The Science Behind Recovery

5 Ingredients.
All Studied.
Nothing Else.

Taurine · Glycine · Magnesium Bisglycinate · L-Theanine · Celtic Sea Salt

RCVR is a sparkling recovery drink with 5 clinically-dosed ingredients backed by 50+ peer-reviewed studies. All commodity. No proprietary blends. This is the research behind the can.

50+ studies · 0g sugar · 30-day guarantee

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What is in the Can

Every ingredient. Every dose. Every study.

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Taurine

2,000mg per can - the clinical recovery dose, double the energy drink standard

Taurine is the most abundant free amino acid in muscle tissue. At 2,000mg per RCVR - double the energy drink dose - it r...

Glycine

3,000mg per can - the exact dose used in all four sleep quality RCTs

3,000mg is the exact dose from 4 published RCTs. Works by lowering core body temperature - the same mechanism as a hot b...

Magnesium Bisglycinate

300mg magnesium bisglycinate per can - the chelated form your body actually absorbs

The math is simple. Recommended Daily Allowance is 420mg/day. Average person eats roughly 280mg. Exercise depletes anoth...

L-Theanine

200mg per can - the most-studied dose in the clinical literature. Equivalent to approximately 10 cups of green tea.

200mg is the clinical dose used in most published RCTs. Crosses the blood-brain barrier in 30-40 minutes. Boosts alpha b...

Celtic Sea Salt

~500mg sodium

Trace mineral electrolyte blend for hydration and sodium replenishment post-exercise.

Why These 5 Together

Most recovery products throw 20 ingredients at a wall. RCVR uses 5 - each chosen because they amplify the others. Taurine protects cells under stress. Glycine rebuilds connective tissue. Magnesium repairs overnight. L-Theanine lowers cortisol. Celtic salt replenishes electrolytes. Together, they cover the full recovery cascade.

Taurine + Glycine + Magnesium + L-Theanine + Celtic Sea Salt

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How RCVR Compares

Honest, ingredient-level breakdowns.

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RCVR vs AG1: Targeted Recovery vs Nutritional Insurance

These are different products solving different problems. RCVR is a recovery drink with 3 active compounds at clinical do...

RCVR vs LMNT: Recovery Drink vs Electrolyte Mix

RCVR and LMNT solve different problems at different times. LMNT replaces electrolytes lost during exercise - primarily s...

Recovery Drink vs Energy Drink: What Your Body Actually Needs After Training

Energy drinks help you train. Recovery drinks help you adapt. If you're only doing one, you're leaving half the equation...

RCVR vs Momentous: One Can vs a Custom Supplement Stack

Momentous is the supplement brand for people who want to build a custom stack of individual products. RCVR is one ready-...

Recovery Guides

What happens to your body and how to fix it.

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Recovery After Running: What Actually Works (According to the Research)

Running is one of the most metabolically demanding activities you can do. Every foot strike generates impact forces of 2-3x your bodyweight, creating ...

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Recovery After Weightlifting: What the Research Says About Rebuilding Faster

Heavy resistance training inflicts three types of stress that all need to resolve before your next session. First, mechanical muscle damage - eccentri...

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Recovery After Cycling: What the Research Says About Endurance Recovery

Cycling creates a recovery challenge that is easy to underestimate. Unlike impact sports where the damage is felt immediately, the physiological stres...

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Recovery After Swimming: Full-Body Recovery for Pool and Open Water Athletes

Swimming is unique among endurance sports because it creates three overlapping recovery challenges that don't exist in the same combination anywhere e...

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Recovery After Hiking: Why Downhill Hurts More (and What Helps)

Hiking looks low-intensity from the outside. It rarely is. The recovery challenge in hiking comes from three compounding factors that are easy to dism...

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Recovery After CrossFit: Why Mixed-Modal Training Creates Invisible Recovery Debt

CrossFit's uniqueness is the simultaneous demand on every energy system. A single WOD might combine heavy deadlifts (CNS stress plus eccentric loading...

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Recovery After Basketball: Impact Loading, Lateral Stress, and the Cortisol Stack

Basketball imposes a unique combination of repetitive impact and competitive psychological stress that most players underestimate until the next morni...

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Recovery After Soccer: 90 Minutes of Sprint-Jog-Sprint Creates the Worst-Case Cortisol Pattern

A soccer match involves 7-10 miles of mixed-intensity running sustained over 90 minutes, making it one of the most physiologically demanding team spor...

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Recovery After Tennis: Asymmetric Loading, Unpredictable Duration, and Cortisol That Compounds Point by Point

Tennis creates a recovery profile unlike any other sport because of three compounding factors. First, unilateral loading: the dominant arm, shoulder, ...

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Recovery After Martial Arts: When Fight-or-Flight Is Not a Metaphor

Martial arts training - BJJ, MMA, boxing, Muay Thai - creates a recovery scenario that is physiologically unique because the fight-or-flight response ...

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Recovery After Yoga: The Counterintuitive Case for Recovering From Recovery

Counterintuitive recovery need. Most yoga practitioners skip post-session recovery entirely because yoga is perceived as recovery. It is not - at leas...

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Recovery After Pickleball: Your Joints Know This Is Not Just a Game

Pickleball is the fastest-growing sport in America, and its player base is often undertrained for the demands the sport actually imposes. Quick latera...

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Executive Athlete Recovery: When Training Stress and Work Stress Refuse to Unstack

This is not about a specific sport. It is about a specific person: someone who trains at 5am or 6am, leads meetings by 9am, works until 7pm, and tries...

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