We tried this one alongside our usual creatine and protein routine for about two weeks. Soreness after leg day felt noticeably less brutal by day four, and getting back to a heavy session 48 hours later stopped feeling like a question mark. Sleep also seemed to land a touch easier the nights we took it before bed, though that piece is harder to credit cleanly to the cherries alone.

What we appreciated most was how clean the formula reads. A lot of recovery supplements bury cherry extract under five other ingredients you cannot really evaluate. This is just cherry, in a vegan capsule, in a glass-style bottle, full stop. If a supplement is going to live in our daily stack, that simplicity matters.

The capsules themselves are a normal swallow size, no chalky aftertaste, and the bottle is stamped with a clear expiration date. Small things, but they add up when you compare against generic brands.