Active Recovery System™
Rest & Rise | The 24-Hour Recovery Protocol
Rest & Rise | The 24-Hour Recovery Protocol
You're not losing fitness between sessions. You're under-recovering from the last one. Your body recovers across three interconnected systems, 24 hours a day — this is the only active recovery system built for runners that supports all three, morning and night.
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What it supports
What it supports
- Faster recovery between training sessions.
- Deeper sleep and fresher mornings.
- Sustained training energy without caffeine.
- Cognitive readiness on early starts.
- Tested across a 14-day protocol by a 100+ runner test team.
Protocol Facts & Ingredients
Protocol Facts & Ingredients
These aren’t random ingredients. Each component has a specific role within the 24-hour recovery protocol.
⚡️RISE - The Morning Protocol
- Creatine HCL (2,500 mg) — Tops up your ATP so that you are ready to maximise training. HCL form for maximum solubility and zero bloating. No loading phase required.
- Taurine (1,000mg) — Supports cellular resilience and electrolyte balance within the recovery system.
- Magnesium L-Threonate (200mg) — The only magnesium form shown to cross the blood-brain barrier. Supports cognitive readiness and cellular energy for the day ahead.
🌙 REST - The Night Protocol
- Creatine HCL (2,500mg) — Continues ATP support through the overnight repair window. Your cells don’t stop recovering when you sleep — they accelerate.
- Taurine (1,000mg) — Supports the cellular environment for overnight restoration.
- Magnesium Glycinate (200mg) — Modulates GABA receptors to help downregulate your nervous system. Supports the transition into deep sleep where real repair happens.
Same core system. Different functions. Morning and night.
Batch tested for banned substances. WADA safe. Manufactured in a GMP-certified facility in New Zealand.
Who it is built for
Who it is built for
- Runners training 3 to 6 days per week.
- Runners building toward a race, from a first half marathon to UTMB.
- Runners who refuse to let fatigue dictate performance.
- Trusted by 800+ runners
- Zero sugar
- No caffeine, no jitters
- Batch tested to WADA standards
Sound familiar
You are not over-training.
You are under-recovering.
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The alarm goes off and your legs still feel like Sunday's long run, not today's easy one.
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You skipped the interval session because you were still carrying last weekend's mileage — and called it discipline.
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Your watch flags today "unproductive" and you can't tell if that's the watch or the training.
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Six weeks from race day, and you can't tell if you're getting fitter or just more tired.
And the reason has nothing to do with effort.
Walk down the supplement aisle. Count how many products have a runner on the label. Now count how many have a bicep.
The supplement industry was built for gym athletes. The doses assume you are lifting, not logging long runs. The formulas are designed for muscle mass, not nervous system recovery.
We built Rest & Rise because runners deserve a recovery system that understands what recovery means when you train five days a week and your body needs to show up again tomorrow.
Why nothing else has worked
Recovery is not one thing. It is three systems working together.
Take magnesium alone and you are fixing one leg of a three-legged stool. You are still falling over.
- System 01
Nervous system downregulation
Without this you do not enter deep sleep, regardless of what supplements you take.
- System 02
Cellular ATP replenishment
Without this your muscles and brain do not have the energy currency to repair overnight.
- System 03
Brain recovery transition
Without this your brain stays in training-stress mode even when your body is in bed.
The missing piece is not a better ingredient. It is a system that addresses all three pathways, in the right forms, at the right times.
The signature
One protocol. Two shifts. Twelve hours apart.
Same core system, different functions. Neither half works as well alone, which is the whole point.
Rest · 21:00 · the night shift
Rest before bed.
Magnesium Glycinate modulates GABA receptors to help downregulate your nervous system, preparing your body for the deep sleep where real repair happens.
Combined with Taurine to support the cellular environment for overnight restoration, and Creatine HCL to support ATP replenishment through the repair window.
- 2,500 mg Creatine HCL
- 1,000 mg Taurine
- 200 mg Magnesium Glycinate
Your cells do not stop recovering when you sleep. They accelerate.
Rise · 06:00 · the morning shift
Rise when you wake.
Magnesium L-Threonate, the only form shown to cross the blood-brain barrier, supports cognitive readiness and cellular energy for the day ahead.
Combined with the same Taurine and Creatine HCL to top up your ATP so you can get the most out of the session in front of you.
- 2,500 mg Creatine HCL
- 1,000 mg Taurine
- 200 mg Magnesium L-Threonate
HCL form for solubility. No bloating. No loading phase.
Feel the difference
Built for runners, not just the gym.
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Forms, not just ingredients
The right forms
HCL not monohydrate. Threonate not oxide. Glycinate not citrate. The form is the function.
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Timing protocol
Twice a day, by design
Two sachets, twelve hours apart. The protocol is what creates the adherence.
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No stimulants
Energy, not masking
Supports your natural ATP system rather than covering fatigue with caffeine.
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Tested in training
Runner validated
Developed in training by ultra runner Alex McCall and refined across three test cohorts.
Protocol facts
Six components. Each with a specific job.
These are not random ingredients. Every one has a role inside the 24-hour protocol.
⚡ Rise
Morning training supportCreatine HCL 2,500 mg
Tops up your ATP so you are ready to maximise training. HCL form for maximum solubility and zero bloating. No loading phase required.
Taurine 1,000 mg
Supports cellular resilience and electrolyte balance within the recovery system.
Magnesium L-Threonate 200 mg
The only magnesium form shown to cross the blood-brain barrier. Supports cognitive readiness and cellular energy for the day ahead.
🌙 Rest
Night recovery supportCreatine HCL 2,500 mg
Continues ATP support through the overnight repair window, when cellular recovery accelerates rather than pauses.
Taurine 1,000 mg
Supports the cellular environment for overnight restoration and helps manage training-load inflammation.
Magnesium Glycinate 200 mg
Modulates GABA receptors to help downregulate your nervous system. Supports the transition into deep sleep where real repair happens.
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WADA batch tested
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GMP certified
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Zero sugar
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No caffeine
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Made in New Zealand
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Cancel anytime
Formulated with ingredients permitted under WADA guidelines and third-party batch tested. Email alex@restandriseenergy.com for current batch results any time.
A system beats a single fix
How Rest & Rise compares.
| Rest & Rise | Standard supplements | |
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| Addresses all three recovery systems | All three | One at best |
| Dosed for endurance training load | Runner dosed | Built for lifters |
| Timed morning and night protocol | Two shifts | Single serve, no timing |
| Magnesium form that crosses the blood-brain barrier | L-Threonate | Usually oxide or citrate |
| Creatine without bloating or a loading phase | HCL | Monohydrate, loading phase |
| Third-party batch tested for banned substances | Every batch | Rare |
| Stimulant free | No caffeine | Often stimulant led |
Tested by real runners, not just labs
Here is what changed after 14 days.
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89%
Faster recovery between training sessions.
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87%
Higher energy during training.
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82%
Improved strength and power output.
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76%
Better sleep quality and fresher mornings.
Based on the December 2025 V3 test team, all running more than 20km per week. Improvement defined as a self-reported change of 7 out of 10 or higher. Individual results vary.
Our story
Built by a runner who was tired of waking up exhausted.
In 2022 I re-taught myself to run from the ground up after a decade of injury. As I pushed into ultra distance, I discovered that the gap between how hard I could train and how well I could recover was the only thing holding me back.
I went looking for a recovery supplement designed for endurance athletes. Everything I found was built for weightlifters. Wrong forms, wrong doses, wrong timing. So I built Rest & Rise.
The gap showed up clearly: a DNF in Bali when my body gave out before my legs did, then fifth place at the Northburn 100 Miler once recovery stopped being an afterthought. Same training capacity. Different recovery system.
Alex McCall · Founder and ultra runner · Wānaka, NZ
Delivered on your schedule
Pick the block that matches why you're here.
Some of you want proof before you trust us with a season. Some of you are protecting one race block from falling apart. Some of you are done starting over every few months. All three run on the same system, ship in 48 hours from Wānaka, and zero gaps is what makes it compound.
Test pack
For proving the mechanism before you trust it with a full block.
$59
$2.11 per serve
- Long enough to separate mechanism from marketing
- Sleep changes usually land in days 3 to 4
- No subscription, no lock-in
Race pack
For protecting one training block from a taper-week blow-up.
$69
$118
40% off · $1.23 per serve
- Matches a full build, start to taper — zero gaps mid-block
- Ships automatically, then $99 every 4 weeks, free shipping
- Pause or cancel anytime
Training block
For the runner who's done starting over every few months.
$210
Lowest cost per serve · $1.23
- A full season, zero gaps — free shipping
- Covers a standard marathon or first-ultra build
- The version of you that shows up, keeps showing up
Standards
Testing that holds up on race day.
If you are a tested athlete, what is not in your sachet matters as much as what is.
Batch tested for banned substances
Formulated with ingredients permitted under WADA guidelines and third-party batch tested. Current results available on request.
GMP certified New Zealand facility
Manufactured under GMP conditions in New Zealand, with full traceability on every production run.
No sugar, no stimulants, no fillers
Zero sugar and no caffeine. The protocol supports your natural ATP system rather than masking fatigue.
Questions
Everything runners ask before they start.
Why not just buy creatine and magnesium separately?
You could. But recovery runs on three connected systems and a single ingredient only addresses one. The value is not in the individual ingredients, it is in the system: the specific forms (HCL not monohydrate, Threonate not oxide, Glycinate not citrate), the timing protocol morning and night, and the design that makes all three pathways work together. The protocol creates the adherence.
How quickly will I feel a difference?
Most runners notice improvements in sleep quality within the first 3 to 4 days. Morning readiness typically follows by the end of week one. By week two the compounding effect of consistent use across all three recovery systems starts to show in training quality.
Will creatine make me gain weight or feel bloated?
Rest & Rise uses a highly soluble form designed for daily use, without aggressive loading phases. Some people notice a small increase in intracellular hydration as muscles store more energy, but this is not bloating, it is improved fuel availability.
Do I need both Rest and Rise?
They are designed as two halves of one system. Rest addresses the nervous system and sleep recovery pathways. Rise addresses cognitive readiness and daytime cellular energy. The compounding effect comes from running the full 24-hour protocol.
Does it contain caffeine?
No. The protocol supports your body's natural energy system (ATP) rather than masking fatigue with stimulants. No caffeine, no jitters, no crashes.
Is it safe for tested athletes?
Yes. Rest & Rise is formulated with ingredients permitted under WADA guidelines and undergoes third-party batch testing for peace of mind.
What is your refund policy?
The Advanced Endurance Research Guarantee means a 100% refund within 30 days of purchase. No questions asked.
Feel the difference in 30 days, or get your money back.
You have read about the system. You have seen the data. You have heard from runners who felt the shift. There is one question left: will it work for you?
- 90+ five-star reviews
- Batch tested, competition safe
- Formulated in Wānaka, NZ