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I'm aiming at dropping body fat and gaining muscle back. What is the best post-workout recovery method? I'm returning to working out after a too long medical reason break. I have started slow and am trying to get things working again. I have found that I have muscles that I forgot about and they are most definitely letting me know about it LOL. I can handle most of the soreness but there is a little too much for me to be able to workout and go to work. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

cardio usually works...or something that gets the blood flowing to those muscles that are sore...

Try stretching afterwards-not before workouts-that's bad. Also, running helps to alleviate soreness in the legs. Get enough sleep-about 7+ hours a night, eat enough protein to rebuild the muscle. I like to have a scoop of protein before bedtime to help muscle building during sleep. Cottage cheese is better. Protein powder and cottage cheese together is best.

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Stretching will help after your workout. Good nutrition will make a big difference. I take a vitamin E & C combo PWO along with my carb/protein drink. If you do some light cardio between workouts, that can help with DOMS. Get plenty of rest...sleep a lot.

Then suck it up and deal with it

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Contrast baths. After you lift hop in the shower and alternate between as hot and as cold as you can handle. I would say that one minute intervals should be sufficient.

Also, low impact movement seems to help a great deal. Some light eliptical trainer work, or even a nice walk can help to work out the soreness. Just about the worst thing you can do is sit around on the couch. That just allows the muscles to cool off and get tight. For this reason, yoga would be a great way to combat DOMS and improve flexibility between workouts.

Or maybe you could just get outside and play a nice and easy game of "horse" with a buddy. Anything that isn't pushing your work limits would be just fine.

Also, if you plan to use heat, remember that dry heat (like an electric heating pad) is not the way to go. Get yourself a microwaveable heating pad. The moist heat will be much better for loosening muscles.

I have bought and am trying Cellmass. Any advise for this sup?

Take it once every day for about two weeks. After that, only take one serving PWO.

John, why would stretching before a workout be bad?

static stretching shuts off your nervous system..in that area....so strength = a good chunk lost.

dynamic stretching is ok though.

Yes...bad idea in general. There are exceptions but let's assume if you don't know when there is an exception stay away from static stretching before a workout.

Look at posts #13 to whatever in the stretching article thread.