Originally Posted by
Phrank
From my understanding, the stiffness you feel is actually the lactic acid build up in your muscles, which cause the stiffness, soreness and discomfort. I know that when I get that, the best thing I can do is actually go to the gym, do my usual dynamic warmup, and then do my weight program targeting another part of my body, then a nice walk for about 30 minutes, that will "disperse" the lactic acid in your muscles, followed by a hot bath/shower and you should be good.
Also, if you keep doing that, you will build up a resistance and the lactic acid will disperse quicker and quicker slowly increasing your recovery time.