Contact Sports
CherryActive products are used by elite and professional contact sports athletes to maximise recovery from training and competition, helping them to get the most from their bodies.
CherryActive’s performance boosting properties are perfect for all contact sports athletes, including Rugby players, Mixed Martial Artists, Traditional Martial Artists, Wrestlers and more!
All contact sports are highly physically demanding on participating athletes. Hard impacts, speed, power, endurance, and skill are usual components of such sports. All of these elements require both physical and mental toughness and adequate rest and recovery is central to performance in these areas.
Training for contact sports is designed to prepare athletes for the demands of competition, therefore is itself highly physically demanding. The demanding combination of training types (weight training, fitness training, speed and skills training, sparring, contact sessions, etc) results in tremendous physical stress to an athlete’s body. Such physical stress can result in long recovery times, the feeling of weakness, the absence of explosiveness, achy muscles and joints, and difficulty sleeping; all of which can limit performance.
Consuming daily servings of CherryActive can help reduce muscle soreness and joint aches following intense exercise, help maintain muscle strength, and improve sleep quality. The powerful antioxidants and flavonoids present in CherryActive products also bolster the body's antioxidant defence system, helping to protect you from the damaging effects of oxidative stress. All of these benefits contribute to a reduced recovery time and are essential to any athlete who wants the most from their body.
Use CherryActive Concentrate and Capsules as part of your daily nutritional strategy to maximise your physical recovery!
How CherryActive can help to Maximise your MMA Performance
The cherry we use is in our products is called a Montmorency cherry which contains powerful health and recovery promoting antioxidant compounds in quantities and variety not found in many foods, e.g. high levels of anthocyanins, and melatonin. CherryActive has a unique growing and manufacturing process which works to harness and optimise the powerful compounds present in our carefully selected cherries.
The antioxidant capacity of Montmorency cherry compounds is up to 4 times more powerful than vitamins C & E combined. Our products have a host of other health benefits besides helping to improve recovery – they help to strengthen joints, maintain a healthy cardiovascular system, preserve brain health etc.
How CherryActive can help improve your recovery:
The high levels of natural anthocyanin compounds present in CherryActive products help to inhibit the body's inflammatory response to exercise leading to less muscle soreness following training and fights, so whether you have been doing a hard sparring session, intense sprints and fitness, heavy weight training, or the fight itself, the inflammatory inhibiting effect of CherryActive helps to reduce the amount of damage done to your body, meaning shorter recovery times. You can liken it to being hit in the face – your body’s reaction is to swell up and swelling means more damage. The way we counteract this is to ice the injury to help reduce the swelling. The same principle applies here – the CherryActive compounds effectively ‘ice’ your muscles internally thereby reducing the swelling and lessening the damage leading to a shorter recovery period.
When you can train with the confidence that your body will be protected after each session you can push yourself even harder knowing that you will not risk over-training or burn out. You can find yourself training and fighting with a new intensity.
The unrivalled antioxidant power of CherryActive products also helps to 'mop-up' damaging free radicals produced by intense exercise, pollution, chemicals in food & water, and other sources which can lead to cell damage, muscle breakdown and fatigue. Free radical damage can limit physical performance and contribute to degeneration of the brain and organs. CherryActive was recently tested for antioxidant levels against 5 leading “Super Juices”; Acai, Goji, Noni, Pomegranate, & Black Cherry. CherryActive blew away all 5 juices and is significantly higher in antioxidant compounds. A full review of this study will be available soon. These results confirm the free radical fighting effect CherryActive consumption has, which can help preserve your muscle mass and maintain your strength and stamina – both highly important for any Mixed Martial Artist.
The best way to take the products is to use the Concentrate after training (as the natural sugars are perfect as a post workout carb source [See bottom for ingo on the type of sugar]) and the Capsules before bed (as some people avoid carbs late in the evening). If you are cutting carbs out of your diet (for example the last week leading into a fight and your cutting) then use the caps during the day instead of juice as they are zero carb but have very high doses of the anti-inflammatory and antioxidant compounds which help you to recovery quicker.
CherryActive Concentrate: Take 30-90ml of Concentrate (3-6 squirts of the pump) 0-45 min after each training session, whether the session is weights, cardio or fight training. Take higher amounts according to how much work the session has put on your muscles – i.e. if you are doing a really light cardio session like a medium intensity bike where you don’t get any burn in your legs or any muscles you could even take 10ml only, but if you do hard intensity grappling / weights / circuits for an hour and a half or even longer and your muscles feel extremely tired and achy straight away then take 60ml (you can take more if you think you need to but 60ml should be enough for an athlete with a bodyweight between 70-80kgs). You can add this to your usual protein shake or take it on its own. The juice is not a replacement for protein so you still need to make sure you keep protein intake high, it is simply a powerful anti-inflammatory antioxidant product that helps to inhibit the body’s inflammatory response to exercise, and counteract free radical damage.
In the evening of a hard training day you can wash your dinner down with a glass of CherryActive on-top of what you had post training – again the amount depending on how much stress your muscles have been put under. If you don’t think you’ll be too sore the next day then you don’t need to have it. I say this because when you’re watching your weight you obviously keep an eye on carb intake so if you do have it with diner you may want to reduce the carb portion of your meal in order to keep your total carb intake the same when having the juice... just a thought.
CherryActive Capsules: Take 1-2 capsules an hour before bed. If you want a really solid sleep take 2, otherwise take one. On rest days you can take these and not the juice if you want to keep your carbs down and still get the antioxidant compounds into your system, which still provides you with health promoting antioxidant compounds.
The melatonin in the products won’t make you sleepy during the day it simply helps to regulate your sleep-wake cycle and help you achieve a deeper and higher quality sleep when you do go to bed – again this is important when you’re training.
CherryActive Cherries: Work as an antioxidant packed healthy snack food and are good for carbing up or as a post training snack. They are infused with apple juice concentrate so do have an impact on blood sugar levels. Don’t eat too many at once or you may get the runs!
Extra Information:
Each 30ml of CherryActive Concentrate counts as one of your “5-a-Day” for fruit and veg.
A 32g portion of CherryActive Cherries counts as one of your “5-a-Day”.
All our products are 100% natural and contain no artificial colours, flavouring, sweeteners, preservatives or added sugars.
The natural sugar in the juice is “xylose” and has a low glycemic load (low GI) so has a low impact on blood sugar levels.
Any unanswered questions can be email to info@cherryactive.co.uk
How CherryActive can help to Maximise your Rugby Performance
The cherry we use is in our products is called a Montmorency cherry which contains powerful health and recovery promoting antioxidant compounds in quantities and variety not found in many foods, e.g. high levels of anthocyanins, and melatonin. CherryActive has a unique growing and manufacturing process which works to harness and optimise the powerful compounds present in our carefully selected cherries, meaning the most effective health and recovery promoting Montmorency cherry products available.
The antioxidant capacity of Montmorency cherry compounds is up to 4 times more powerful than vitamins C & E combined. Our products have a host of other health benefits besides helping to improve recovery – they help to strengthen joints, maintain a healthy cardiovascular system, preserve brain health etc (see full research links for extra info), all of which are important to anyone, athlete or non-athlete.
How CherryActive can help improve your recovery:
The high levels of natural anthocyanin compounds present in CherryActive products help to inhibit the body's inflammatory response to exercise leading to less muscle soreness following training and games, so whether you have been doing a hard contact session, intense sprints and fitness, heavy weight training, or playing a game, the inflammatory inhibiting effect of CherryActive helps to reduce the amount of damage done to your body, meaning shorter recovery times. You can liken it to being hit in the face – your body’s reaction is to swell up and swelling means more damage. The way we counteract this is to ice the injury to help reduce the swelling. The same principle applies here – the CherryActive compounds effectively ‘ice’ your muscles internally thereby reducing the swelling and lessening the damage leading to a shorter recovery period.
When you can train with the confidence that your body will be protected after each session you can push yourself even harder knowing that you will not risk over-training or burn out. You can find yourself training and playing with a new intensity.
The unrivalled antioxidant power of CherryActive products also helps to 'mop-up' damaging free radicals produced by intense exercise, pollution, chemicals in food & water, and other sources which can lead to cell damage, muscle breakdown and fatigue. Free radical damage can limit physical performance and contribute to degeneration of the brain and organs. CherryActive was recently tested for antioxidant levels against 5 leading “Super Juices”; Acai, Goji, Noni, Pomegranate, & Black Cherry. CherryActive blew away all 5 juices and is significantly higher in antioxidant compounds. A full review of this study will be available soon. These results confirm the free radical fighting effect CherryActive consumption has, which can help preserve your muscle mass and maintain your strength and stamina – both highly important for any rugby player.
The best way to use CherryActive for Rugby:
The best way to take the products is to use CherryActive Concentrate after each training session and game (as the natural sugars are perfect as a post-training/game carbohydrate source and its liquid form helps with quick absorption of the recovery promoting compounds into the system [see bottom of for info on the type of natural sugar]) and CherryActive Capsules before bed (as some people avoid carbs late in the evening to avoid ‘spilling over’ into excess body fat). If you are following a carbohydrate strict diet you can use the caps after training to accompany your post-training carbohydrate and protein source as they are virtually zero carb but have very high doses of the anti-inflammatory and antioxidant compounds which help you to recovery quicker.
It is very important that you include CherryActive in your post-training intake as this will help to shut down the body’s inflammatory response to exercise which often leaves us with stiff, sore, and weak muscles in the days to follow.
CherryActive Concentrate: Take 30-90ml of Concentrate (3-6 squirts of the pump) 0-45 min after each training session and game, whether the session is weight training, fitness or contact training. Take higher amounts according to how much work the session has put on your muscles – i.e. if you are doing a really light session such as a pure skills and handling session which is medium intensity and you don’t get any burn in your legs or other muscles you could even take 30ml only, but if you do high intensity contact sessions/ weights / circuits / fitness for an extended period of time and your muscles feel extremely tired and achy straight away then take 60ml (you can take more if you think you need to but 60ml should be enough for a player with a bodyweight between 70-90kgs – [bigger guys may want to take more]). [N.B. A front 5 player may wish to take more than a winger after a game as the level of physical stress undertaken is significantly higher.] You can add this to your usual post training drink such as a protein shake, or take it on its own. The juice is not a replacement for protein so you still need to make sure you keep protein intake high (fish, meats, eggs, nuts, seeds etc), it is simply a powerful anti-inflammatory antioxidant product that helps to inhibit the body’s inflammatory response to exercise and counteract free radical damage.
In the evening of a hard training day you can wash your dinner down with a glass of CherryActive on-top of what you had post training – again the amount depending on how much stress your muscles have been put under. If you don’t think you’ll be too sore the next day then you don’t need to have it – use your discretion.
CherryActive Capsules: Take 1-2 capsules an hour before bed. If you want a really solid sleep take 2, otherwise take one. On rest days you can take these and not the juice if you want to keep your carbohydrate intake down and still get the antioxidant compounds into your system, which still provides you with health & recovery promoting antioxidant compounds.
The melatonin in the products won’t make you sleepy during the day it simply helps to regulate your sleep-wake cycle and help you achieve a deeper and higher quality sleep when you do go to bed – again this is important when you’re in training.
CherryActive Cherries: Work as an antioxidant packed healthy snack food and are good for carb-loading or as a post-training/game snack. They are infused with apple juice concentrate so do have a medium impact on blood sugar levels.
Extra Information:
Each 30ml of CherryActive Concentrate counts as one of your “5-a-Day” for fruit and veg.
A 32g portion of CherryActive Cherries counts as one of your “5-a-Day”.
All our products are 100% natural and contain no artificial colours, flavouring, sweeteners, preservatives or added sugars.
The natural sugar in CherryActive Concentrate is “xylose” and has a low glycemic load (low GI) so has a low impact on blood sugar levels.
Any unanswered questions can be email to info@cherryactive.co.uk
