2.3. Supplementation Protocol
Participants were assigned in a double-blinded and randomized manner to ingest TC (tart cherry 1200 mg capsule containing 100 mg of anthocyanin, Nature’s Life, Orem, UT, USA) or a flour placebo. The TC and PL supplementations were visually indistinguishable as they were ground to powder and encapsulated in a gelatin capsule. Participants were instructed to ingest one capsule at 08:00 h and one capsule at 18:00 h for 4 consecutive days before the main experiment, and one capsule 2 h before exercise on the day of the main experiment. The selected TC dose was based on a recent meta-analysis [