MusclePharm Chief Medical Researcher Speaks at Nationally-Renowned NSCA National Conference

MusclePharm Begins Talks with Top Sporting Organizations and Teams to Carry Products

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MusclePharm® Corporation (OTCBB:MSLP - News), a fast-growing nutritional supplement company with a proprietary formulation used in eight performance products, is pleased to announced that MusclePharm Chief Medical Researcher Dr. Jeffrey Stout, Ph.D., was one of the featured speakers at the renowned National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) National Conference.

Dr. Stout spoke to more than 4,000 attendees at the sold-out conference, which took place July 14-17 in Orlando and is considered the premier annual strength and conditioning event. Top strength coaches from the National Football League (NFL), Major League Baseball (MLB) and the National Basketball Association (NBA) were in attendance for Dr. Stout’s seminar, as were strength and conditioning coaches from every major Division I college.

MusclePharm also had a strong presence among the marquee coaches at the conference’s trade show, where it handed out samples of its new, innovative MuscleGel supplement, which is the first protein gel to be released to the retail market and is also newly-approved by the NSF and will soon be available to all MLB teams and other sports organizations.

“The response to MuscleGel has been amazing thus far from our athletes and teams. We feel that MuscleGel fills a huge gap with athletes and their busy travel schedule,” MusclePharm Director of Team Development Joseph Lawanson said. “MuscleGel is the first of its kind and each single-serving contains 22 grams of protein in a portable on-the-go gel packet.”

Dr. Stout has worked closely with MusclePharm in developing its products and his track record speaks for itself. Currently, an Associate Professor and Director of the Metabolic and Body Composition Laboratories in the Department of Health and Exercise Science at the University of Oklahoma, Dr. Stout has published more than 100 peer reviewed research studies that focus on sports nutrition, exercise performance, muscle function and body composition.

Dr. Stout serves on numerous editorial boards, including The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, The Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, The NSCA Research Committee and The Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), and has co-authored and co-edited seven books and five chapters on sports nutrition.

He has also won the Outstanding Young Investigator of the Year Award from the NSCA, as well as the Editorial Excellence Award from the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research.

MusclePharm products are currently available in 1,200 of the top GNC stores in the United States, as well as Vitamin Shoppe. MusclePharm’s award-winning products — Assault®, Battle Fuel®, Bullet Proof®, Combat Powder®, Recon®, Shred Matrix®, and MuscleGel® — 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

Forward-looking Statements

MusclePharm® Corporation believes the information set forth in this Press Release may include "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Act of 1934. Certain factors that could cause results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements are set forth in "Risk Factors" in Item 2.02 of the Company's Form 8-K dated February 18, 2010, which has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.