When
it comes to nutrition, it all starts here with Animal Pak. It's your
nutritional foundation. It's your nutritional insurance. Start with the
Pak as your basic starter supplement and add the other Animal
products around it.
“
I have been lifting weights for fifteen years, and most of that time
was spent training as a natural powerlifter. I've experimented with
hundreds of supplements over the years, some good, some worthless. But
the best supplement I've ever come across is Animal Pak. I've been
using Animal Pak since I started as a powerlifter. It was and still is
the foundation upon which I rest my nutritional regimen. Fancy
supplements come and go, but the basics stay the same. The Animal Pak
is king.”
-M. Palmieri, Las Vegas
Since
August 8, 1983, Animal Pak has been helping competitive bodybuilders
get the most out of their freakish training routines by providing all
the nutrition they need, plus some they didn't know they needed. For 25
straight years, people like you have made Animal Pak the #1 selling
training "pack" in the world. In fact, more competitive bodybuilders
have cut their teeth on the Animal Pak than any other bodybuilding
supplement in history. Why? Simple. Animal Pak gets the job done. It
works. First time. Every time. Animal Pak has stood the test of time.
See, nature, in all her ingenuity, has designed the human body as the
ultimate training machine. Since the dawn of mankind, our bodies have
changed very little. And when it comes to growing our muscles in a
freakish way, we still need the right combination and mega-doses of
essential amino acids, carbs, vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. Only
Animal Pak has everything you need.
OK, so you think your regular multi is going to cut it? Get real, Jack.
You want massive size and mega-strength and only Animal Pak can
deliver. Each Animal Pak starts with mega-doses of necessary vitamins
and minerals. Yeah, vitamins and minerals. Vitamins (organic) and
minerals (inorganic) are pharmacological agents and catalysts. They can
exert significant ergogenic/anabolic benefits and function as the spark
plugs for activating all the necessary chemical reactions which make
training and building muscle possible.
If you're training or dieting hard for a contest, the first thing that
happens when you don't take the Animal Pak is that nutritional gaps
begin to form. Why should you care? Because over time, these
deficiencies continue to grow. Eventually, your body will stop
functioning at its optimum level. In other words, you hit the wall,
your development reaches a plateau. In fact, even if only one key
nutrient is missing from your diet, your body could shut down the
anabolic drive needed to build muscle so that it can support more
critical metabolic processes. When this happens, you stop growing.
Research has proven that strength athletes such as bodybuilders and
powerlifters, due to the intensity and frequency of their training
programs, have higher nutritional requirements than regular athletes.
Studies have shown that these unique needs are greatly increased for
bodybuilders who regularly compete and need to diet down. During
calorie-restricted diets (diets which tend to be repetitive and
monotonous, e.g., rice and chicken), the potential for nutritional
deficiencies increase dramatically.
More alarming is the fact that championship-caliber bodybuilders, even
when supplementing with a regular multivitamin, were still experiencing
significant nutritional deficiencies. A basic multivitamin supplement
won't be enough. Competitive bodybuilders know that a superior
multivitamin is the first line of defense. This fact is confirmed by
studies which have revealed that 100% of Olympic weightlifters and over
90% of competitive male and female bodybuilders use a vitamin/mineral
supplement like Animal Pak.
These nutritional gaps not only affect your performance and size, but
they begin to impact the way your other supplements work. For many of
today's supplements to work efficiently, your body needs to be running
on all cylinders. Nutritional gaps mean that your supplements may be
rendered ineffective. For example, many supplements (e.g., prohormones)
rely on enzymes and other substances in your body to "activate" them.
Poor nutrition means poor conversion and activation of expensive
supplements. Animal Pak is your insurance policy to prevent this from
happening.
One other reason to take Animal Pak daily: drug-induced nutrient
depletion. Pharmaceutical drug use can lead to vitamin and mineral
deficiencies. Relying on "science” or “gear” to get you huge can
obviously exacerbate this problem. Even common pharmaceuticals and
OTC's such as aspirin, ibuprofen, antidepressants, and
cholesterol-lowering drugs can deplete your body of folic acid, iron,
potassium, and important vitamins. If you use drugs of any kind, this
is another reason to supplement with Animal Pak.
With Animal Pak, you get plenty of everything you need. And a few
extras. Animal Pak features performance optimizers such as pyridoxine
alpha-ketoglutarate (PAK), carnitine, lipotropics, L-arginine, alpha
lipoic acid, eleuthero, and the like. In every pack, you get a vast
arsenal of over 60 key ingredients that are delivered in the right
amounts at the right time, every time. Each of the 11 tablets included
in each pak has been specifically formulated to deliver the goods.
Consider the Animal Pak as the cast iron skillet of your supplement
program, your body's first line of defense. If you train with weights,
then you absolutely need to train with the Animal Pak. Remember, while
most supplements have come and gone, precious few have stood the test
of time. When you're ready for the best, step up to the most trusted
name in serious bodybuilding nutrition: Animal Pak. What IFBB pros and
Mr. Olympia competitors have used since '83.
required for
• All competitive strength & power athletes
• High-intensity training
• Athletes who use supplements
• Athletes who want maximum performance
As the "foundational" supplement, Animal Pak should be a part
of every bodybuilder's regimen. Every Animal supplement has been
designed to work together, creating a unique, powerful, and
comprehensive nutritional system. Animal Pak is your starting point.
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