Get Your Groove On With The Vitamin Shoppe At The Arnold Sports Festival Expo

NORTH BERGEN, N.J., Feb. 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Attendees of the annual Arnold Sports Festival on March 1-3 will have an opportunity to receive a new music mix CD for working out when they sign up for a free Healthy Awards membership, get free samples and meet great celebrities when they stop by the Vitamin Shoppe booth at the event.  Vitamin Shoppe will be covering all the competitions and tweeting live through #Arnold2013VS.

Exciting personal appearances by athletes are scheduled for the Vitamin Shoppe booth including Victor Martinez, Monica Brant, Laura Prestin, Jon Beason, Seath Feroce, Lee Banks, Marco Rivera and many others.

"We're excited to have so many great athletes giving sports nutrition training tips at our booth this year, and give away a brand new 60-minute CD called Vita Grooves which is a great addition to any workout music playlist!" said Claudia Cribeiro, Manager of Special Events for The Vitamin Shoppe.  "Plus, we're looking for the ultimate True Athlete photo and each grand prize winner will receive a $250 gift card!" 

For the True Athlete Contest, attendees will have their photo taken to enter into the contest. All photos from the day will be posted into date labeled galleries on the Vitamin Shoppe Facebook page.  Ten male and ten female semi-finalists will be chosen with one male and one female finally chosen as the True Athlete!

The free Vita Grooves CD features music by International DJ Producer Ronnie Maze and Billboard charting artists, Perry Twins & Nikki Harris.

Other free giveaways at the booth include sports nutrition samples and magazines as well as information about health, wellness and sports nutrition. 

About Vitamin Shoppe, Inc. (NYSE: VSI)
Vitamin Shoppe is a leading specialty retailer and direct marketer of nutritional products based in North Bergen, New Jersey. The company sells vitamins, minerals, nutritional supplements, herbs, sports nutrition formulas, homeopathic remedies, green living products, and health and beauty aids to customers located primarily in the United States. The company carries national brand products as well as exclusive products under the Vitamin Shoppe, BodyTech and True Athlete proprietary brands. The Vitamin Shoppe conducts business through more than 580 company-operated Vitamin Shoppe retail stores in the United States, national mail order catalogs, and website, www.VitaminShoppe.com.  The company also operates 31 stores in the Pacific Northwest under the Super Supplements name.  Follow The Vitamin Shoppe on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/THEVITAMINSHOPPE and on Twitter at http://twitter.com/VitaminShoppe.

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