Thursday is my slowest and absolutely most difficult run of the week 😩.
Slow achy recovery after Wednesday’s AM track workout, easy biking, and PM weights and sauna.
Tart cherry may enhance muscle adaptations to exercise 🍒
This new study investigated the effects of tart cherry supplementation on recovery from exercise-induced muscle damage 🔍
Participants either consumed…
1️⃣ Tart cherry (high-dose)
2️⃣ Tart cherry (low-dose)
3️⃣ Placebo
…for 7-days prior to muscle damage.
Muscle biopsies were taken to analyse effects on the musculoskeletal system
Here is what they found ⬇️
🩸 Compared to placebo, tart cherry juice led to significantly enhanced plasma phenolic acid concentrations
🧬 Plus significant changes in skeletal muscle expression of both structural and contractile proteins
❌ Functional recovery (muscle strength) was not improved in this study
These findings may indicate a protective effect in skeletal muscle with loading tart cherry prior to exercise 🍒🛡️
During periods of intense activity or in the lead up to excessive strain (e.g. ultramarathons) tart cherry could be a valuable strategy ✅
Reference:
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Today was supposed to be a two mile time trial. I’d didn’t sleep well and felt terrible after the first mile so pivoted to some 400s with 50sec rest, 81,78,78,77,79,78,77,71 👍
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