Here, we will discuss briefly the origins of performance enhancement technologies and the sports supplement industry as a whole. Also included is information about the sports supplement industry's current state of existence. With this introductory information, you will be ready to then learn about or newest cutting edge compounds that promise to transform the face of performance enhancement agents forever!

For centuries man has desired to find compounds that elicit an effect to enhance performance in sports. Even in early-recorded Olympic history, around 300 BC, there is actually record of 3 people being disqualified for ingesting hallucinogenic mushrooms before the games in ancient Greece. Wouldn't that be a trip... literally! It has also been discovered that ancient gladiators sought to consume lion’s hearts before battle as they thought it would bring them courage. Many other similar examples like these can be found throughout ancient literature. As you can see, over the centuries, man has continuously sought out ways to improve athletic ability and physical prowess. It is no great wonder then that the need for performance enhancement is as real today as it was back then. In fact, today there exists a vastly greater wide spread use of performance enhancement agents than ever before... and their use is larger than most of the general public are aware of.

During the latest century, the largest change has occurred in health consciousness, awareness and overall dietary supplement use. This was fueled, to a large degree by the explosively popular use of anabolic steroids.