Best Supplements 2012
With an increasing consumer trend towards health and wellbeing, the ever expanding nutritional supplement industry has been ramping up its game and have begun to invent, reformulate and release better and more effective supplements. As a general trend, 2012 will again focus on pre-workout formulations as well as fat loss products. In saying that, here are the top 6 supplements to keep an eye out for in 2012.
1. Optimum Nutrition - Platinum Hydrobuilder
Having been released earlier this year from the company renowned as being the highest selling protein company in the world, this product has just arrived on Australian shores just in time for summer. A combination of whey protein, creapure creatine and betaine, Hydrobuilder is a product aimed at helping to increase strength, improve endurance capacity and help build muscle. The combination of ingredients helps take out the guess work for first time consumers who want to gain mass and train effectively, without trawling through countless web pages and forums to find out the info. Whether or not Hydrobuilder can overtake the immensely popular Whey Gold Standard in sales and popularity will be down to time, however, this latest release from Optimum Nutrition is definitely a product to consider in 2012.
2. USPLabs - Oxyelite Pro
USPLabs is a household name throughout the bodybuilding world. Their pre workout powder Jack3d is still the number 1 selling pre-workout 
powder in the world. Their equally famous thermogenic fat loss supplement OxyElite pro was banned in Australia around 2010/11. However, USPLabs has been quick to act and hard at work reformulating their product to comply with the regulations so that it can be sold down under. Oxy Elite Pro has just been released, and whilst it's early days, there is no doubt that the updated OxyElite Pro will be a very popular fat loss supplement.
3. Ronnie Coleman - Myo-Blitz
With a name synonymous with bodybuilding and being known as one of the strongest bodybuilders in the world, Ronnie Coleman never did things half-arsed. He has applied this mindset into his new range of products including the concentrated pre-workout supplement Myo-Blitz. Myo-Blitz aims at providing you with clean energy and pumps with good recovery potential in the form of ingredients including HICA and Astragalus. It should be interesting to see how Myo-Blitz compares with pre workout giants such as APS Mesomorph and USPLabs Jack3d, but with such a huge name backing up the product, this is definitely a supplement to look out for in 2012.
4. Elemental Nutrition - D-Aspartic Acid
HGH and testosterone booster supplements has had increasing popularity over the last couple of years, especially with trainers over 25. While Tribulus, Fenugreek and ZMA have always been the top sellers, D-Aspartic Acid has slowly and stealthily climbed up the ranks as an excellent, revered and effective test booster. Elemental is still a comparatively new name in the supplement world, but is gaining momentum fast as being providers of quality ergogenic supplements. Elemental DAA is a top quality supplement containing 100% D-aspartic acid with no fillers and no additives. With more and more people knowing about DAA and trusting the Elemental brand, there is no doubt that this will be one of the hot products in 2012.
5. MuscleTech - NeuroCore
MuscleTech has always been a big name in the industry, however their name has often been shrouded in a veil of infamy. That being said, there is no doubt that MuscleTech has released some fantastic products, namely their top selling supplement; Hydroxycut Hardcore. Their latest product soon to be released in Australia is NeuroCore; their newest concentrated pre-workout supplement. While the product still contains stimulants in the form of caffeine, it’s good to see an increased use of stress and fatigue managing ingredients in the form of beta alanine and rhodiola rosea as well as ingredients to help with improving blood flow to the brain in the form of vincopetine – appropriate considering mental fatigue is such an overlooked factor. It’s also fantastic to see the removal of their proprietary blends in favour of displaying the actual quantities of each ingredient. This transparency will really help MuscleTech products like NeuroCore really gain momentum in 2012.
6. Gaspari Nutrition - Vasotropin
Rich Gaspari aka ‘Dragon Slayer’ is no stranger to the world of bodybuilding supplements. Having been a bodybuilder himself and in the industry for almost a decade, Gaspari Nutrition’s arsenal of supplements have developed a strong following. One such example of this strong following is for their NO supplement PlasmaJet which has unfortunately been discontinued. However, Gaspari Nutrition will soon be releasing their new NO supplement Vasotropin early to mid 2012 after the Arnold Classic. The exact formulation of Vasotropin is still kept under wraps; however, it has been touted as being the evolution of nitric oxide supplements and unquestionably a product to look out for in 2012.
Stay Tuned...
While new supplements will no doubt be continually released throughout the year, especially by June/July in time for the Northern Hemisphere summer, the above 6 supplements mentioned are definitely the forerunners for the beginning of 2012.
