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Title: What happened to EAS??
Post by: The Keto Kid on July 01, 2022, 06:24:00 PM
What the hell happened to EAS? I remember back in the day they were the shit, my first ever supplement was Phosphagen, I remember taking it with a friend of mine. We hid it in my friends garage, took it everyday with grape juice over the course of the summer I put on 20lbs, my buddy put on 22lbs, we came back senior year of high school and everyone was saying we were on steroids. We literally trained everyday over the summer,  the recovery ability at that age was incredible. Anyway I was just talking with my buddy and we were talking about those days. I decided to check out EAS to see what's going on with them and I saw this.
Title: Re: What happened to EAS??
Post by: BB on July 01, 2022, 06:43:25 PM
Abbott Labs (Ensure, Similac, etc....) bought them in the late 90's, and discontinued it about 5 years ago. I guess they didn't want to be in the bodybuilding market, as most of their lines are pushed to the medical or housewife market now. Before they discontinued it, it was being pushed as a budget supplement, for instance they were pushing to become Walmart's expensive line of supplements.

Edit - Seems HiTech bought the name a few months ago, and is trying to relaunch it -

https://hitechpharma.com/products/myoplex-maximum-muscle-builder?_pos=1&_sid=5784f0383&_ss=r .

Title: Re: What happened to EAS??
Post by: The Keto Kid on July 01, 2022, 08:28:46 PM
Interesting, everything I used from them always seemed like good quality stuff.
Title: Re: What happened to EAS??
Post by: stingray on July 01, 2022, 08:42:21 PM
I still got the old EAS booklet made by bill phillips almost 20 years ago
Title: Re: What happened to EAS??
Post by: pamith on July 01, 2022, 09:05:39 PM
Brutal if true
Title: Re: What happened to EAS??
Post by: AbrahamG on July 01, 2022, 10:04:03 PM
I saw myoplex for sale recently. Think it was on DPS Nutritions website.
Title: Re: What happened to EAS??
Post by: MCWAY on July 01, 2022, 10:37:42 PM
What the hell happened to EAS? I remember back in the day they were the shit, my first ever supplement was Phosphagen, I remember taking it with a friend of mine. We hid it in my friends garage, took it everyday with grape juice over the course of the summer I put on 20lbs, my buddy put on 22lbs, we came back senior year of high school and everyone was saying we were on steroids. We literally trained everyday over the summer,  the recovery ability at that age was incredible. Anyway I was just talking with my buddy and we were talking about those days. I decided to check out EAS to see what's going on with them and I saw this.

Your story sounds similar to mine. Only I used Phosphagen HP, the one that has dextrose and taste like Kool-Aid. I got the fruit punch kind. The first time I loaded with it (summer of 1996), I thought it was the second coming. 7 lbs in one week; 5 lbs the next. I went from 215 to 227.

I've often said that creatine is the crack cocaine of supplements. You get the biggest hit the first time you use it.

I still have the 1997 Sports Supplement Review book that my friend got me for Christmas 241/2 years ago. That was, of course, a shameless catalog for EAS supplements: Phosphagen (creatine); Phosphagain (milk & egg protein with creatine); Phosphagen HP (creatine with dextrose). They also sold HMB, glutamine, and CLA.

Title: Re: What happened to EAS??
Post by: Gym-Rat on July 01, 2022, 11:02:31 PM
HI-Tech brought back Myo-Plex. Jared Wheat likes to buy companies that 'once were' on occasion (ALRI, etc).

I use that ALRI protein and its good. (HumaPro).
I just throw a scoop of it in my water bottle and bring it w/ me to gym. (Humapro, Creatine, HMB, Karbolyn).
Title: Re: What happened to EAS??
Post by: ThisisOverload on July 01, 2022, 11:05:07 PM
Your story sounds similar to mine. Only I used Phosphagen HP, the one that has dextrose and taste like Kool-Aid. I got the fruit punch kind. The first time I loaded with it (summer of 1996), I thought it was the second coming. 7 lbs in one week; 5 lbs the next. I went from 215 to 227.

I think i used it around the same time frame.

Definitely puts some water weight on you and makes you strong.

But creatine jacks up my stomach really bad, so i haven't used it in 15 years.
Title: Re: What happened to EAS??
Post by: Humble Narcissist on July 02, 2022, 01:22:00 AM
I still got the old EAS booklet made by bill phillips almost 20 years ago
He made that company huge and then sold it.
Title: Re: What happened to EAS??
Post by: pamith on July 02, 2022, 02:40:32 AM
I heard phosphagen was good
Title: Re: What happened to EAS??
Post by: MCWAY on July 02, 2022, 08:45:17 AM
I think i used it around the same time frame.

Definitely puts some water weight on you and makes you strong.

But creatine jacks up my stomach really bad, so i haven't used it in 15 years.

Which one, Phosphagen or Phosphagen HP?
Title: Re: What happened to EAS??
Post by: deadz on July 02, 2022, 08:46:31 AM
No company was bigger than EAS in the mid to late nineties.
Title: Re: What happened to EAS??
Post by: ProudVirgin69 on July 02, 2022, 10:28:37 AM
“It feels like I’m on Deca”

The immortal words of Bill Philips
Title: Re: What happened to EAS??
Post by: webstar on July 02, 2022, 10:42:32 AM
No company was bigger than EAS in the mid to late nineties.

I remember Shannon Sharpe being sponsored by them for years. And of course the myoplex packets .


If you ever used a milos insulin protocol he recommended using Phospagen in the 90s
Title: Re: What happened to EAS??
Post by: Rambone on July 02, 2022, 10:45:23 AM
I remember Shannon Sharpe being sponsored by them for years. And of course the myoplex packets .


If you ever used a milos insulin protocol he recommended using Phospagen in the 90s

And Hitler’s Filet
Title: Re: What happened to EAS??
Post by: BB on July 02, 2022, 10:52:00 AM

NFL got pissed about the EAS stuff in the Denver locker room back in the day -

(https://www.gannett-cdn.com/authoring/1999/01/29/NSTT/ghows-NB-fd0385ec-a241-4f7b-94bd-d8fa20b6d3db-5b67a720.jpeg?width=229&height=320&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp).
Title: Re: What happened to EAS??
Post by: ThisisOverload on July 02, 2022, 02:53:15 PM
Which one, Phosphagen or Phosphagen HP?

It was the HP.

Was very sweet but it definitely worked.
Title: Re: What happened to EAS??
Post by: MCWAY on July 02, 2022, 03:04:22 PM
No company was bigger than EAS in the mid to late nineties.

Muscle tech was right there with them in the late 90s and surpassed them in the early 2000s.

It was the HP.

Was very sweet but it definitely worked.

The grape one was my favorite. The first time I tried it, I used the fruit punch version. It costs me $60 back then. But, after those twelve pounds I added in a couple of weeks, I would've paid $600 for it.

Title: Re: What happened to EAS??
Post by: ThisisOverload on July 02, 2022, 03:17:49 PM
Muscle tech was right there with them in the late 90s and surpassed them in the early 2000s.

The grape one was my favorite. The first time I tried it, I used the fruit punch version. It costs me $60 back then. But, after those twelve pounds I added in a couple of weeks, I would've paid $600 for it.

Yeah, i used the fruit punch. It was expensive (bought at GNC) and i remember second guessing it because i was in college at the time. But my good friend who i trained with for a few years liked it so i tried it out.

I still remember the strength i got from it. All of my lifts went up quite a bit and i did gain some weight, just don't remember how much, but it was a noticeable improvement. I think it was around 15 pounds or so, but i was eating a lot at the time too. I still remember that sweet smell when you opened the container. Nothing else smells like that.

And of course, i've used Cell-Tech too in the early 2000's.

But i remember the EAS stuff working better. Maybe it was because it was my first experience with creatine? Not sure.
Title: Re: What happened to EAS??
Post by: The Keto Kid on July 02, 2022, 05:40:07 PM
NFL got pissed about the EAS stuff in the Denver locker room back in the day -

(https://www.gannett-cdn.com/authoring/1999/01/29/NSTT/ghows-NB-fd0385ec-a241-4f7b-94bd-d8fa20b6d3db-5b67a720.jpeg?width=229&height=320&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp).

Still shredded at 54
Title: Re: What happened to EAS??
Post by: Rambone on July 02, 2022, 06:21:42 PM
Still shredded at 54

Always in sick shape! He still wants his restitution!



#hootin #hollerin
Title: Re: What happened to EAS??
Post by: Bevo on July 02, 2022, 06:30:34 PM
What the hell happened to EAS? I remember back in the day they were the shit, my first ever supplement was Phosphagen, I remember taking it with a friend of mine. We hid it in my friends garage, took it everyday with grape juice over the course of the summer I put on 20lbs, my buddy put on 22lbs, we came back senior year of high school and everyone was saying we were on steroids. We literally trained everyday over the summer,  the recovery ability at that age was incredible. Anyway I was just talking with my buddy and we were talking about those days. I decided to check out EAS to see what's going on with them and I saw this.

Sounds like you and your buddy jerked each other off that whole summer in the garage
Title: Re: What happened to EAS??
Post by: The Keto Kid on July 02, 2022, 06:45:54 PM
Sounds like you and your buddy jerked each other off that whole summer in the garage
Lol..classic GetBig😁
Title: Re: What happened to EAS??
Post by: Cook on July 02, 2022, 08:06:56 PM
I read a few years ago that Abbott was coming out with a 30 gram protein Ensure and they only are guaranteed a certain amount of shelf space at stores so they discontinued EAS to make room for Ensure Max.
Title: Re: What happened to EAS??
Post by: Humble Narcissist on July 03, 2022, 02:03:02 AM
NFL got pissed about the EAS stuff in the Denver locker room back in the day -

(https://www.gannett-cdn.com/authoring/1999/01/29/NSTT/ghows-NB-fd0385ec-a241-4f7b-94bd-d8fa20b6d3db-5b67a720.jpeg?width=229&height=320&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp).
It was like EAS was the official supplement company of the Denver Broncos.
Title: Re: What happened to EAS??
Post by: Dave D on July 03, 2022, 09:19:12 AM
Muscle tech was right there with them in the late 90s and surpassed them in the early 2000s.

The grape one was my favorite. The first time I tried it, I used the fruit punch version. It costs me $60 back then. But, after those twelve pounds I added in a couple of weeks, I would've paid $600 for it.

He said mid to late 90s. Obviously muscle tech surpassed eas, eas went out of business.
Title: Re: What happened to EAS??
Post by: Bevo on July 03, 2022, 09:32:36 AM
NFL got pissed about the EAS stuff in the Denver locker room back in the day -

(https://www.gannett-cdn.com/authoring/1999/01/29/NSTT/ghows-NB-fd0385ec-a241-4f7b-94bd-d8fa20b6d3db-5b67a720.jpeg?width=229&height=320&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp).

Whole in their right mind would name their son “Shannon”
Title: Re: What happened to EAS??
Post by: Dave D on July 03, 2022, 09:36:32 AM
Whole in their right mind would name their son “Shannon”

I think the real question is who would have thought Shannon would have entered the NFL HOF while his brother Sterling is still hoping to make the Packers ring of honor.
Title: Re: What happened to EAS??
Post by: Humble Narcissist on July 04, 2022, 02:03:03 AM
I think the real question is who would have thought Shannon would have entered the NFL HOF while his brother Sterling is still hoping to make the Packers ring of honor.
He was lucky to get switched from WR to TE his rookie year.
Title: Re: What happened to EAS??
Post by: Gym-Rat on July 04, 2022, 02:10:56 AM
Whole in their right mind would name their son “Shannon”

His middle name is "Not too"...