re: Best way to prevent soreness from workout?

Yep, I like feeling sore too. But, the soreness of working out for the first time in a long time is not the enjoyable kind. It's the "i can't extend my arms and legs" kinda sore.

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I miss the soreness. The soreness is physical feeling of making progress.

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Yeah - but I'm old. I know the good soreness from the bad soreness. The "good" soreness is that feeling almost immediately after a successful workout - you're at your target weights, maybe not failure, but you're doing what you can do and you feel the progress.

"Bad" soreness is the morning after DOMS that makes you feel miserable and not want to work out. I think the OP is trying to avoid that, particularly when you take everything he said in context.