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Late 90's, early 2000's Preworkout drinks in every gym cooler. What was the brand?

Posted on 8/15/23 at 10:42 am
Posted by tke_swamprat
Houma, LA
Member since Aug 2004
10497 posts
Posted on 8/15/23 at 10:42 am
I'm sure most of you guys remember walking into every gym and seeing the cooler filled with preworkout drinks, thermogenic drinks, etc. What was the popular brand name? Bottles were usually red or purple in color if I remember correctly.
Posted by jose
Houma
Member since Feb 2009
29353 posts
Posted on 8/15/23 at 10:53 am to
NO Explode?
Posted by Doug_H
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Sep 2013
2449 posts
Posted on 8/15/23 at 11:06 am to
Ripped Force?
Or Nitor Surge?
Posted by ronricks
Member since Mar 2021
9645 posts
Posted on 8/15/23 at 11:09 am to
I can remember Razor Ripped was one but it was an orange bottle if I remember correctly.
Posted by tke_swamprat
Houma, LA
Member since Aug 2004
10497 posts
Posted on 8/15/23 at 11:19 am to
Those two definitely sound familiar.

Speed Stack was another I believe.

ABB is who made all of them. Those things were legit.
This post was edited on 8/15/23 at 11:21 am
Posted by lsu777
Lake Charles
Member since Jan 2004
34659 posts
Posted on 8/15/23 at 12:30 pm to
Ultimate orange and then jackd3d
Posted by tke_swamprat
Houma, LA
Member since Aug 2004
10497 posts
Posted on 8/15/23 at 12:52 pm to
I loved ultimate orange.

But I was looking for the ABB drinks.
Posted by jose
Houma
Member since Feb 2009
29353 posts
Posted on 8/15/23 at 1:01 pm to
quote:

jackd3d


I used to use this to stay up late to study in college
Posted by tke_swamprat
Houma, LA
Member since Aug 2004
10497 posts
Posted on 8/15/23 at 2:08 pm to
I just used Adderall. Lol.
Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
Member since Nov 2007
77217 posts
Posted on 8/15/23 at 2:27 pm to
Blue Thunder was the best ABB drink in my opinion.
Posted by MWP
Kingwood, TX via Monroe, LA
Member since Jul 2013
10775 posts
Posted on 8/15/23 at 4:31 pm to
quote:

Ultimate orange


Felt like you could literally bench press the gym while you were 1 step away from going into cardiac arrest. That shite made my heart race like a derby horse.

If you are talkng about late 90's and early 2000's stuff, got to throw out good old Ripped Fuel even though it was a pill. Shite single handedly helped us invade Iraq on no sleep.

Posted by POTUS2024
Member since Nov 2022
20943 posts
Posted on 8/15/23 at 4:48 pm to
Ultimate Orange is the king.
Posted by tke_swamprat
Houma, LA
Member since Aug 2004
10497 posts
Posted on 8/15/23 at 8:17 pm to
I was mainly looking for the brand that was in every gym cooler. But it’s always good talking about the best pre workouts like ultimate orange and jacked.
Posted by Lawyered
The Sip
Member since Oct 2016
34533 posts
Posted on 8/15/23 at 9:51 pm to
Not a drink but Animal M stack with a bunch of pills with dirt in them I believe and then the red caffeine pill


That was a damn mouthful
Of shite to swallow
Posted by jordan21210
Member since Apr 2009
13860 posts
Posted on 8/16/23 at 3:10 am to
Posted by ronricks
Member since Mar 2021
9645 posts
Posted on 8/16/23 at 3:50 am to
quote:

Ultimate Orange is the king.


There were several different versions over the years. They kept tweaking the formula and as time went on it got weaker and weaker. I don’t know what the hell was in that stuff but circa 1995 or so it gave me some of the best workouts in my garage ever. Dave Palumbo on his podcast has speculated that in the beginning Dan Duchaine spiked it with some oral anabolics. I’ve seen it mentioned that he might have put smaller amounts of Oxandrolone (anavar) Norethandrolone (nilevar) Mesterlone (Androviron) and later maybe Clenbuterol. My friends and I called it ‘rocket fuel’ because as someone said you felt like you could lift the whole gym on that stuff
Posted by Havoc
Member since Nov 2015
33813 posts
Posted on 8/24/23 at 8:26 pm to
quote:

Ultimate orange

We used to call it orange rage.

Is that the one that was damaging peoples kidneys?
Posted by GeorgeTheGreek
Sparta, Greece
Member since Mar 2008
67843 posts
Posted on 8/24/23 at 8:28 pm to
I still order NO-Xplode once a year. I love that stuff.

Jacked didn’t come around until 2010ish I feel like.

There was a post workout creatine called Dark Matter that turned into a gelatin like substance when you added water. It was awesome!
Posted by POTUS2024
Member since Nov 2022
20943 posts
Posted on 8/25/23 at 12:41 am to
quote:

There were several different versions over the years. They kept tweaking the formula and as time went on it got weaker and weaker. I don’t know what the hell was in that stuff but circa 1995 or so it gave me some of the best workouts in my garage ever. Dave Palumbo on his podcast has speculated that in the beginning Dan Duchaine spiked it with some oral anabolics. I’ve seen it mentioned that he might have put smaller amounts of Oxandrolone (anavar) Norethandrolone (nilevar) Mesterlone (Androviron) and later maybe Clenbuterol. My friends and I called it ‘rocket fuel’ because as someone said you felt like you could lift the whole gym on that stuff


I had no idea it came from Duchaine. The speculation I heard was that it was tainted with methamphetamine. The effects people reported seemed to align with that, as opposed to ephedrine. However, I think the official word was that it contained ephedrine and that dosing got lowered and then eliminated.
Posted by ronricks
Member since Mar 2021
9645 posts
Posted on 8/25/23 at 4:07 am to
quote:

I had no idea it came from Duchaine.


He created it. Dude was an evil genius and I have zero doubt the versions up until the mid 90’s had something in them. He often would joke to other people in the industry about putting anabolics or stimulants into products to make them work better and said nobody would ever know. I think eventually he sold rights to a distributor and then the product became watered down version that wasn’t as strong. If you ever had it when it was in a tin can that was Duchaines version when it was sold in plastic containers that was the ‘corporate’ version that worked but wasn’t near as strong.
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