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footballmaniac · 01-17-2005, 04:06 PM

I'm 16 and I don't have access to a credit card to buy online supplements, but I could go to GNC or another place. Would they sell me supplements since I'm under 18?The supplements I wanna take are ZMA Fuel, Growth Factor -1, and a whey protein. One website said they wouldn't sell ZMA to people under 18. I think that would be bogus if they didn't. Thanks.

Flakko · 01-17-2005, 04:42 PM

Not GNC or any supplements store will sell you products intended for people 18 or older if you are 16, unless you look like you are at least 18.

I remember this guy who was 15 and went to the store where I work trying to buy creatine, we didn't sell him the stuff. Also a guy from the UK who was 16 and wanted to buy Acetabolan III and that's a ZMA product, we didn't sell him the thing either.

Du · 01-17-2005, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by footballmaniac

I'm 16 and I don't have access to a credit card to buy online supplements, but I could go to GNC or another place. Would they sell me supplements since I'm under 18?The supplements I wanna take are ZMA Fuel, Growth Factor -1, and a whey protein. One website said they wouldn't sell ZMA to people under 18. I think that would be bogus if they didn't. Thanks.

The only supps I wouldnt condone selling to a teen would be PH/PS and other hormone affecting supps, or cutting supps like ECA and Hot Rox, etc.

Whey, creatine, etc are fine.

TopProducer · 01-17-2005, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by footballmaniac

I'm 16 and I don't have access to a credit card to buy online supplements, but I could go to GNC or another place. Would they sell me supplements since I'm under 18?The supplements I wanna take are ZMA Fuel, Growth Factor -1, and a whey protein. One website said they wouldn't sell ZMA to people under 18. I think that would be bogus if they didn't. Thanks.

I know you can buy protein under the age of 18 and their is no reason you shouldn't be able to. I don't really know what ZMA is, but I do know that at age 16, a supplement like Growth Factor -1 is something that shouldn't even be considered.

**Prince** · 01-17-2005, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by footballmaniac

I'm 16 and I don't have access to a credit card to buy online supplements, but I could go to GNC or another place. Would they sell me supplements since I'm under 18?The supplements I wanna take are ZMA Fuel, Growth Factor -1, and a whey protein. One website said they wouldn't sell ZMA to people under 18. I think that would be bogus if they didn't. Thanks.

for the whey protein and zma go to Wal-Mart.

as far as the Growth Factor -1, don't waste your money on that crap, they do not even list the freaking ingrediants!

Curlingcadys · 01-17-2005, 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Robert DiMaggio

for the whey protein and zma go to Wal-Mart.

yessir got to love wally world!

huesoloco · 01-17-2005, 09:29 PM

I went there when I was 17 and they sold me creatine. It all depends on who is at cash registar.

silencer · 01-17-2005, 11:59 PM

Funny...When I was in the States when I was 15 I bought some Pro-Hormone supplement without a problem at a health store...my uncle who was a doctor saw it and told me that I shouldn't mess around with that shit and confiscated it and on a further note.. not to take supplements or even go to the gym until 16 ( whole lecture on how i would fuck my growth up)...he was pissed, fair enough, i would have probably fucked myself up a little. He also said Protein was all I needed to take. Thought I'd Share that

soxmuscle · 01-18-2005, 12:32 AM

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Originally Posted by silencer

Funny...When I was in the States when I was 15 I bought some Pro-Hormone supplement without a problem at a health store...my uncle who was a doctor saw it and told me that I shouldn't mess around with that shit and confiscated it and on a further note.. not to take supplements or even go to the gym until 16 ( whole lecture on how i would fuck my growth up)...he was pissed, fair enough, i would have probably fucked myself up a little. He also said Protein was all I needed to take. Thought I'd Share that

I find it hard to believe a doctor would tell you to stay out of the gym until your sixteen in fear that you would screw up your growth plates. That is rediculous.

silencer · 01-18-2005, 01:28 AM

Hard to believe..not really, Gyms in Spain where I used to live wouldn't allow you to participate in them until you were 16, and in my Boarding School in England Weight Machines were only allowed for people at the age of 16 and above , Im suprised in America where there is a supposed problem with even purchasing supplements..which I didn't experience btw that gyms will allow people at 15 or below participate in heavy weights without a problem. My Uncle said excessively large weights while still going through a growth spurt.. etc might stunt growth and gave me a whole load of other crap..made logical sense at the time anyway, but the main thing he was annoyed about was how I got away with purchasing a product which I shouldn't have been able to get my hands on. Maybe the Clerk was stoned, I don't know.

footballmaniac · 01-18-2005, 03:56 PM

Well my dad works in physical therapy as a profession and he told me that weight lifting can help you grow. I also know a lot of people that have been doing heavy lifting since twelve years old and they're over six feet, so I don't think that there's much truth in what your uncle told you.

footballmaniac · 01-18-2005, 03:59 PM

I called a GNC store today and told the guy I was 16 and wanted to get something to boost my performance. He recommended nos. I was reading on the internet that nos is a steroid alternative, so I don't think I'd have any probs getting the supplements. I called a different store and they recommended creatine and a couple other things. Can't remember off the top of my head. Got em written down somewhere though.
Does wal-mart have a good variety of supplements?

RCfootball87 · 01-18-2005, 11:03 PM

honestly dude go anywhere from GNC. If you live in a decent sized place there should be at least a few supplement shops aronud. I bought creatine at 14 and pro-hormones at 16 with no problems.

01-17-2005, 04:06 PM	#1
footballmaniac Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 467	Gnc I'm 16 and I don't have access to a credit card to buy online supplements, but I could go to GNC or another place. Would they sell me supplements since I'm under 18?The supplements I wanna take are ZMA Fuel, Growth Factor -1, and a whey protein. One website said they wouldn't sell ZMA to people under 18. I think that would be bogus if they didn't. Thanks.

01-17-2005, 04:42 PM	#2
Flakko Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: NY Posts: 576 Photos: 8	No, no, no... Not GNC or any supplements store will sell you products intended for people 18 or older if you are 16, unless you look like you are at least 18. I remember this guy who was 15 and went to the store where I work trying to buy creatine, we didn't sell him the stuff. Also a guy from the UK who was 16 and wanted to buy Acetabolan III and that's a ZMA product, we didn't sell him the thing either.

01-17-2005, 09:29 PM	#7
huesoloco Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 187	I went there when I was 17 and they sold me creatine. It all depends on who is at cash registar. Im 20. 6'3'' 235 lbs. Want to get to 8% body fat, +315 bench, +500 squat, and reach a weight between 230-240.

01-18-2005, 11:03 PM	#13
RCfootball87 Rhino Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Rockford, Illinois Posts: 1,303	honestly dude go anywhere from GNC. If you live in a decent sized place there should be at least a few supplement shops aronud. I bought creatine at 14 and pro-hormones at 16 with no problems. back for the first time....

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01-17-2005, 11:59 PM	#8
silencer Ascendo tuum Join Date: May 2003 Location: UK Posts: 659	Funny...When I was in the States when I was 15 I bought some Pro-Hormone supplement without a problem at a health store...my uncle who was a doctor saw it and told me that I shouldn't mess around with that shit and confiscated it and on a further note.. not to take supplements or even go to the gym until 16 ( whole lecture on how i would fuck my growth up)...he was pissed, fair enough, i would have probably fucked myself up a little. He also said Protein was all I needed to take. Thought I'd Share that

01-18-2005, 01:28 AM	#10
silencer Ascendo tuum Join Date: May 2003 Location: UK Posts: 659	Hard to believe..not really, Gyms in Spain where I used to live wouldn't allow you to participate in them until you were 16, and in my Boarding School in England Weight Machines were only allowed for people at the age of 16 and above , Im suprised in America where there is a supposed problem with even purchasing supplements..which I didn't experience btw that gyms will allow people at 15 or below participate in heavy weights without a problem. My Uncle said excessively large weights while still going through a growth spurt.. etc might stunt growth and gave me a whole load of other crap..made logical sense at the time anyway, but the main thing he was annoyed about was how I got away with purchasing a product which I shouldn't have been able to get my hands on. Maybe the Clerk was stoned, I don't know.

01-18-2005, 03:56 PM	#11
footballmaniac Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 467	Well my dad works in physical therapy as a profession and he told me that weight lifting can help you grow. I also know a lot of people that have been doing heavy lifting since twelve years old and they're over six feet, so I don't think that there's much truth in what your uncle told you.

01-18-2005, 03:59 PM	#12
footballmaniac Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 467	I called a GNC store today and told the guy I was 16 and wanted to get something to boost my performance. He recommended nos. I was reading on the internet that nos is a steroid alternative, so I don't think I'd have any probs getting the supplements. I called a different store and they recommended creatine and a couple other things. Can't remember off the top of my head. Got em written down somewhere though. Does wal-mart have a good variety of supplements?

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