Recovery & Sleep

Glycine

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Supports the drop in core body temperature that lets you fall asleep, and the quality of sleep once you're there. Cents per serving.

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Stacks cleanly with magnesium. Most underrated item on this page.

Where it fits

Part of these stacks

The highest-leverage stack here

Deep Sleep

You will feel this one inside a week. Sleep is where the bodywork sets, where the training consolidates, and where presence gets rebuilt.

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Magnesium L-Threonate

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Form
Capsule, about 2 g providing 144 mg elemental
Dose
Before bed, on nights you need depth over duration

The form studied for crossing into the brain. Supports sleep quality and next-morning clarity.

Expensive. Run glycinate as the default and keep this for hard weeks.

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L-Theanine

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Form
Capsule, 100 to 200 mg
Dose
200 mg, evening for wind down or with morning caffeine

Supports alpha brain wave activity, the state you are after in standing practice. Takes the edge off caffeine without dulling it.

The one supplement that plays two positions well.

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Tart Cherry Extract

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Form
Capsule or concentrate, standardized
Dose
Evening, on heavy training blocks

Studied for supporting recovery from muscle-damaging work and for naturally occurring melatonin content.

Situational. Pull it out during a hard block, put it away after.

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