AS GOOD AS, or even BETTER than the very same name brands you've been buying?

Here's how to do it.

STEP 1: KNOW WHICH SUPPLEMENTS WORK AND WHICH ONES DON'T

The marketing "tricks" used by unscrupulous supplement companies are numerous.

In some cases, ingredients that are built up as the next "revolutionary" breakthrough have been proven to have NO EFFECT whatsoever in independent testing.

In other cases, the research that a supplement company uses to promote its product, when investigated, actually proved the supplement DIDN'T work at all!

It's all in the wording and manipulation of results. If a group of guys build a 1/2 lb of new muscle over a 1 month time period and another group builds 1.5 lbs of muscle, then guess what?

"Testing PROVES that our supplement can help you gain 300% more muscle every single month!"

Fortunately there are a few websites that can help you with credible independent research.

Two of the best are www.consumerlab.com and www.naturaldatabase.com.

One of these websites costs about $27 for a full year to subscribe to their information database while the other is $10 per month.

Now if spending money on doing the research (which honestly CAN take HOURS to go ingredient-by-ingredient), I'm going to give you some advice where you can bypass the subscription fees.

But more on that later. On to Step 2.

STEP 2: BEWARE OF THE "SUPPLEMENT SPRINKLE"

There are many "tricks of the trade" that supplement manufacturers use to help sell their products but THIS is by far one of the WORST that people fall prey to.

I call it the "supplement sprinkle" and it works like this.

A supplement may provide an ingredient that credible research has shown to be effective at building muscle, burning fat, raising hormone levels, or whatever.

And this research is plastered all over their ads marketing their supplement that in fact DOES contain this "miracle ingredient".

But what they DON'T tell you is that the research proving its effectiveness used MUCH higher doses than what are included in their actual product formula.

No big whoop for the supplement manufacturer. Just by HAVING the ingredient, they have the "right" to claim "Product X contains a compound that showed a 250% increase in growth hormone".

That may be true but the small "sprinkling" of that ingredient will NOT have the same effect for the user.

Look again at independent research that has shown the ingredient to be effective and see HOW MUCH was used in the actual study that showed it to be effective.

THIS is the amount you want to use in your own personal "formula".

STEP 3: COPY THE "SECRET INGREDIENTS" OF YOUR TARGET SUPPLEMENTS

Just like perfume companies take high-dollar designer brands and "copy" their formula to develop and market a much cheaper alternative, you too can "knock off" the "secret formulas" of supplement manufacturers and make them much cheaper yourself.

Now there ARE some obstacles you're going to face if you try to do this.

First you have the earlier problem of knowing which ingredients that are listed actually WORK and which ones are WORTHLESS.

Second, you need to know in what QUANTITIES effective supplements must be used so you're not wasting your time with your OWN "sprinkle" problem.

Third, you need to know WHERE to find the ingredients you're going to use at a cost low enough to make it worth your while.

Fourth, you need to know exactly HOW the ingredients listed interact with one another to either boost the effectiveness of each supplement alone or in some cases even NEGATE the effects of other ingredients (yes, sometimes the ingredients companies use can actually cancel each other out!)

Now, on the front end, this may look like a LOT of work and it IS if you're doing the research yourself. In fact, it typically takes me about 2 DAYS to fully investigate a product's claims and ingredients and then ANOTHER day to prepare my "attack plan" to formulate my own homemade formula.

But you're in luck because here's how you can completely eliminate the "research and development" learning curve with my special little "shortcut".

You see, I've decided to take the "fight" to the greedy supplement manufacturers and give the "Average Joe" the ammunition to keep their hard earned money where it belongs -- in their own pockets!

I've created a 200-or-so page manual called "Homemade Supplement Secrets" that does ALL of the legwork for you! Consider it a "step-by-step savings guide".

So just how much savings are we talking about?

What if I told you that you can EASILY take a "fat burner" supplement that NORMALLY costs up to $99.98.and make it YOURSELF for just $5.00 a month?

Or how about a popular "muscle-builder" that normally costs $79.90.that you can make for just $6.29 a month?

These are just a COUPLE of examples of how you can start "fighting back" against the companies that are sucking money out of our pockets like a Hoover vacuum.

In "Homemade Supplement Secrets", here's what I do:

* Expose all of the scams, cons, tricks, and downright FRAUDS that plague the supplement industry! There are GOOD companies and there are "BAD" companies. I show you how to spot the cons like an FBI interrogator!

* Show you how you can set up your own "home base lab" with everyday items and utensils you never expected had an "alternative" use. No need to break out that chemistry set your mom and dad bought you back in 3rd grade. EVERYTHING you need to get started can be found at your local grocery store!

* Provide an "ingredient-by-ingredient" analysis of the "major supplements" in 8 different supplementation areas to show you what independent research has to say about its TRUE effectiveness so you can make your own decision about what is right for YOU. I take all of the "top sellers" and turn them inside out. You'll know how REAL science weighed in on some of the highest priced supplements!

* Break open my own personal "knock off" formulas for 24 (yes, that's TWENTY-FOUR!) of the top selling supplements available today! I won't spare a single secret as I spill the beans on how YOU can whack off as much as 98% on your supplement bill starting TOMORROW!

* GIVE you my own "little black book" of the very BEST resources for quality supplement ingredients that will SHOCK you with their prices. I've turned over every rock I could find for the past 2 years in looking for the very best deals available on supplements. You'll be amazed at some of the deals that are literally HIDDEN from the average person and tucked away in the darkest corners you may never even think to look. I found them and now their YOURS!

If you're currently using ANY supplements, I urge you to go and check out whether this program is for you.

All you have to do is go to the HomeMade Supplement Secrets page for more details and see the exact cost-savings that could potentially be yours!

Final Thoughts

That closes out July. I am currently working on several improvements for the site including increasing the exercise instruction parts. Expect some pictures and maybe videos soon.

Again, I want to thank Scott S. for helping provide some calculators for the site. I also got a nice little excel download from Hayden that helps with tracking a mass gain program. I will get that available soon. If you have ideas for making the site a better resource please contact me.

Keep eating and I'll talk to you soon.