Whenever your muscles are feeling a bit sore or overworked, you should remember my motto, "Ice Early, Ice Often." Your body is very good at telling you when something is wrong; the trick is learning how to distinguish between the minor tears that are a normal part of your training process and the major tears that could lead to an injury how to get into an ice bath.

Arguably the most effective way to do ice your muscles is to immerse your muscles in an ice bath. It may not be the most economical way to ice yourself, but it can cover a wide area of your body with little additional effort.

An ice bath can consist of using a full sized whirlpool type contraption or just dumping a bag of ice into a bucket of water. With a bucket, you can immerse your feet. With a full whirlpool, you can immerse as much of your body as you want to. In general, you should not immerse more of your body than you have to in order to completely cover the sore muscles in water.