The recomposition stack that builds lean muscle and defends it.
Four fully-dosed actives working complementary pathways: 225mg (-)-epicatechin supporting growth signaling from upstream, and a hispidin-standardized Sanghuangporus mycelium covering the preservation side, grown on the same liquid-culture platform as Erinamax. Every batch verified by UPLC.
Most muscle stacks only push growth. Recomposition needs both directions.
Myostatin is the protein that caps how much muscle your body lets you build, and training stress is what tags hard-earned tissue for breakdown. A real recomposition formula has to work both problems at once. Epicomp pairs an accelerator with a shield, then rounds out recovery.
Growth signaling, supported upstream.
Two well-characterized muscle-supporting compounds
The biologically active isomer. Research suggests epicatechin inhibits myostatin upstream, freeing growth pathways like mTOR and Akt to do their job.
From Cyanotis arachnoidea standardized to 50% beta-ecdysterone. Studied for skeletal-muscle support through estrogen receptor beta and Mas receptor signaling.
Epicatechin dosed above our standalone; beta-ecdysterone tuned to work alongside it.
Preservation coverage most stacks skip.
The new compound: hispidin-rich Sanghuangporus mycelium
Freeze-dried liquid-culture mycelium standardized to 1.5% hispidin. Pharmacological research on this exact strain (SS-MN4) points to support on the breakdown side of the muscle equation.
A pentacyclic triterpenoid from rosemary leaf extract, studied for recovery from exercise-induced muscle stress.
Your hard-earned muscle holds up while the growth side works.
Sanghuangporus comes from the same bioreactors that made Erinamax.
Our Taiwanese partner grows fungal mycelium in suspended liquid culture, controlling the nutrients and growth parameters so the organism natively produces high levels of one target bioactive. For Erinamax, that target is erinacine A. For Epicomp, the same platform is steered toward hispidin, standardized to 1.5% in the SS-MN4 strain we use.
1.5% hispidin, batch by batch
Every batch is tested in-house by UPLC to verify the hispidin standardization, the same discipline behind our erinacine A verification.
Screened beyond potency
Heavy-metals and microbial screening on every batch, alongside identity testing of the actives.
Made and tested in Arizona
Manufactured in a cGMP, FDA-registered facility, independently GMP certified, with third-party lab testing.
What the research on SS-MN4 suggests.
Hispidin works the opposite side of the myostatin story from epicatechin. Where epicatechin supports growth signaling upstream, pharmacological work on the SS-MN4 strain suggests hispidin helps keep MuRF-1 and Atrogin-1 in check. Those are the markers that tag muscle tissue for breakdown during heavy training stress.
The same research points to upregulation of the fast-twitch genes Myh2 and Myh7, the myosin heavy chains behind power-generating muscle fiber, and to a striking effect on how muscle stores its fuel.
A hike at 9,500 feet convinced our owner this belonged in the catalog.
The sample nobody had heard of.
Our liquid-culture partner kept talking up a hispidin-standardized Sanghuangporus mycelium. Paul, ND's owner, had been beta-testing samples of it for a while.
An honest worst-case test.
A year and a half of running ND and raising a newborn had left little time to train. The family hike started at a trailhead around 9,500 feet, a big jump from our facility at roughly 1,181 feet in the Valley of the Sun.
Son in the backpack carrier, sample in the stack.
That morning he took the Sanghuangporus sample alongside his usual stack, strapped his son in, and started up. The fatigue and heavy breathing he braced for never showed up.
Six months of repeat runs.
He kept re-testing on the same trail over the next six months. The pattern held every time, and the formulation work started.
One founder's mornings on a mountain, not a clinical endpoint. The mechanism and standardization work came after, and that is what the rest of this page is about.
Four pathways, each covered by a different active.
Nothing in Epicomp duplicates another ingredient's job. Tap each card for the mechanism detail.
Research References
[1] Isenmann E et al. Archives of Toxicology. 2019. [2] Parr MK et al. Molecular Nutrition & Food Research. 2014. [3] Parr MK et al. Biology of Sport. 2014. [4] Serova M et al. Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle. 2023. [5] Kim JC et al. Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology. 2018. [6] Miro C et al. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2025. [7] Hsieh TJ et al. Antioxidants. 2024. [8] Nguyen HN et al. Antioxidants. 2021. [9] Balasekaran G et al. Nutrients. 2025. [10] Mehdipour A et al. Physiological Reports. 2025. [11] Garcia-Merino JA et al. Microscopy Research and Technology. 2025. [12] Huang X et al. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living. 2026.
Four things the stack is built to support, in and out of the gym.
Lean muscle
Supports lean muscle growth through complementary growth-signaling pathways.
Recovery
Promotes faster muscle recovery between training sessions.
Cellular energy
Enhances cellular energy production through mitochondrial support.
Endurance
Supports exercise endurance capacity so you can hold your pace deeper into a session.
Four actives per two-capsule serving, exactly as the label reads.
Full doses, named standardizations, and extracts identified to the plant part. Nothing proprietary-blended, nothing hidden.
Cyanotis arachnoidea Extract
The phytoecdysteroid source. Supports muscle protein synthesis signaling through ERβ and Mas receptor pathways.
Sanghuangporus sanghuang
SS-MN4 strain, grown in liquid-culture bioreactors. The preservation and fueling side of the stack.
(-)-Epicatechin
The biologically active isomer, dosed at the level the growth-signaling research actually used.
Ursolic Acid
A standardized triterpenoid for the recovery side, so the stack supports training frequency, not just size.
Two capsules in the morning, and the rest of your routine stays yours.
Take two capsules
Once daily, in the morning, with or without food. No loading phase, no cycling protocol.
Train like you already do
Epicomp is built to support the work you are putting in: lifting, hiking, or hybrid training.
Judge it over weeks
Track how sessions and recovery feel across a couple of weeks of consistent daily use.
Some effects show up quickly, and the label puts peak effects at three to four weeks of consistent daily use. Epicomp is a training-support stack, not a stimulant, so judge it by how the weeks feel rather than any single session.
Built in Arizona by a supplement R&D company that does the chemistry before the marketing.
Epicomp is formulated, tested, and verified at the ND lab in Tempe.Epicomp is a perfect addition to your training stack.
These are the pairings our formulation team designed around, each covering a lane Epicomp deliberately leaves open.
Cyatherm
The designed pairing: metabolic-heat support alongside recomposition, for people chasing both sides of body composition.
Eurycomax
Our optimized Tongkat Ali stack supports healthy testosterone levels, the hormonal lane Epicomp does not touch.
Berbelean
Daily metabolic support from optimized berberine sits naturally alongside a recomposition phase.
Tribugen
Drive and vitality support that synergizes with the training-motivation side of a hard block.
Body recomposition, ready at launch.
Four fully-dosed actives covering growth, preservation, recovery, and fueling. Available in 30 and 60 serving bottles.
Batch COA publishes with the product page.
The questions our most research-minded customers ask first.
Is Epicomp a stimulant or a hormone?+
Neither. All four actives are plant and fungal compounds: a flavanol, a phytoecdysteroid, a triterpenoid, and a standardized mycelium. Beta-ecdysterone is an ecdysteroid produced by plants, studied for receptor-level muscle support; it is not a human hormone and Epicomp contains no hormones.
I already take epicatechin. What does the stack add?+
Epicatechin only works the growth side. Epicomp keeps the full 225mg dose and adds the preservation side (hispidin-standardized Sanghuangporus), receptor-level growth support (beta-ecdysterone), and recovery coverage (ursolic acid). Each active has a different job, which is the point of the formula.
What is Sanghuangporus, and how does it relate to Erinamax?+
Sanghuangporus sanghuang is a medicinal fungus. Our partner grows its mycelium in the same suspended liquid-culture bioreactors that produce Erinamax's lion's mane, steering the chemistry so the organism natively produces its key bioactive. For Erinamax that is erinacine A; for Epicomp it is hispidin, standardized to 1.5% in the SS-MN4 strain and verified by UPLC per batch.
When will I notice anything?+
The label lists immediate effects with peak effects at three to four weeks of daily use. Energy and endurance support tend to be the early signals, while the recomposition side is something you judge across training weeks, not single sessions.
Do I need to cycle it, or time it around workouts?+
No cycling protocol and no workout timing. Two capsules once daily in the morning, with or without food, on training and rest days alike. Consistency is the input that matters.
What should I stack it with?+
Cyatherm is the designed pairing for full body-composition coverage. Eurycomax adds hormonal-lane support, Berbelean covers daily metabolic support, and Tribugen adds drive and vitality. Epicomp deliberately leaves those lanes open rather than duplicating them.
Growth, preservation, recovery, and fuel, in two capsules a day.
Four fully-dosed actives, UPLC-verified standardizations, and a mushroom nobody else is growing this way.