National Football League Rising Star Joins Gnc’s Team Pro Performance

General Nutrition Centers, Inc. (GNC), the nation’s largest specialty retailer of nutritional supplements, announced today that National Football League rising star Brandon Lloyd has signed on as the newest member of GNC’s Team Pro Performance®, an elite group of professional athletes that use Pro Performance sports nutrition products as an integral part of their training

PITTSBURGH, (Monday, June 06, 2005) - General Nutrition Centers, Inc. (GNC), the nation’s largest specialty retailer of nutritional supplements, announced today that National Football League rising star Brandon Lloyd has signed on as the newest member of GNC’s Team Pro Performance®, an elite group of professional athletes that use Pro Performance® sports nutrition products as an integral part of their training. Lloyd joins Major League Baseball pitcher Mark Mulder, who is currently leading an educational campaign focused on safe supplementation, and Los Angeles Angels at Anaheim outfielder and designated hitter Tim Salmon.

As a member of Team Pro Performance®, Lloyd will serve as a role model for safe supplementation. In addition, he will be featured in an upcoming print advertising campaign promoting the GNC Pro Performance® sports nutrition line.

“I am very excited to be working with GNC, a company that’s known for its quality and proven success in sports nutrition and safe supplementation,” said Lloyd. “I believe in the benefits of using the Pro Performance® line to naturally complete my nutritional needs missing from my daily diet. I have been working closely with GNC’s scientific affairs group in developing a nutritional program to help me reach my health and performance goals.”

Lloyd is a wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers. He was drafted by the 49ers in the 4th round of the 2003 draft. He had limited playing time as a rookie but in 2004 became a starter and ended the season with 43 catches for 565 yards and six touchdowns. One of those 43 catches was for a career-long 52-yard reception.

“Brandon is an up-and-coming offensive threat in the National Football League and we’re excited to have him on Team Pro Performance®,” said Steven Nelson, Vice President of Marketing for GNC. “He’s definitely a player to watch in 2005 as he continues to build his stats and lead his team. GNC is committed to being there to help him achieve those goals.”

Lloyd’s current diet and supplement program includes the following GNC products:

Mega Men®: GNC’s premier multivitamin formula for active men that includes antioxidants, vitamins and minerals to supplement key nutrients. Mega Men® also supplies fruit, carotenoid, vegetable and amino acid blends to provide food-based nutritional support.

Pro Performance® Thermo Burst™:A clinically studied supplement that helps burn more calories, energizes your workout and helps you work out longer and harder. Study participants taking Thermo Burst™ also reported that they felt less tired while working out.*

GNC Triflex™: A triple-action formula that combines glucosamine, chondroitin and MSM to support joint health integrity, promote joint mobility, rebuild cartilage and lubricate joints.

Pro Performance® Mega MRP Extreme™: A patent-pending meal replacement formula with 56 grams of protein, 5 grams of glutamine and 6.2 grams of leucine. Features a clinically tested module of 20 grams of whey protein and 6.2 grams of leucine that has been proven to show increases in both muscle strength and size when used as part of a resistance training program.


GNC, based in Pittsburgh, PA, is the largest global specialty retailer of nutritional supplements, which includes vitamin, mineral and herbal supplements, sports nutrition products, diet and energy products, specialty supplements and products and supplements for low carb lifestyles. GNC operates more than 5,000 retail locations throughout the United States, including over 1,200 domestic franchise locations, and locations in 35 foreign markets including Canada and Mexico.



* A double-blind placebo-controlled cross-over study of 29 physically fit and healthy young adult male subjects averaging about 4 hours of exercise a week cycling to exhaustion at 80% VO2 shows that these individuals were able to increase performance measured by time to exhaustion nearly 5 minutes longer than when taking placebo.

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