LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR

SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

       The undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and appoints each of Kevin G. Nowe and David J.

Sullivan, and each with the power to appoint his substitute, as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-

in-fact, with full power and authority as hereinafter described on behalf of and in the name, place and

stead of the undersigned to:

       1. prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file Forms 3, 4, and 5 (including any

amendments thereto) with respect to the securities of GNC Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the

Company), with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, any national securities

exchanges and the Company, as considered necessary or advisable under Section 16(a) of the Securities

Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to

time (the Exchange Act);

       2. seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the undersigned's behalf,

information on transactions in the Company's securities from any third party, including brokers,

employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person

to release any such information to the undersigned and approves and ratifies any such release of

information; and

       3. perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of such attorney-in-fact are

necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the undersigned in connection with the foregoing.

       The undersigned acknowledges that:

       1. this Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, such attorney-in-fact to act in

their discretion on information provided to such attorney-in-fact without independent verification of such

information;

       2. any documents prepared and/or executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the

undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney will be in such form and will contain such information

and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact, in his discretion, deems necessary or desirable;

       3. neither the Company nor such attorney-in-fact assumes (i) any liability for the

undersigned's responsibility to comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the

undersigned for any failure to comply with such requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability of the

undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and

       4. this Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from responsibility for

compliance with the undersigned's obligations under the Exchange Act, including without limitation the

reporting requirements under Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

       The undersigned hereby gives and grants the foregoing attorney-in-fact full power and authority

to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or appropriate to be done in

and about the foregoing matters as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do

if present, hereby ratifying all that such attorney-in-fact of, for and on behalf of the undersigned, or such

attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Limited

Power of Attorney.

       This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer

required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in

securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered

to such attorney-in-fact.

       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as

of this 22nd day of May, 2018.



/s/ Richard J. Wallace

Richard J. Wallace

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