MusclePharm Announces MuscleGel Achieves NSF Certification

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MusclePharm® Corporation (OTCBB:MSLP), one of the fastest growing nutritional supplement companies in the United States with a proprietary formulation used in eight performance products, today announced MuscleGel achieves NSF certification. In addition, the Company’s Recon and Assault nutritional products will be NSF certified within the coming months.

“We are extremely pleased MusclePharm’s MuscleGel is now NSF certified and look forward to Recon and Assault’s future addition to the NSF’s list of approved supplements”

“We are extremely pleased MusclePharm’s MuscleGel is now NSF certified and look forward to Recon and Assault’s future addition to the NSF’s list of approved supplements,” commented Brad Pyatt, MusclePharm’s Chief Executive Officer. “Our Chief Medical Researcher, Dr. Jeffery Stout, Ph.D. and his team of scientists, doctors, and top professional athletes were instrumental in achieving the NSF’s certification of MuscleGel, Recon and Assault. These three products provide strong, unique opportunities for us to expand MusclePharm’s distribution within the professional athletic community, including the MLB and NFL.”

NSF International is an independent, not-for-profit organization that meets the growing demands of athletes, coaches and all those concerned about banned substances in sports supplements. NSF International created the new NSF Certified for Sport™ Program. This new NSF program is a focused solution designed to minimize the risk that a dietary supplement or sports nutrition product contains banned substances. This program is part of NSF's successful 60-year history of providing certification programs for food, water and consumer goods.

MLB, the MLB Player’s Association, NFL, the NFL Player’s Association, PGA, LPGA and the CCES have all chosen NSF’s Certified for Sport™ program to help verify the products their athletes use are safer and free of banned substances. NSF GMP for Sport™ certification verifies that the facility, operations and ingredient sourcing are in compliance with GMP requirements via ongoing audits.

MusclePharm products are currently available in 1,200 of the top General Nutrition Centers (GNC) in the United States, as well as Vitamin Shop. MusclePharm’s award-winning products — Assault®, Battle Fuel®, Bullet Proof®, Combat Powder®, Recon® and Shred Matrix®—are also available online at gnc.com, bodybuilding.com, amazon.com and many other locations.

About MusclePharm

MusclePharm’s top management has extensive experience in the sports world and has harnessed this drive and focus into building a business to benefit its customers and help Fuel The Athlete Inside™. Headquartered in Aurora, Colorado, the company is a fast-growing developer and manufacturer of safe, scientifically approved, nutritional supplements that are free of banned substances and tested by athletes. They are designed to help athletes, bodybuilders, weightlifters and fitness enthusiasts improve their performance. Each and every MusclePharm product is the end result of an advanced six-stage research and testing protocol involving the expertise of top nutrition scientists. In addition, the products have been field-tested by more than 100 elite professional athletes from the NFL, MMA, MLB and elsewhere. To date, the company has developed six products: ASSAULT®, BATTLE FUEL®, BULLET PROOF®, COMBAT POWDER®, RECON® and SHRED MATRIX®. Two additional products are due in stores in 2010. MusclePharm products offer up to twice as much of the active ingredients per serving as competing products and incorporate a proprietary mix of ingredients not available elsewhere, such as Suma root– the “Russian Secret.” Suma is a natural, performance-boosting, strength-and muscle-building herbal derivative that has been used for years by top Russian athletes. For more information, please visit www.musclepharm.com.