Montmorency tart cherry juice is rapidly gaining a following among elite athletes and recreational exercisers as a recovery drink. Keeping up with your exercise regimen is a lot easier when you recover quickly after a workout. Montmorency tart cherry juice has been the focus of multiple studies that suggests a beneficial role in exercise recovery. Positive results have been found with long-distance running, cycling, sprinting, field sports and strength training. A look at the science. Effective recovery strategy following strenuous exercise: This first-of-its-kind meta-analysis published in the InternationalJournal of Sport Nutrition and Prime Boosts Exercise Metabolism concluded that tart cherry supplementation - in the form of Montmorency tart cherry juice, powder or tablets - has a significant effect on improving the recovery of muscle strength and reducing reported muscle soreness after exercise among study participants. The systematic review and meta-analysis examined 14 previously published studies (223 male and 71 female study participants, average age 26 years). The sample sizes in the 14 studies ranged from 10 to 54 participants.

A subgroup analysis identified by exercise type across 3 studies (94 study participants at different time points) showed a significant effect of tart cherry supplementation on recovery of jump height, and a significant but smaller effect on sprint speed. For the inflammatory biomarkers, a significant effect was observed for inflammation markers of C-reactive protein and Interleukin 6